HALTERN AM SEE, Germany (AP) — Victims’ relatives traveled to the scene in the French Alps of the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 10 years ago Monday while hundreds of people gathered in silence to mark the anniversary in a German town that was home to an 18-member school group on board the doomed plane The plane took off from Barcelona, Spain on the morning of March 24, 2015, and was supposed to land in Duesseldorf, Germany. But it never arrived because, investigators said, the plane was deliberately downed by the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz. All 150 people on board were killed The victims included a group of 16 students and two teachers from a high school in the western German town of Haltern am See who were flying home from an exchange trip to Spain Also killed were two babies a pair of acclaimed German opera singers and a member of an Argentine rock band people on business trips and others going home though the victims came from 17 different countries in total Many victims’ families traveled to the crash site in southeastern France the chief executive of Germanwings parent Lufthansa students laid roses in the yard of the Joseph König high school and hundreds of people who gathered in the rain in front of a plaque with the victims’ names fell silent at 10:41 a.m. said it remains important to remember the tragedy even though today’s students didn’t experience it “We want to be close to those who are infinitely sad to this day,” he said where there is a memorial in the form of a schoolroom and some of the students are buried Commemorations were also planned at the airports in Duesseldorf and Barcelona a book of condolences was available in the so-called Room of Silence for employees and travelers The crash caused shock and disbelief when investigators revealed that co-pilot Lubitz locked the flight’s captain out of the cockpit to deliberately set the plane on a collision course with a mountainside Lubitz had in the past suffered from depression, but authorities and his airline later deemed him fit to fly. In the months ahead of the crash, Lubitz suffered from sleeplessness and feared losing his vision the deeply felt sympathy of all the residents for the families and the question of why this happened are still with us today,” Haltern Mayor Andreas Stegemann told dpa “The Germanwings crash is a permanent part of our town’s history,” he said The site of the crash in France is now marked by a 5-meter (16-foot) “Solar Orb,” meant to represent the sun and the five continents made up of 149 gilded aluminum plates — marking all those on board except the co-pilot — was erected in 2017 Associated Press journalist Laurent Cipriani in Le Vernet This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area LBV Magazine English Edition During recent renovations of a playground near the wall of the ancient Roman camp in Haltern am See (Germany) a team of archaeologists from LWL (Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe) made a discovery of great historical significance Among the findings are a Roman-era glass set and eight pits that contained the remains of the wooden and earthen wall posts surrounding the settlement a specialist in Roman provincial archaeology at LWL explained that the renovation work on the playground began in the summer and caught her team by surprise they considered it highly likely that archaeological remains would be found as this area was part of the original fortifications of the Roman camp Tremmel ordered a series of emergency excavations and archaeological analyses to document any finds before the work continued previously reconstructed at the camp’s west gate (known as Aliso in Roman times) was a crucial structure for the settlement’s defense and served as a protective barrier for Roman soldiers In addition to the pits of the posts that supported the wall the archaeologists also found two ancient ovens which were probably used by the legionaries to bake bread more than 2,000 years ago along with other pits containing waste remains from that era provide a fascinating glimpse into daily life within the camp One of the most interesting discoveries was a series of nails belonging to the caligae The archaeologists detected these nails using a pinpointer a small metal detector that allowed them to locate the precise area where the remains were found Although the leather of the boots had completely disintegrated over time and due to the sandy soil conditions in Haltern the nails that originally held the layers of leather together were found in an almost intact arrangement The archaeologists suspect that these nails belonged to a small boot that had folded at the heel detailed that the sole of the caliga was quite robust with an estimated thickness of about 0.8 centimeters made up of three leather layers held together by these hand-forged iron nails The nail tips were bent at the top of the sole to secure the structure although Roman soldiers did not wear socks walking on these soles with multiple nails (around 60 on each) 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37,000 where most people know each other by name if not personally "There is this big horror that lays itself like a blanket on top of the city," police spokeswoman Ramona Hörst said "Usually the schoolyard is so lively and loud students were encouraged to come to school to mourn with fellow classmates and talk with counselors Dozens gathered to lay red and white flowers in the schoolyard and light candles bearing the names of those who died now we are alone," read one sign painted with 16 white crosses was drained and fighting back tears during a news conference The group of students were returning home to their families after an exchange trip to Spain and had boarded one of 12 Germanwings flights that travel weekly between Barcelona and Düesseldorf "I'm shocked and speechless," Wessel said Wednesday "Nothing will be like it used to be at our school." He recalled hearing about the plane crash on Tuesday and waiting until getting official confirmation that afternoon "It was the most difficult thing I have ever done to tell the parents that with almost absolute certainty there are no survivors," Wessel said One of the teachers on board recently got married "Two life plans ended from one minute to the next," Wessel said "Sixteen lives ended before they really started." The tragedy seems to have traumatized everyone in this lakeside town "Two of the deceased teenagers are from my village," said Werner Stockhofe "I don't know all of the kids that died personally Most shops in the small alleys of the picturesque city center have signs in their windows saying "We mourn with all relatives who lost their loved ones through the tragedy of flight 4U9525," or "It's impossible to put the pain into words." Some cafes lit a white candle on a black cloth at their doorsteps A constant stream of students holding hands families huddling together in the cold wind and others were coming in and out of St Sixtus Church to pay their respects to the deceased "It's horrible what happened," said Kimberley Kunner a student who attends another school near here and was an acquaintance of some of the teenagers who died Residents were lighting candles and writing in a book of condolences Ann-Christin," wrote a student named Sarah to her fellow pupil I hope you didn't have to suffer," added Max in Germany — the time of the last contact with the plane — this city and neighboring communities will hold a minute of silence to honor the victims It will be a long time before life returns to normal here "Everyone is deeply affected and saddened by the tragedy especially the older pupils," said crisis manager Bärbel Lorenz "The younger ones don't really understand yet what has happened there is not much else we can do at the moment." 