At least two people have died and another is reported missing
Officials said the flooding is likely to continue for the next few days
A weather system referred to as storm “Orinoco” by Germany’s Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) brought extremely heavy rain from 31 May 2024
in particular the states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bavaria
The German Meteorological Service – Deutsche Wetterdienst (DWD) – said that some areas recorded more than a month’s worth of rain within 24 hours from 31 May 2024
During this period the village of Zeisertsweiler in Sigmarszell District of Bavaria recorded 135 mm
Kißlegg in Baden-Württemberg saw 130 mm and Bad Wörishofen recorded 129mm
Further storms and heavy rain were expected
Multiple rivers broke their banks in the two states
Danube and Isar all reached above the level 4 (highest) warning levels in several locations
Several dam breaks and dyke failures were also reported
including in Augsburg District and in the district of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
where around 800 people have been evacuated from the town of Baar-Ebenhausen
the biggest concerns were levels of the Danube River and its tributaries
According to the Bavarian State Office for the Environment
the Danube was above the level 4 warning in 11 locations
The Amper at Inkofen and the Paar at Manching and Mühlried were also above the level 4 warning
A state of emergency was declared in several districts and cities in Bavaria
the list included the districts of Günzburg
The cities of Straubing and Regensburg were also included
Authorities were called on to carry out rescues and evacuations
At least twelve people were rescued from balconies and roofs in Günzburg using a police helicopter
According to the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior
3,000 people have been affected by evacuations
including in the districts of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Evacuations were also carried out in Baden-Württemberg
As many as 1,300 people were ordered to evacuate homes in Meckenbeuren
Evacuations were also carried out in Ebersbach an der Fils
a train carrying around 180 passengers was derailed due to a landslide on the tracks near Schwäbisch Gmünd
Tragically the floods have resulted in fatalities
A firefighter died when a rescue boat capsized in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Three other firefighters in the boat were able to pull themselves to safety
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on expressed his condolences
“The death of a firefighter in Pfaffenhofen has shocked me,” he said
adding that his thoughts were with the firefighter’s relatives and colleagues
Another firefighter was reported missing in similar circumstances in Offingen
A second fatality was reported after rescuers found the body of a person reported missing in a flooded basement of a building in the town of Schrobenhausen
As of 03 June there were also unconfirmed reports of a flood-related fatality in Baden-Württemberg
“I have just been informed that we must also expect that there is now a death in Baden-Württemberg,” the state’s Interior Minister Thomas Strobl told press during a visit to the municipality of Erbach
An employee of an energy company suffered serious injuries after he was electrocuted in a flooded area in Allershausen
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The Greppmair family from Aichach in Bavaria
recently started producing eggs and built a very impressive
new poultry house consisting of two compartments
Those who prefer staying indoors can use the winter garden for scratching or spend their time in the Natura Nova welfare aviary
from the management system to the ventilation system and computer control
The Greppmair family produces eggs according to the Bioland organic standards
therefore keeping the two flocks completely separate at all times: in the barn
in the winter garden and on the large range
Natura Nova is just one member of the ever-growing Natura aviary product family
These multi-level systems in which hens can move around freely were first developed because of the ban on cage systems in Switzerland in 1981
In 1986, the first welfare aviary was handed over to its owner. Today, Big Dutchman’s aviary product range includes more than twenty different models
Since no customer and no barn are like the other
Big Dutchman customers and the poultry equipment supplier itself team up to find solutions
In combination with clever ideas for system optimisation
these efforts sometimes lead to the development of a new model
PickPuck is just as popular with the layers as the aviary
The pendulum makes use of the birds’ natural behaviour of searching for feed
occupying them because it remains permanently interesting
The Greppmair family has installed a total of ten PickPuck systems in their winter garden
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The bust of John Paul II spray-painted in Paris on April 19 (from Twitter).Although in March and April 2021 many Europeans were still quarantined because of COVID-19
this did not prevent vandalism against Christian churches and statues to continue
Reports by the Vienna-based Observatory of Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe list an alarming number of cases across Europe
Although Catholic churches were the primary targets
there were incidents involving Protestant places of worship as well
attackers attempted to set fire to the vestibule of the Protestant church in Glonn
although happily the fire did not spread to the whole church
was attacked by unknown persons who severely damaged the organ and vandalized the internal part of the sanctuary
unknown perpetrators smashed a window of the Church of Santa Maria della Speranza in Catanzaro
The city’s mayor denounced the incident as an anti-Catholic hate crime
windows were smashed at Sacred Heart Church in Singen
an act of vandalism and property damage amounting to several thousand Euros
The church of Saint Simon and Judas in Golasecca
had the dubious privilege of being attacked twice
Known as “the Lazzaretto church” because it was built during the plague epidemic of 1630
the church was vandalized by unknowns who broke into it at night
attackers tried to set on fire the chapel in the Saint-Louis Hospital in La Rochelle
They did not succeed but smashed a statue of Jesus and smeared the altar cloth with a yellow liquid
by throwing a flammable object inside the sanctuary through a smashed window
media reported that the Holy Temple of Mount Calvary in Foggia
popularly known as the Church of the Crosses
had been attacked by vandals who had spray-painted the baroque building with obscene symbols
an arsonist tried to set fire to the Anglican Church of St
was severely damaged by a fire attack by an arsonist
attackers caused considerable damage to the Servite Church in Innsbruck
had its facade tagged with anti-Catholic slogans
denouncing the Catholic Church as “hypocritical” and “pedophile.”
