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Cologne: bomb at Hohenzollern Bridge defused – TV blonde evacuated


Bomb defusing in Cologne.

© Photo: dpa / Montage: RUHR24

The bomb on the Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne was successfully defused on Tuesday (January 21). A well-known TV blonde was also affected.

  • A bomb from World War II was found in Cologne.
  • It is located in Deutz and was deactivated today (January 21).
  • The evacuation led to massive restrictions on rail traffic.

Update, 4:28 p.m.: Not only employees of many commercial companies or of RTL, as well as the Rhineland Regional Association had on Tuesday for the Defuse the Wold war bomb in Cologne be evacuated, but also trash TV celebrity Daniela Katzenberger. The blonde, who became known at “Goodbye Germany”, learned about the defusing of the bomb only on Tuesday, according to her Instagram story. “I was just watching RTL and saw that we would have to get out of here in 20 minutes,” said Katzenberger while she was at the Hyatt Hotel on the Rhine Cologne sat at breakfast. In the end everything went well: The Duds was successfully defused.

Daniela Katzenberger had to be evacuated in Cologne after defusing a bomb.

© Screenshot RUHR24.de via instagram.com/danielakatzenberger

After defusing a bomb: All closures removed

Update, 12.20 p.m .: Like the city Cologne reports, all closures have been lifted again. The closures have also been lifted on the tracks. Loud German railways long-distance trains are no longer diverted, and so is the station Cologne fair Deutz can be started again. However, you can Delays due to backwater effects and isolated failures cannot be excluded. The city’s regulatory office Cologne was deployed today with 79 forces.

Update, 12.06 p.m .: The Defuse the bomb from the Second World War was successful. In the coming minutes the city will be noisy Cologne all locks removed. So that can also Deutz train station be started again. Those affected can also return to the evacuated areas.

Bomb in Cologne: defusing has started

Update, 11.38 a.m .: It is so far – that Bomb defusing in Cologne has begun.

Update, 11.20 a.m .: The evacuations in Cologne-Deutz are complete. All buildings have been cleared. Airspace, shipping and Rail transport will be set promptly. Then the release to Defuse the bomb granted, the city of Cologne on Twitter.

Bomb defusing in Cologne: RTL and n-tv employees are affected

Update, 10.45 a.m .: Of the Bomb defusing in Cologne-Deutz around 10,000 employees are affected. That shares the city ​​Cologne on Twitter With. Next to the railway station the Hohenzollern Bridge is now also closed to pedestrians.

The TV channels RTL and n-tv need to send from a safe distance to keep operations running since the studio is in close proximity to the Bomb defusing located.

Update, 10.05 a.m .: Not just that Regional transport is through the Defuse the Aviation bomb limited. As theDeutsche Bahn reports, many long-distance connections are affected by failures and delays.

Accordingly, the following are redirected:

  • ICE trains Dortmund – Cologne – Frankfurt (M)
  • IC trains Hamburg – Bremen – Dortmund – Cologne – Frankfurt (M)
  • IC trains Berlin – Hanover – Dortmund – Cologne – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm
  • ICE trains Dortmund – Cologne Messe / Deutz – Frankfurt (M) – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Munich
  • ICE trains Dortmund – Cologne – Frankfurt (M) – Nuremberg – Passau – Vienna

The has other connections Deutsche Bahn
published on their website.

Update, 9.20 a.m .: Since 9 a.m., the regulatory office has been working to close the area within a radius of 500 meters evacuate. Numerous companies, such as the Rhineland Regional Association and the TV broadcaster RTL are affected. That shares the city ​​Cologne on Twitter with.

Bomb in Cologne: defusing should start at 12 o’clock

The police in Duisburg meanwhile informs the Professional boatman about the impact of Bomb defusing at the Hohenzollern Bridge. The Rhine is also closed at the Rhine kilometer 689.

Update, 8.42 a.m .: The Defuse the world war bomb on Rhine bank in Cologne to take place around 12 noon. That reports the Deutsche Bahn On your webpage. Until then, trains can still drive through the Cologne-Deutz stop.

Bomb in Cologne: rail traffic affected until the afternoon

Update, Tuesday (January 21st), 7.23 a.m .: Cologne – As the Deutsche Bahn announced on Tuesday morning, the Rail transport in Cologne because of the upcoming Bomb defusing expected to be affected by the afternoon. From around 9 a.m. Deutz train station no more trains stop.

First registration, Monday (January 20), 10.06 p.m .: After Dortmund and Düsseldorf has now also Cologne with a Duds from the Second World war to fight. While 14,000 people had to be evacuated in Dortmund and around 11,000 in Düsseldorf recently to defuse them, it is in Cologne on Tuesday (January 21st) but only a whopping 15 people who have to leave their homes.

Cologne: Hohenzollern Bridge affected by defusing

For this, the defusing is close to the important one Hohenzollern Bridge between Cologne-Deutz and the Central Station Cologne the Cologne train station Messe / Deutz affected.

Like the city of Cologne on Monday (January 20th) writes in a press release, the train station in Deutz for the Defuse the American 10-pound bomb evacuated will. “Throughout the period evacuation there will be no change of passengers here from 9 a.m. “, says the city. Passengers can neither get on or off trains.

It is not only in Cologne that train traffic is restricted this morning. Due to a switch failure, the train is experiencing delays and cancellations throughout NRW.

Bomb in Cologne: Several lines in regional traffic affected

The following regional transport lines are affected by the closure of Cologne-Deutz train station:

  • RE1
  • RE8
  • RE9
  • RE12 / RE22
  • RB24
  • RB27
  • RB38
  • S6
  • S11
  • S12
  • S13 / S19

They want more – including the IC and ICE lines concerned German train announce on Tuesday.

Also important for many rail users: the Rail transport about the Hohenzollern Bridge will be for the period of Defuse blocked. This also applies to shipping and airspace. The city of Cologne was not yet able to say exactly when the defusing would take place and when it would end.

Cologne Messe / Deutz station is evacuated for defusing

The bomb from the Second World war was on Monday (January 20) during construction work in Cologne-Deutz on Kennedy Shore (right bank of the Rhine) found (Rhine kilometers 689). Due to difficult soil conditions, the American ten-hundredweight bomb will only be released and deactivated on Tuesday (January 21).

Only 15 residents affected by evacuation

Around the Duds was a Evacuation radius of 500 meters (see map). Instead of many residents – in this case there are only 15 – the defuse is local, according to the City of Cologne Business enterprise and the Landscape association Rhineland affected.

This is the evacuation radius for defusing the unexploded ordnance in Cologne-Deutz.

© City of Cologne

Is also the Cologne Opera in the State house affected. The city will not be able to play here until after the measure has been completed.

Those affected will receive further information on Tuesday at the citizens’ phone on 0221 / 221-0 and on the service telephone of the security and traffic service at 0221 / 221-32000.

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