Cultural events are canceled
16. April 2020: Several cultural events, including the “Africa Festival”, Weindorf and the music festival “Umsonst & Draußen” in Würzburg do not take place.
May 8, 2020: The city of Schweinfurt cancels the traditional Schweinfurt fair.
27. May 2020: Würzburg harbor summer and Mozart Festival should take place with an alternative program despite Corona.
An unusual summer
28. May 2020: Vacation away from home is either impossible or very complicated. So many people are drawn to nature in front of the door. Especially nature reserves and hiking areas in the Rhön, Spessart and Steigerwald are well visited. The government calls for consideration before the weekend of Pentecost.
15. June 2020: The tourism industry expects losses of between 40 and 70 percent. In Würzburg, city tourism is particularly suffering from the cancellation of major events such as the Africa Festival and Wine Festival.
July 11, 2020: The first cabaret summer begins in Volkach – as a replacement for the unusual wine festival. Only 200 spectators are allowed on a total of 18 evenings – and only with a mask and distance.
Industry, winemakers and breweries are reaching their limits
July 28, 2020: Lower Franconia’s winegrowers and breweries are massively feeling the consequences of the lockdown – closed restaurants and unusual festivals are causing sales to collapse. “We won’t survive a second year like this,” says Johannes Faust, managing director of the brewery of the same name in Miltenberg.
4.August 2020: The corona pandemic plunged companies in the metal and electrical industry into the worst crisis since the Second World War, complains association spokesman Michael Bischof. 56 percent of the companies in Lower Franconia expect further job cuts.
Day tourists and return travelers
9. August 2020: The number of day tourists in the region is increasing more and more. In Volkach, 90 people demonstrate against a massive influx of visitors to the Mainschleife. “We understand that people spend their holidays with us in the region in Corona times, but they should be considerate of us residents,” says the initiator Jochen Flammersberger
11. August 2020: There are also many more visitors than usual on the grounds of the Erlabrunn swimming lake. According to the Wasserwacht, the number of visitors increases sharply with the beginning of the summer holidays.
25. August 2020: In the meantime, more and more travelers are returning from risk areas and have to undergo corona tests. The city and district of Würzburg are putting a test track into operation on the Talavera for those returning travelers.
Incidence numbers are increasing – Würzburg reacts with a tightened hygiene concept
10. September 2020: Würzburg is the third city in Bavaria to exceed the nationwide limit of 50 with an incidence value of 67.25.Würzburg is reacting to this development with a tightened hygiene concept and restrictions: from September 11, alcohol consumption will be prohibited on the Old Main Bridge at certain times of the day, the number of participants allowed at events will be reduced.
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