The Aichach church after the attack (from Facebook).On the evening of Easter Monday
arsonists tried to set fire to the Church of the Assumption of St
the ornamental organ pipes of the Church of St
a woman captured by security cameras threw candles
the cemetery of the Catholic church of Mosina
The Mosina cemetery after the attack (from Facebook).On April 15
the door of the church of Saints Jacopo and Filippo in Montecatini Alto
in front of the Polish Church of the Assumption in Paris
the bust of Pope John Paul II was sprayed with red paint
blasphemous graffiti were painted on the parish church of Gussago
His writings has appeared in 12 countries and in 8 languages
A report from the Middle Eastern country sheds light on a desperate situation and some modest signs of hope
false “cleaners,” and police visits to members of his church try to continuously harass the indomitable preacher
Pending a final decision on their extradition to France
the two yoga teachers detained in Georgia should be released on bail for health reasons
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The flood situation in southern Germany - on the border with Austria - is getting worse and worse
In some communities there are floods of the century
The first residents have already been rescued by boats and helicopters
Low pressure system Quirina brings huge amounts of rain from the Mediterranean to Germany
According to the German Weather Service (DWD)
an entire month's worth of rain is set to fall over the next few hours - up to 150 liters per square meter - especially from Lake Constance via Bavaria to the edges of Thuringia and Saxony
The situation is an "extreme burden" for citizens
said Minister President Markus Söder (CSU)
It's only just getting started." The main focus of the storm is currently in Swabia
which is why resources are being pulled together there
the Danube tributaries Umlach in Ummendorf
Rottum in Laupheim (both in the Biberach district)
Wurzacher Ach in Leutkirch-Reichenhofen (Ravensburg district) and Weihung in Unterkirchberg (Alb-Donau district) were carrying as much water as in a flood of the century
When do we speak of a once-in-a-century flood?The flood of the century is a calculated value and refers to a flood that is statistically reached or exceeded once every hundred years
many severe weather warnings are initially valid until Sunday
Emergency declared in several districtsThe DWD is warning of severe weather on Saturday
The highest warning level 4 applies for western Swabia
Aichach-Friedberg and Günzburg declaring a state of disaster
According to the district administration office in Augsburg
the water levels are expected to continue to rise sharply
We have to activate and bundle all our forces to help people as best we can
People rescued with boats and helicopters Fischach was hit particularly hard in the district of Augsburg
The entire village here is completely under water and resembles a raging river
Some residents had to be rescued from the flooded area by rescue helicopter
the neighboring state of Baden-Württemberg has also been severely affected
People were brought to safety here - some by boat.
