Almost every night an ATM is blown up somewhere in Germany.
In many cases, criminal gangs from the Netherlands are behind the crimes.
This is one of the reasons why North Rhine-Westphalia is the federal state most affected.
The most recent act happened on Monday night in Engelskirchen.
Because ATMs are now better protected, the perpetrators do not use gas as they used to, but often explosives, so that - as in Engelskirchen - not only often there is high property damage.
A perpetrator recently lost a leg in a blast in the Neuss area.
It is reports like this that prompted two co-owners of a multi-family and commercial building from Ratingen to demand that the bank located in their property dismantle an ATM.
However, such a lawsuit was unsuccessful.
In the second instance, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Düsseldorf decided on Monday that the financial institution does not have to remove the device.
The decisive factor is that all the owners of the house agreed to the operation of a bank branch in the declaration of division in 1971, even if there were no ATMs at that time.
The usage rules for the property can only be changed by a unanimous decision of the owners, which did not happen, according to the Higher Regional Court in its final judgment.
The court advised the plaintiffs to come to an agreement with the third owner.
The mere abstract danger of an attempted demolition by criminals is not enough to prohibit the bank from operating an ATM.