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The town lies about 30 km (20 miles) to the north of Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen - homes of two major German soccer clubs and former mining towns It is 50 km (30 miles) north of Duesseldorf Haltern am See's history dates back to 1289 and perhaps its most famous son in soccer player Christoph Metzelder a former Germany defender who also played for Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid who plays for Gelsenkirchen's Schalke 04 club The nearby Sixtus church and another local church opened their doors for students teachers and local residents to mourn and flags in the town of 37,000 that lies just north of the Ruhr River Valley industrial area were lowered to half-mast The mayor of the Spanish town Llinars del Valles told Reuters that these kinds of exchanges had been organized for several years with German towns including in the Duesseldorf Spanish children had spent a week in December in Haltern am See with German families Pujol said of his town with 9,000 residents The parents had been to see them off at 6 this morning." 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VennenberndAdvertisementMourners held an unconventional service on Tuesday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash which killed all 150 people on board in southeastern France.  which was set to include victims’ relatives from Germany Spain and other countries had to be canceled due to coronavirus the mayors of two French municipalities in Vernet In Haltern am See in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia UTC) to commemorate the exact time that it occurred according to broadcaster Deutschlandfunk.  including 16 high school students and two teachers from Haltern Read more: Germanwings crash parents: 'We're being made to prove our grief' Investigators determined that the co-pilot He had previously been treated for suicidal tendencies and had been declared “unfit to work” by his doctor They also found that he had been searching for “ways to commit suicide” and “cockpit doors and their security provisions” in the days preceding the crash.  The disaster sent shockwaves throughout Europe and resulted in regulations requiring two pilots to be present in the cockpit at all times Joseph-König High School mourns after 16 students and two teachers killed following crash of Germanwings flight 4U9525 in French Alps Hundreds of candles, flowers and notes lined the steps of the Joseph-König High School in Haltern am See in western Germany on Wednesday as students paid tribute to their friends and teachers lost following the plane crash in the French Alps on Tuesday What should have been a day of happiness as the students welcomed back their friends from a trip to Barcelona turned to shock and sadness as the teenagers reeled at the news that 16 of their peers and two of their teachers had been on Germanwings flight 4U9525. Leaning against a concrete ping-pong table also covered with red and white candles, a wooden board painted with words in white read, “Yesterday we were many, today we are alone”, while another board asked simply, “Why?” “What is there to console us? They are dead, just gone,” one 15-year-old told Germany’s daily newspaper Bild. “They had so much in front of them. And now?” tears flowing freely as the teenagers stood together outside a school “Every second student that you come across is crying,” 22-year-old Laura Jungblut told the local newspaper the Halterner Zeitung We all know about it and can’t understand it.” told reporters the school would never again be the same we sent off 16 happy students on this trip … what we thought would be an enjoyable trip has ended in tragedy.” Meanwhile in Duisburg and Düsseldorf, the music world mourned the loss of opera singers Oleg Bryjak and Maria Radner The two singers had been returning from Barcelona after performing a run of Wagner’s Siegfried at the Teatro Liceu Radner was travelling with her husband and baby General director of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein expressed his sadness on behalf of the theatre community “We have lost in Oleg Bryjak a great artist and a great man While a full list of the passengers on the flight is yet to be made public the mood was sombre as people reacted with shock at the news Flags stood at half mast at buildings across Berlin and services were organized for citizens to pay their respects to those who had lost their lives At Berlin’s cathedral, around 150 met to take part a memorial at midday and to sign a book of condolence. Preacher Thomas Müller said the crash in France had left everyone stunned. “The situation is so familiar to us,” he told Berlin’s daily newspaper, Tagesspiegel. “We ourselves have sat on a flight back from Spain, taken part in a school exchange. It shocks us, even if we are not directly affected.” Meanwhile, Germany’s cabinet observed a minute of silence for the victims before starting its meeting. Read moreAt Germanwing’s headquarters in Cologne hundreds of workers joined together to grieve for the six staff they marked a minute’s silence in tribute to their colleagues at 10.53am Pilots and crew that had been scheduled to man Germanwings planes refused to fly leading to several flights being cancelled Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel travelled with French president François Hollande and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday to the crash site Merkel said: “My thoughts are with all the relatives and friends but also with the French people that live in this region and with big hearts offer help … Everything will be done here to find an explanation for what happened.” Her words will come as some consolation as Germans try to overcome the loss of 72 of their countrymen And also the teachers,” said Karin Keysselitz the mother of a child at the school in Haltern whose son was taught by one of the teachers killed in the crash “When one hears of such accidents usually it’s so far away Now it’s here in our Haltern,” she told German press agency DPA your new go-to podcast to spice up your weekday mornings with relevant news and behind-the-scenes from Brussels and beyond From the economy to the climate and the EU's role in world affairs this talk show sheds light on European affairs and the issues that impact on our daily lives as Europeans Tune in to understand the ins and outs of European politics Dare to imagine the future with business and tech visionaries Deep dive conversations with business leaders Euronews Tech Talks goes beyond discussions to explore the impact of new technologies on our lives the podcast provides valuable insights into the intersection of technology and society Europe's water is under increasing