Four hikers died in an accident in the Bavarian mountains over the weekend.

In the Rosenheim district, two men and a woman fell to their deaths on the Maiwand on Saturday afternoon, the police said.

A 28-year-old American had an accident on Saturday evening on the Benediktenwand in the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district.

The man who wanted to climb alone through the wintry, 400 meter high north face of the Benediktenwand that day had been reported missing by his partner.

The rescue workers found the man lifeless at the foot of the wall on Sunday night.

There were initially no signs of third-party debt, as the Alpine task force of the Oberbayern Süd police headquarters announced.

A couple aged 35 and 44 from the Regensburg district and a 35-year-old man from the Straubing area died on the Maiwand.

You were traveling with a friend in the Hohe Asten area.

The three fell almost at the same point in the Maiwand area.

Her companion called the mountain rescue service.

20 emergency services from the Brannenburg mountain rescue service, including a mountain rescue doctor and three paramedics, came to the scene of the accident.

There, however, they could only determine the death of the three.

The eyewitness suffered a shock and was taken to the valley.

A police mountain guide from the Rosenheim Alpine Task Force is investigating the course of the accident.