Ulm/Rheinstetten (dpa) – Major day of fighting in the town halls and polling stations of four southwest municipalities: In the cities Ulm, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Herrenberg and Rheinstetten There are mayoral elections on Sunday. The polling stations are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. If none of the candidates in the city in which they are … Read more
Freiburg/Konstanz (dpa/lsw) – The legal dispute over signs from Lake Constance residents for a voluntary 30 km/h speed limit is set to continue – but in a variant that has not yet been explicitly discussed in court. Those affected should receive a new official letter to remove the controversial signs, against which a lawsuit will … Read more
Freiburg (dpa/lsw) – After a sensational ruling, Freiburg is increasing prices for residential parking again, but remains well below previous fee levels. From December 1st, a uniform annual fee of 200 euros will be due, as the city announced on Tuesday. The annual tariff has been 30 euros since June in a kind of transitional … Read more
Freiburg (dpa/lsw) – After a sensational ruling on resident parking, Freiburg is raising prices again, but remaining well below previous fee levels. From December 1st, a uniform annual fee of 200 euros will be due, as the Black Forest metropolis announced on Tuesday. The annual tariff has been 30 euros since June in a kind … Read more
Frankfurt/Main (dpa) – Boomtown Mainz: In a study, the Biontech location defends its place as the most dynamic city in Germany and, given the current situation, is getting closer to the leader Munich. This emerges from the city ranking published on Thursday by IW Consult on behalf of the Internet portal Immoscout24 and “Wirtschaftswoche”. Last … Read more
How are Germany’s major cities doing in terms of economic strength, labor market or sustainability? According to a study, one city in particular stands out this year. Frankfurt/Main (dpa) – Boomtown Mainz: In a study, the Biontech location defends its place as the most dynamic city in Germany and, given the current situation, is getting … Read more
Munich (dpa / lby) – Bavaria’s cities and municipalities are, according to their own calculations, heading towards an increasingly dangerous financial situation. “The municipalities’ income is already falling, expenses are increasing rapidly and excessively. The general conditions are becoming enormously more difficult,” said the chairman of the Bavarian Association of Cities, the mayor of Straubing, … Read more
The Federal Government’s Commissioner for Integration, Reem Alabali-Radovan, meanwhile complained about the tone in the asylum debate. “A tone that is becoming increasingly sharp and populist, as well as presenting new pseudo-solutions every day, is dividing our society into “The Others” and “We,” said the SPD politician to the Editorial Network Germany (RND). It is … Read more
Frankfurt/Wiesbaden (dpa/lhe) – A weapons ban zone will be officially introduced in Frankfurt’s Bahnhofsviertel today. In the second-smallest district of the Main metropolis, carrying weapons in accordance with the Weapons Act as well as knives with fixed or lockable blades longer than four centimeters will be prohibited between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. Mayor Mike … Read more
Freiburg (dpa/lsw) – There has been a dispute for a long time, now a court has decided: For the time being, no trees may be felled to lay a gas pipe in a future new development area in Freiburg. As the Freiburg administrative court announced on Tuesday, it granted an urgent application from the environmental … Read more