pressure floods are taking their toll on our drinking water Join us on a journey around Europe to see why protecting ecosystems matters and to discover some of the best water solutions an animated explainer series and live debate - find out why Water Matters We give you the latest climate facts from the world’s leading source analyse the trends and explain how our planet is changing We meet the experts on the front line of climate change who explore new strategies to mitigate and adapt It was the end of a long wait for the families of high school students killed in the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps the remains of 15 out of the 16 who died arrived in a convoy of hearses in the small town of Haltern am See near Dusseldorf on its way back from a Spanish exchange programme near Barcelona Many local people came to the Joseph Koenig high school to pay their respects as the vehicles were driven past The first burials are due to take place on Friday Parents and relatives had been able to view the coffins earlier and join the cortege on its journey home from the airport The remains of 44 German victims had landed at Dusseldorf on Tuesday night after being flown from Marseille in a plane operated by Lufthansa This week relatives are reportedly due to meet the lead French investigator into the crash The process of identifying all 150 people who died was completed last month After examining cockpit voice and data recorders investigators concluded that the co-pilot had deliberately crashed the plane The German town of Haltern am See has paid tribute to the victims of Germanwings Flight 4U9525 At the Joseph-Koenig High School which lost 16 of its students and two teachers in the crash the time at which contact with the A320 was lost on Tuesday Similar scenes were played out elsewhere in the town and in Germany The Spanish class – too numerous for all to go to Barcelona – had drawn lots to see who would make the trip whose daughter was not selected and so was not on the plane says they held each other and cried when they heard the news “Here in Haltern we are are very close to everything that has happened through my daughter some of the children or youths who have died So we are emotionally involved in this,” he said The ceremonies took place before the official revelations that the crash was a deliberate act Subscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownHere Are Some Of The Victims From The Germanwings Plane CrashOfficials have said all 150 passengers and crew on board likely perished A Germanwings flight from Barcelona, Spain, to Düsseldorf, Germany, crashed on Tuesday in the French Alps killing all 150 passengers and crew aboard Officials have identified the dead as nationals from Spain, Germany, Australia, and Belgium, Reuters reported at least 67 were German and another 45 had Spanish names Here is a list of the victims who have been identified so far It will be updated as more names are confirmed The students and two teachers were from Joseph-König-Gymnasium in Haltern am See, Germany. The group had traveled to Barcelona for an exchange program at a school there, according to the BBC. The mayor of the town said in a news conference that the students were 10th-graders studying Spanish He said parents had started to arrive at the school after they were unable to reach their children on the phone The school sent students home for the day and will hold a special assembly on Wednesday Joseph-König-Gymnasium in Haltern: Schule gedenkt mit Todesanzeige der Absturzopfer http://t.co/37oNp8QQEo The 37-year-old was an American citizen who was born in Barcelona, the Guardian reported His father, Robert Tansill Oliver, is a retired teacher in New York who used to live in Barcelona Oliver said that he urges those who also lost a loved one in the crash to not focus on the last 10 minutes of the flight A Virginia man confirmed Wednesday that his wife and daughter were killed in the crash, the Washington Post reported Raymond Selke from Nokesville said that his wife Emily Selke was a 2013 graduate of Drexel University in Philadelphia posted on its Facebook page that it is mourning the loss of our "beautiful sister." Emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for all those in her life," the sorority said Éstos son los dos argentinos que murieron en la tragedia aérea http://t.co/Ij7uxIk26u The couple from Argentina were in Europe on vacation Maumus was the bassist in a band called Assault the Zoo, or APZOO, La Nacion reported The couple grew up in the town of Talar de Pacheco, and Maumus’ father is an executive for the local volunteer fire department, Clarin reported Her family said they were devastated and were trying to travel to France as soon as possible la tercera víctima argentina del avión Germanwings que cayó en los Alpes http://t.co/1aFAIbBaeW The third Argentine victim identified was 51-year-old Juan Armando Pomo Pomo was a 20-year resident of Paraguay, and he and his wife had a 15-year-old daughter and a 20-year-old son, according to La Nacion was another British resident on the flight The 50-year-old was an employee for Huf UK the British branch of a German car parts firm He had been on a business trip in Barcelona and was traveling to Germany for a work meeting British resident Paul Andrew Bramley was a passenger on the flight The Foreign Office released a statement about the 28-year-old from the city of Hull: He was studying hospitality and hotel management at Ceasar Ritz College in Lucerne and about to start an internship on 1 April Paul had just finished his first year at the college and had taken a few days holiday with friends in Barcelona before flying back to the UK via Dusseldorf to meet his family.Paul's mother Carol lives in Majorca and is currently in the UK he was my world."Paul's father Philip Bramley who lives in Hull has also said that they are both deeply shocked and will miss him." Tejada had been visiting her husband in Barcelona and was returning to Germany, where she was completing a Ph.D. in environmental economics at the University of Cologne, Colombia's local Caracol Radio reported Medrano had been working as an architect in Equatorial Guinea and was traveling through Europe the University Foundation of Popayan confirmed The 37-year-old British resident living in Manchester with her 7-month-old baby were passengers on the flight, Manchester Evening News reported Barrio said she had been in Spain to attend a funeral in Jaca in the Pyrenees The Foreign Office issued a statement on behalf of the family of Marina Bandres Lopez-Belio and her baby son "My wife Marina Bandres Lopez-Belio and our son Julian Pracz-Bandres were on-board the plane that crashed in the Alps yesterday.We have been living in Manchester for 7 years and we were both working in post-production for film and video.Marina was visiting her family in Spain for her uncle's funeral and decided to return to Manchester quickly as she wanted to return to her daily routine as soon as possible.I'm with my closest family in Manchester and in close contact with our family in Spain at this very difficult time We are devastated and would like to request that we be allowed to grieve in peace as a family without intrusion at this difficult time." announced that a long-standing member of its ensemble