Hiking is still allowed: According to Herrmann, no further bans

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Munich (dpa / lby) - Despite complaints from local politicians about day trippers on the edge of the Alps, the state government is not planning a ban on hiking and winter sports.

Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) referred on Tuesday to the Bavarian constitution: "On the other hand, there is the right to enjoy nature freely according to our constitution," said the CSU politician on Bavarian radio.

"And people are allowed to go hiking, they are allowed to go for a walk."

The state government appeals to all citizens to keep their distances on their excursions and to avoid large crowds.

But tightening is not planned: "At the moment we see no reason to issue further bans," said the interior minister.

Previously, the Miesbach district administrator Olaf von Löwis (CSU) had sent a call for help to Prime Minister and party friend Markus Söder via SMS.

Day tourism is particularly rampant at Spitzingsee and Schliersee, wrote von Löwis, according to the district office on Monday.

"It really burns."

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The police and interior minister see this less dramatically: "Overall, the police have not been able to detect any drastic violations of the applicable regulations, even in the foothills of the Alps," said Herrmann in the BR.

The police want to intensify controls at both lakes at the turn of the year.

Many visitors parked their vehicles in forbidden areas last weekend, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.

"But that's not that extraordinary."

There was therefore a considerable amount of excursion traffic - "as on all other weekends too".

District Administrator Löwis had demanded that the appeal to stay at home had to be underpinned by rules on exit restrictions.

The local hospital feared “rightly that the emergency room will be overloaded by the likely increased number of injuries”.

So far, however, neither the mountain rescue service nor the police have reported a noticeable accumulation of accidents.

According to the statistics of the Alpine Club, most accidents in the winter mountains usually occur on the slopes of the ski areas.

There are more tourers there this winter, but overall far fewer visitors because the lifts are not running.

Press release from the District Office