Anyone who needed help and was unable to make an emergency call should hang a white sheet or cloth out of the window or - if possible - make themselves noticed at the window to draw attention to their plight
People in the village had already been taken out of their homes in inflatable boats
Citizens should leave their homes voluntarilyIn the Swabian district of Unterallgäu, around 150 people were asked to leave their homes voluntarily. In the village of Babenhausen alone, around 100 people were affected, said a spokeswoman for the district administration. Around 1,300 people in Meckenbeuren (Lake Constance district in Baden-Württemberg) had already been advised to leave their homes on Friday evening
Injured in car accidentsThere have also already been numerous police operations in Bavaria
several people were injured in car accidents caused by the rain on the Autobahn 9 on Friday
Cellars and streets were repeatedly flooded
Emergency services and residents living near rivers with rising water levels prepared themselves with sandbags
The prison in Memmingen (Bavaria) was evacuated due to the flooding
Around 100 prisoners - including around 20 women - were distributed to the prisons in Landsberg
as the head of the Memmingen and Kempten prisons
10,000 sandbags set upAccording to the fire department
a central sandbag storage facility was commissioned in Friedrichhafen on Lake Constance in Baden Württemberg
Around 10,000 sandbags are to be brought there from a neighboring district
technical relief workers and the German Red Cross helped
No easing on Sunday eitherAccording to the DWD
there could be thunderstorms and heavy rain on Sunday in the area between the Main and Danube rivers
extending to the Munich area from midday - with up to 40 liters per square meter in a short period of time
Operations also in SwitzerlandIn Switzerland
The Zurich fire department had to respond 200 times by Saturday morning due to water in buildings or flooded streets
the police initially registered more than 100 damage reports
the emergency call center coordinated around 90 fire department operations
Several cellars were also flooded in the canton of Zug
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Apolo MEA Befestigungssysteme GmbH will rebrand under the name CELO Befestigungssysteme GmbH
This change solely concerns the company name – the legal form of the company
the general managers and the address remain the same
This step is the logical consequence of the dynamic growth of the CELO Group
to which Apolo MEA Befestigungssysteme has belonged since 2009
CELO Group is an internationally successful family-owned group of companies
manufacturing and distribution of high-quality technical screws and technical fixings
In recent years the group has expanded strongly mainly through acquisitions and so the time has come to unite the diversity of brands within the CELO Group
CELO is preparing for the future with a uniform
The uniform brand facilitates the market communication not only for CELO itself but also for the customers
The CELO Group employs around 360 people in 17 countries worldwide
and delivers its products to more than 80 countries
CELO Befestigungssysteme GmbH will remain loyal to its Aichach location in Germany
innovative fastening systems have been launched on the market from here
further investments are planned at the location in Aichach
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Herbert Widmann Ltd is starting with goods from three growing regions: the Lüneburg Heath
informs us that the blueberries from all three regions have so far been of good quality
Hans Widmann at the Bavarian blueberry site
"We expect prices to develop at about the same level as last year - but with higher costs
we hope to be able to compensate for this with larger harvest volumes," Widmann said
there was a gap in the last two weeks of June
The Bavarian blueberries are grown on 50 hectares near Aichach and marketed in Bavaria
while the Romanian produce is sold in Romania and some in Germany and Austria
The "fat blues" from Lüneburger Heide are in turn distributed throughout Germany
20 percent more blueberries from all three regionsFor Romanian blueberries
there are good areas with sufficient pickers available
coupled with good to very good climatic conditions
we have already been harvesting for two weeks
So the Romanian produce is the first to hit the market after the Spanish season
before moving on to the German," Widmann says
"Our affiliated growers in the Lüneburger Heide region
who are managed by Nordgemüse Krogmann & Co.
will also start the open ground harvest this week
We expect about 20 percent more blueberries from Lüneburger Heide
On the marketing of blueberries"Marketing the Bavarian blueberries in Bavaria is much easier because we can market them regionally
this is not possible in the Lüneburg Heath in this way
Our growers would like to see the 'German origin' highlighted and given more appreciation," says Widmann
one finds the local produce in small formats
while large formats are used for the foreign produce
such as for the Romanian produce or also for the blueberries from Poland
"The costs for the German goods are noticeably higher
but unfortunately this is not rewarded in terms of price."
why Peruvian blueberries are already on the shelves
"When it's peak season in Europe and large quantities are already being marketed from countries like Germany
we don't need additional blueberries from Peru
packed in 125-gram trays." Especially since the local product is mainly marketed in 500 gram trays
which Widmann says is both more sustainable and more cost-efficient
Dominant variety: DukeHerbert Widmann also purchases additional goods from Serbia
with the Serbian season lasting about three weeks and the early variety Duke arriving in the markets at about the same time as the Romanian goods
the Duke variety also dominates in Germany and Romania
"This is an early variety that has a lot of yield and is of good quality
later varieties such as Drapers and Last Call are also becoming more popular," Widmann concludes
For more information:Hans WidmannHerbert Widmann GmbHSchäftlarnstr. 1081371 MünchenTel: +49 89 76 44 18[email protected] www.widmann-fruechte.de
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