The 54-year-old was a bass baritone who has performed in over 30 operas A statement from the Deutsche Oper am Rhein said that its members were announcing Bryjak's death with great sadness A Barcelona opera house confirmed that one of the victims was 34-year-old Maria Radner a performer who had just appeared at the theater They confirmed that Radner's husband and baby were also on board the flight a post from the Gran Teatre del Liceu said that Radner had appeared in a performance of Siegfried along with Oleg Bryjak "Our sincere condolences to family and friends of all victims," the opera house said in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands "She went to my school. She was always laughing," a former classmate told RTL Nieuws Claassen was in Barcelona visiting a friend who was doing an internship there "This is terrible, she was still so young," someone wrote on a Facebook memorial page The two Australian citizens killed in the crash have been identified as Carol and Greig Friday The family said in a statement to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the duo was on vacation together in Europe Carol Friday had accompanied her son to Europe to travel before he was to begin teaching there "They were both extraordinary and exceptional people who were loved by many who they loved in return," the family said "They will forever be with us in our hearts Her family described her as a loving mother to her two children and a devoted wife and "was adored by all his family and friends," the family said The 59-year-old Belgian native had moved to Barcelona several years ago after falling in love and marrying a woman from Spain, local publication Sudinfo reported Driessens and his wife had three sons and three grandchildren they adored His niece Sandrine Driessens said that her uncle flew frequently for work and described her family as "birds" who love to travel Dolor inconmensurable per l'accident d'avió als Alps One victim of the crash was the wife of the chief of staff to Oriol Junqueras, the president of the Republican Left of Catalonia, Te Interesa reported The political group is a left-wing party that advocates for independence for the Catalonia region She was reportedly also on her way to a food industry conference though it was unclear whether it was the same conference other reported victims were heading to who is also the mayor of the town of Sant Vicenç dels Horts said on Twitter that the crash has caused "immeasurable pain." Sabaté was an employee of Esprit who lived with his wife and four children in A Coruña, Spain, local broadcaster ABC reported Sabaté and his wife are expecting their fourth child "imminently," ABC said Though Sabaté worked for Esprit in Germany, he maintained his residence in Spain. 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Haltern am See in a state of shock with the German nation sharing in their mourning and grief A tranquil and tidy town of 37,000 thatseemed to be a haven from the world's dangers Haltern am See came to a halt after news that 14 girls two boys and two teachers on a Spanish language exchange program were not coming home Students at the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium high school mourn their friends who were killed in the Germanwings crash.Credit: Getty "On Tuesday last week we sent off 16 happy young teachers on a journey," said Ulrich Wessel headmaster of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium high school "It was meant to be a journey full of joy a school exchange that we've been doing for six years It ended in tragedy," added Mr Wessel "Our school will never be the same again" principal of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium high school the day after 16 students and two teachers from the school were among passengers who were killed on Germanwings flight 4U9525.Credit: Getty French investigators searched for clues as to why the German Airbus flying from Barcelona to Duesseldorf ploughed into an Alpine mountainside had started learning Spanish at the start of the school year and were picked from 40 applicants to attend the popular language exchange programme A group of Spanish students spent a week in Haltern in December "Someone asked me how many we have at our school There are actually 16 fewer now," said Mr Wessel "It's all so horrible that I can hardly find words" the first major air passenger disaster on French soil since the 2000 Concorde accident just outside Paris Spanish officials said 49 Spaniards were among the victims In front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium high school: 16 students and two teachers from the school were lost in the Germanwings crash.Credit: Getty French President Francois Hollande was joined by Germany's Angela Merkel and Spain's Mariano Rajoy to pay their respects to the victims and to meet search teams at their base in the nearby village of Seyne-les-Alpes later on Wednesday "It feels good that in a difficult hour like this that we're standing so closely together" I'd like to say a heartfelt 'thank you' in the name of millions of Germans who appreciate this German-Franco friendship" Candles outside the Josef-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in Haltern am See.Credit: Reuters There was a pall hanging over the closely knit town north of former mining centres of Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen The despair was amplified by heavy low-lying clouds on a chilly spring day gathered in front of their high school to mourn Some placed flowers on the steps next to the hundreds of candles in red glass left by mourners at the three-storey cement building the town where German exchange students lost in the Germanwings crash studied Spanish.Credit: Reuters Friends came to me yesterday in tears and I was trying to just be there for them talking quietly and trying to avoid the journalists from across Germany and overseas who had descended on their once little-known town A memorial in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium secondary school in Haltern am See.Credit: Getty because it really gets to me," said Haltern resident Macky Nowak Former Germany soccer player Christoph Metzelder who grew up here before playing for Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid said his home town would never be the same "It's a national tragedy," he told Die Welt newspaper "The students and the teachers from Haltern am See have become the symbol of this disaster North Rhine-Westphalia's Education Minister Sylvia Loehrmann added: "This is a pain that no one Schools across the state will hold a moment of silence for the victims on Thursday and flags across Germany were lowered to half mast The Germany soccer team said they will wear black arm bands in their match against Australia to mourn the victims The headmaster said the two teachers were also young - one got married last year in October and the other was engaged their life's plans were gone - they'll leave a big hole at our school," Wessel said "It's a deep wound to lose 16 children and two teachers that will take long to heal and will leave deep scars." which takes pride in a safe and efficient transport system the sorrow was exacerbated by the loss of so many of Haltern's bright youngsters bound for university a 65-year-old flying home to Duesseldorf after celebrating her grandson's birthday in Berlin said it felt strange to travel by plane: "I can't help thinking about all those young people who died." The sorrow could also be felt at Duesseldorf airport where people lit candles and placed flowers against a metal support and pinned up messages in German "My thoughts are with all the victims and relatives of this terrible air disaster," reads one message on black paper pinned to a pillar we're crying with you," read another A tranquil and tidy town of 37,000 thatseemed to be a haven from the world's dangers \\\"On Tuesday last week we sent off 16 happy young teachers on a journey,\\\" said Ulrich Wessel \\\"It was meant to be a journey full of joy a school exchange that we've been doing for six years \\\"Our school will never be the same again\\\" \\\"Someone asked me how many we have at our school There are actually 16 fewer now,\\\" said Mr Wessel \\\"It's all so horrible that I can hardly find words\\\" French President Francois Hollande was joined by Germany's Angela Merkel and Spain's Mariano Rajoy to pay their respects to the victims and to meet search teams at their base in the nearby village of Seyne-les-Alpes later on Wednesday \\\"It feels good that in a difficult hour like this that we're standing so closely together\\\" I'd like to say a heartfelt 'thank you' in the name of millions of Germans who appreciate this German-Franco friendship\\\" because it really gets to me,\\\" said Haltern resident Macky Nowak \\\"It's a national tragedy,\\\" he told Die Welt newspaper \\\"The students and the teachers from Haltern am See have become the symbol of this disaster North Rhine-Westphalia's Education Minister Sylvia Loehrmann added: \\\"This is a pain that no one their life's plans were gone - they'll leave a big hole at our school,\\\" Wessel said \\\"It's a deep wound to lose 16 children and two teachers that will take long to heal and will leave deep scars.\\\" the sorrow was exacerbated by the loss of so many of Haltern's bright youngsters bound for university a 65-year-old flying home to Duesseldorf after celebrating her grandson's birthday in Berlin said it felt strange to travel by plane: \\\"I can't help thinking about all those young people who died.\\\" \\\"My thoughts are with all the victims and relatives of this terrible air disaster,\\\" reads one message on black paper pinned to a pillar The school that lost 16 teenage students and two young teachers in the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps has accused journalists of bribing students for interviews The town of Haltern am See is in shock after 14 girls two boys and two teachers on a Spanish language exchange programme were killed in the crash "On Tuesday last week we sent off 16 happy young teachers on a journey," said Ulrich Wessel "Someone asked me how many we have at our school There are actually 16 fewer now," said Wessel "It's all so horrible that I can hardly find words." Students gathered in front of their high school to mourn and take part in a minute of silence their life's plans were gone - they'll leave a big hole at our school," Wessel said "It's a deep wound to lose 16 children and two teachers that will take long to heal and will leave deep scars." DNA checks to identify them could take weeks The families of victims were being flown to Marseille on Thursday before being taken up to the zone close to the crash site Chapels had been prepared for them with a view of the mountain where their loved ones died Police and forensic teams on foot and in helicopters pursued searches but said the impact of the crash was so violent that the plane had shattered into small pieces "When we go to a crash site we expect to find part of the fuselage But here we see nothing at all," said Xavier Roy The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane appears to have crashed the plane deliberately Andreas Lubitz left in sole control of the Airbus A320 after the captain left the cockpit refused to re-open the door and pressed a button that sent the jet into its fatal descent Candles and fresh flowers lie in front of the Joseph Koenig Gymnasium at a memorial plaque for the victims of the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps in Haltern am See one year after the plane carrying 16 local students and two teachers slammed into a mountainside Get our news on your inbox! Suscribe x MercoPress, en Español Montevideo, May 5th 2025 - 23:49 UTC Hundreds turned out in the western German town of Haltern am See to mourn 16 students and two teachers lost in Tuesday’s Germanwings crash in the French Alps The Airbus A320 crashed en route to Dusseldorf from Barcelona in what would be the worst air accident on French soil in three decades Spain declared three days of national mourning  Residents of the town of 38,000 about 80 kilometers north of Dusseldorf filed into the 19th century red-brick Saint Sixtus church lighting candles and writing messages in condolence books as organ music played dozens of red and white candles covered the steps of the main entrance of the Joseph Koenig Gymnasium where the 10th graders who had been in Spain on a week-long language exchange “This is the darkest day in the history of our city,” Haltern am See Mayor Bodo Klimpel said during a press conference his eyes tearing up and his voice breaking The country was grieving the likely deaths of 67 Germans which also included two prominent opera singers operated by the low-cost subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG plunged into the mountainside following a rapid descent from cruising altitude France’s civil aviation authority said Salvage crews began scouring debris from the crash site in rugged terrain and recovered one of the flight data recorders The opera singers had been performing at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu in composer Richard Wagner’s Siegfried which plans to remember the performers with two minutes of silence on Wednesday night Oleg Bryjak was a 54-year-old bass baritone singer who had been at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein since 1996 the Dusseldorf-based opera said in a statement on its website Contralto Maria Radner was on the flight with her husband and baby after spending a month in Barcelona The Haltern am See school group visited the IES Giola de Llinars del Valles school in the Catalan town of Llinars del Valles an official from the Spanish town said by phone More than 20 counselors were on site in Haltern to support friends and relatives Spain declared three days of mourning for crash victims The government is working with Germanwings to determine the Spanish death toll from the downed plane said Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria As many as 45 people on board had Spanish last names without confirming they were citizens of the country Lufthansa and Germanwings changed their logos on Twitter and Facebook to commemorate the victims The German national soccer team will wear black armbands at Wednesday’s game against Australia the country’s DFB soccer federation said on Twitter Nothing to say except sympathy for the victim's relatives No doubt we will here what caused the accident in due course A 16 minute apparently controlled descent into a mountain without any distress signals from the cockpit or passengers Commenting for this story is now closed.If you have a Facebook account, become a fan and comment on our Facebook Page! Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Pupils had been returning from a one-week visit to Barcelona I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice Pupils and parent held hands as they stood before a sea of candles outside the Josef Koenig school in Haltern am See this monring. Many wept as they remembered the 14 teenagers and two teachers from the school who were killed in Tuesday's German wings air crash. The pupils, all students of Spanish, had been returning from a one-week school exchange visit to Barcelona when the crash happened shortly before 11 am on Tuesday morning. Haltern am See, a small town north of Duesseldorf was in a state of shock this morning. Black flags were being flown from cars, while at the town hall the state flag flew at halfmast. "In many families the world has simply stopped turning," said Bodo Klimpel, the mayor. "The citizens of this town are numbed by grief," he added. Arron Feldmann, 16, a school pupil was told about the crash over the school intercom system: "The headmaster came on and told us something bad had happened and we all went out into the courtyard. When we heard the news we were just completely shocked," he told The Independent. "Then it seemed like something out of a horror movie, people just started crying and hugging each other, others began running away from the school. It was if they were panicked," he said. Arron said two of the girls had been friends of his. "I still cannot believe they're dead. It is all like something out of a dream," he said. Pupils and parents attended a remembrance service at the school this monring. Sixteen candles flickered in the school auditorium in memory of the victims. Outside the school, a sea of candles and flowers had been placed in front of the main entrance. "We are all speechless," said Ulrich Wessel, the headmaster. "We have yet to come to terms with what has happened. These are the darkest days in the whole history of the school." Frank Gebhard, a parent of two children at the school, clutched a gravelight as he made his way towards the building. "I just had to come here and put down a candle. I feel so sad for the parents of the dead pupils," he said. Andreas Wins, the father of a 10-year-old girl at the school was equally distressed: "It all happened so quickly. We can hardly take in what has hit us." The school authorities said they would continue to keep the school open but counsellors and teachers had been instructed to give pupil as much time as they needed to cope with their grief. "It is important that the pupils can be together to share and get over what happened," said Sylvia Löhrmmann, schools minister for the state of Northrhine Westfalia. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Europe continues to endure a sweltering heatwave which has sparked a wildfire in Spain Governments warned citizens to take extra precautions with the week-long heatwave causing a build-up of pollution and fears of an increase in emergency calls across Europe French meteorologists have forecast temperatures that may exceed 45 degrees Celsius on Friday Photograph: Robert Atanasovski/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Julian Stahle/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: AFP Contributor#DPA/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images The Airbus A320 belonging to Lufthansa's low-cost carrier Germanwings met its end on March 24 2015 near the small Alpine village of Le Vernet while on its way from Barcelona to Duesseldorf The crash killed all 144 passengers and six crew—a group of people from 20 countries Hours after French prosecutors suggested the co-pilot barricaded himself alone at the controls of the jetliner to crash it on purpose, airlines rushed to change their rules so as to require a second crew member in the cockpit at all times. Families of the victims in Vernet on Monday marked a minute of silence at 10:41 a.m the exact moment a decade earlier when their loved ones died German and Spanish officials laid wreaths in Le Vernet's cemetery where unidentified victims were buried in a mass grave Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr said the tragedy still haunted the company and guided its thinking on "responsibility." Former mayor Bertrand Bartolini told AFP that visiting the crash site where rescuers retrieved thousands of body parts amid the wreckage It was a "place of absolute horror," he said "I saw things there that I will never be able to talk about." Grief-stricken families and media soon poured into the remote community and Bartolini found himself having to sign death certificates for 150 people in multiple copies He said he still remembers the German couple who died with their 18-month-old son and the recently married Moroccan couple who had planned to board an earlier flight but were delayed for bureaucratic reasons The victims also included 16 students and two teachers from a high school in the western German town of Haltern am See The teenagers and staff were heading home after a week-long school exchange in Spain But as flight 4U 9525 cruised above France took the decision that sealed the fate of everyone aboard When the pilot, Captain Patrick Sondenheimer, left the cockpit for a bathroom break, Lubitz locked the door behind him and set the autopilot into a steady descent the voice recorder only picks up Lubitz's breathing as he ignores calls from air traffic controllers while the screaming pilot tries to pry open the door with a crowbar helped interpret for the families of the victims when they arrived in Le Vernet afterwards She told AFP she had developed long-term relationships with some of those relatives over the years as they returned to the area to hike up to the crash site She became friends with the family of a teenage girl from Haltern am See who died in the crash and her own daughter went to stay with them in 10th grade. — Agence France-Presse {{gallery.imageDetails.images.0.description}} A German student nearly missed the doomed Germanwings flight to Dusseldorf after she forgot her passport at the home of her Spanish host family The unnamed girl was among 16 classmates and two teachers from a small-town German high school on board the aircraft that crashed in France on Tuesday on a flight from Barcelona The 10th grade students from Haltern am See were on their way home after a week-long exchange program at the Institut Giola in Llinars del Vallès near Barcelona It was a reciprocal visit after 12 Spanish students had spent a week at their school with German families in December Students light candles at the Joseph-Koenig Gymnasium in Haltern Sixteen school children and two teachers from Haltern are among the victims she was taken to the airport separately from her peer group "It was a Spanish language exchange programme and they were flying home after having what was probably the most wonderful time of their lives," said Sylvia Loehrmann the education minister for the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia The Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in the French Alps Germanwings confirmed its flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf went down with 144 passengers and six crew The school would hold a special assembly on Wednesday to allow students to talk about the tragedy Haltern am See mayor Bodo Klimpel said that word spread quickly through the school about reports that a plane from Barcelona had gone missing and the students began researching on their own to try to find out more about the plane's fate when the plane didn't land and they were unable to make contact with their friends and classmates by cell phone that's when they assumed the worst had happened," said the mayor Two students at the Haltern school offer each other comfort on Tuesday "The students were informed that there was a sufficient probability that the plane would not be landing in Dusseldorf," the mayor said said Tuesday was the "darkest day" his town had ever experienced.Credit: AP "It's the darkest day in this town's history," said Mr Klimpel who added that some parents nevertheless drove to the airport and some to the school It's the worst thing ever imaginable." He said the school would be opened on Wednesday but there wouldn't be any normal lessons "It'll be a chance for the students to talk about the horrible thing that happened." The town of 37,000 that lies just north of the Ruhr River Valley industrial area is about 50 kilometres north of Dusseldorf The nearby Sixtus church and another church opened their doors for students while flags in the town were lowered to half-mast told Reuters that these kinds of exchanges had been organised for several years with German towns including in the Dusseldorf Mr Pujol said of his town of 9000 residents The parents had been to see them off at 6 this morning." Haltern am See's history dates back to 1289 and perhaps its most famous son is soccer player Christoph Metzelder who plays for Gelsenkirchen's Schalke 04 club The 10th grade students from Haltern am See were on their way home after a week-long exchange program at the Institut Giola in Llinars del Vall\\u00E8s near Barcelona \\\"It was a Spanish language exchange programme and they were flying home after having what was probably the most wonderful time of their lives,\\\" said Sylvia Loehrmann when the plane didn't land and they were unable to make contact with their friends and classmates by cell phone that's when they assumed the worst had happened,\\\" said the mayor \\\"The students were informed that there was a sufficient probability that the plane would not be landing in Dusseldorf,\\\" the mayor said \\\"It's the darkest day in this town's history,\\\" said Mr Klimpel \\\"It'll be a chance for the students to talk about the horrible thing that happened.\\\" The parents had been to see them off at 6 this morning.\\\" Haltern am See's history dates back to 1289 and perhaps its most famous son is soccer player Christoph Metzelder Candles are lit at the high school that lost 16 students and two teachers in Tuesday's crash of a Germanwings flight between Barcelona and Düsseldorf The teenage girls and boys meet at the table tennis board in the school yard Some are crying; some are just staring emptily The teenagers sign their names with black felt-tip pens on thick white candles which they will soon set down next to the others on the steps of the Joseph König Gymnasium A school is saying goodbye and an entire city is mourning Sixteen students and two teachers from the school were on board Germanwings Flight 4U9525 which crashed in the French Alps en route from Barcelona to Düsseldorf on Tuesday morning The students had spent just under a week in a town near Barcelona taking a Spanish course A bus was ready to pick up the 10th graders at the Düsseldorf Airport "This is the darkest day in the city's history," local Mayor Bodo Klimpel said Tuesday afternoon during a press conference held at city hall Klimpel does not look like a man who is easily shaken it seemed at times that his voice almost failed him His eyes were red and he clearly had to struggle to maintain his composure "It's the worst thing you could imagine," he said "Our deepest thoughts right now are with the victims and their families." Photo Gallery: German Flight Crashes in France News of the disaster quickly spread through Haltern am See "It's such a small town that many people know each other," said a teacher at a school located next to the Joseph König Gymnasium Everyone." One young man with a red rose in his hand sought to describe his thoughts as he learned of the accident this can't be real -- we know these people," he said Many families of the victims traveled in the early afternoon to the Düsseldorf Airport in order to obtain more information about the crash including 144 passengers and six crewmembers German federal police and airport workers systematically shielded families from the press and public and escorted them to a special VIP lounge "I don't want to see anyone from the press directly approach these people," a police commissioner told his subordinates telling the officers they were directly responsible for the families Terrible scenes must have played out here on Tuesday in the VIP room One airport worker said he would never forget the crying he heard on this day doctors and psychologists all converged on the scene to provide emergency care for families and friends of the plane crash victims Around 20 people had been waiting in the arrivals area for the plane's arrival when joyful anticipation was replaced by dismay Photos taken of the arrivals board at the airport over an hour after news started to emerge about the crash still showed the doomed flight from Barcelona to Düsseldorf with no status listed about its expected arrival time a man with back hair in a leather jacket was escorted by two airport employees to the VIP lounge he also was apparently waiting for the flight to land At first he didn't appear to understand the helpers Pieces of wreckage on the sides of a mountain near Seyne This is the site where an Airbus aircraft belonging to Germanwings crashed on Tuesday afternoon The Airbus A320 was on its way from Barcelona to Düsseldorf French officials near the crash site: According to Germanwings 144 passengers and six employees were on board Sixty-seven German citizens were supposedly in the aircraft Helicopters of the French Air Force near the accident site: Access is very difficult The crash site on Google Earth: It is located at an altitude of approximately 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) German Chancellor Angela Merkel described herself as distraught at an official press conference: "It is a shock that puts us The crash site in the Département Alpes-de-Haute-Provence An Airbus 320 belonging to Germanwings: The airplace that crashed was approximately 24 years old The plane had been delivered to Lufthansa in 1991 The jet had 147 seats and had been named "Mannheim." A display board in Düsseldorf listing flight 4U-9525 the aircraft was supposed to depart Barcelona at 9:25 a.m. It was scheduled to arrive in Düsseldorf at 11:55 a.m French President François Hollande described the event as a tragedy and offered Angela Merkel his support in a phone call Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said "In this difficult time our thoughts are with all of those who must fear that their close ones are among the passengers or the crew." The crisis center in the German Foreign Ministry: The French and Catalan government also put crisis teams in place Hearses carrying coffins with the remains of victims of the Germanwings flight 4U 9525 plane disaster drive past the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in Haltern am See Forty-four coffins with the victims’ remains from the Germanwings crash on March 24 were flown from France to Germany yesterday please register for free or log in to your account Eine Forschungskooperation der Universität Trier und des Landschaftsverbandes Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) hat im römischen Gräberfeld von Haltern am See drei weitere Bestattungen entdeckt Die Gräber stammen aus der Zeit um Christi Geburt.Fünf Wochen lang suchten elf Studierende in Haltern unter Leitung von Dr Stephan Berke in dem römischen Gräberfeld nach weiteren Bestattungen Der Dozent für Klassische Archäologie an der Universität Trier war vor 36 Jahren selbst als Student an der ersten Grabung in dem Gräberfeld beteiligt In diesem Jahr entdeckten die Archäologen auf einer 400 Quadratmeter großen Fläche am Grünen Winkel die Überreste von drei Grabanlagen In allen Fällen handelte es sich um Brandbestattungen Die Römer begruben hier die Asche Ihrer Toten in Urnen.Nur eines der Gräber enthielt noch die Urne "Der Erhaltungszustand der Gräber ist sehr unterschiedlich" "Der Ackerbau der vergangenen Jahrzehnte hat viele Gräber zerstört." Die Urne wurde vollständig geborgen In den Restaurierungswerkstätten der LWL-Archäologie für Westfalen in Münster soll sie behutsam Schicht für Schicht untersucht werden "Zum ersten Mal gelang uns in Haltern die Identifikation des römischen Laufhorizontes." Römische Grabanlagen sind sehr unterschiedlich gestaltet Die zweite der in Haltern entdeckten Bestattungen ließ einen Grabhügel mit einem Durchmesser von 7,50 Meter erkennen Die Wissenschaftler fanden jedoch keine Urne Vermutlich ging sie durch den Pflug verloren Solche sogenannten Tumulusgräber können bis zu 14 Meter in der Breite messen Der nun entdeckte Tumulus ist also von mittlerer Größe.Auch das dritte Grab enthielt keine Urne mehr Ursprünglich verfügte es über eine rechteckige Einhegung von der nur noch ein verfüllter Graben zeugt Mit einer Seitenlänge von acht Metern ist es ähnlich groß wie das Tumulusgrab Darüber hinaus machten die Wissenschaftler eine seltene Entdeckung "Zum ersten Mal gelang uns in Haltern die Identifikation des römischen Laufhorizontes" Bettina Tremmel von der LWL-Archäologie für Westfalen Darunter verstehen die Experten die Bodenschicht die zu römischer Zeit die originale Erdoberfläche darstellte "Den Laufhorizont erkennen wir vor allem anhand einer Vielzahl von Kleinfunden die auf der damaligen Bodenhöhe abgelegt wurden oder verloren gingen." Dazu gehören stark verrostete Eisenobjekte darunter möglicherweise die Spitze eines römischen Wurfspeers "Außerdem haben wir an einigen Stellen Keramikscherben gefunden Das zeigt uns die Standorte der Scheiterhaufen an denn die toten Römer wurden zusammen mit vielen Keramikgefäßen verbrannt" Vor über 2.000 Jahren waren etwa 5.000 Legionäre des römischen Heeres in Haltern am See stationiert Von hier aus sollte schrittweise die Eingliederung des heutigen Nordwestdeutschland in das Römische Reich erfolgen Mehrere römische Legionen waren dafür über Jahre hinweg im Einsatz Zwischen der heutigen Weseler Straße und der Dorstener Straße entwickelte sich so über die Jahre ein römischer Friedhof am Fuße des Annabergs Insgesamt haben die Archäologen hier bis heute über 100 Urnenbestattungen untersucht "Als 1982 bei der ersten Ausgrabung am Grünen Winkel das römische Gräberfeld entdeckt wurde war ich als junger Student der örtliche Grabungsleiter." war ich als junger Student der örtliche Grabungsleiter" Seither ließen ihn die toten Römer in Haltern nicht mehr los Von 1985 bis 1987 arbeitete er als wissenschaftlicher Volontär beim LWL im Fachreferat für Provinzialrömische Archäologie Während dieser Zeit wurde ihm die Aufgabe übertragen die Funde aus dem Gräberfeld nach Abschluss der Ausgrabungen in einer wissenschaftlichen Publikation zu veröffentlichen Mit dem Fortschreiten der Baumaßnahmen im Baugebiet zwischen Weseler Straße und Dorstener Straße gab es bis 2014 weitere Ausgrabungen In den vergangenen zehn Jahren arbeitete Berke der seit 2012 Kustos am Fach Klassische Archäologie in Trier ist intensiv an seinem Publikationsprojekt.Für die meisten der elf Trierer Studierenden war es die erste Grabung "Die Zusammenarbeit auf der Grabung war perfekt" wie die Lebenswege der nächsten Generation von Archäologen verlaufen werden." um diesen Inhalt mit «Gefällt mir» zu markieren Verpassen Sie nicht die neuesten Inhalte von diesem Profil: Melden Sie sich an um neuen Inhalten von Profilen und Orten in Ihrem persönlichen Feed zu folgen Es können nur einzelne Videos der jeweiligen Plattformen eingebunden werden Es können nur einzelne Beiträge der jeweiligen Plattformen eingebunden werden um selbst mit eigenen Inhalten beizutragen Eine Marke der FUNKE Mediengruppe A total of 150 people from 17 countries lost their lives in the crash of a Germanwings aircraft, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Among them was a school class from the small German town of Haltern am See says he will never forget the moment he had to break the tragic news to the parents of the children who were returning on the doomed flight 4U9525 from a student exchange program in Barcelona They had gathered in a classroom at the high school news channels had already begun broadcasting footage of the wreckage of the ill-fated aircraft in the French Alps near Le Vernet “I will never forget the horror on their faces,” recalls the former school principal The crash of the Germanwings aircraft on March 24 remains one of the most devastating disasters in European aviation history Not only because of the high number of victims but also due to the unthinkable cause of the crash there is no doubt to this day: the 27-year-old mentally ill co-pilot deliberately steered the aircraft into the mountains to end his life Lubitz ensured he was alone in the cockpit by locking out the captain and manually reducing the altitude from 38,000 feet to a fatal 100 feet “This act could only have been intentional,” emphasized prosecutor Brice Robin in 2015 At the Joseph-König High School in Haltern am See a memorial plaque bears the names of the students and teachers lost in the tragedy authorities found overwhelming evidence of his deteriorating mental health He was labeled as an “unstable personality” and “mentally ill,” according to prosecutor Robin who stated that Lubitz was “completely unfit to fly an aircraft.” several questions remain unanswered even after a decade Who allowed the co-pilot to sit in the cockpit despite his mental illness Why did none of his doctors raise the alarm Why was nothing revealed in the annual flight fitness tests How is it possible that no one saw or noticed anything many relatives and loved ones of the victims gathered at the crash site in the French Alps this year In the small town of Haltern in the Ruhr region and former students laid white roses at the memorial plaque bearing the victims’ names Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr