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U-Bahnhof Opening Earlier Than Expected

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich. The U-Bahnhof at Fraunhoferstraße has reopened three days ahead of schedule. The work to install the new escalators was completed faster than planned. Since Friday afternoon the transport company MVG allows passengers onto the platforms , even though the escalators are not entirely finished. Since the 9th of August the underground station was completely closed. The MVG replaced the escalators at the station and needed to shutdown all the platforms to undertake the work. Originally the...

Woman Rescued from Isar

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Unterfoehring. In a dramatic rescue act, members of the fire brigade and the team of the rescue helicopter "Christoph 1" rescued a woman from the Isar canal. The fire brigade in Unterfoehring were called at about 9.45 AM and informed that an elderly woman was on the verge of drowning in the Isar. It is not yet known how the woman came to be there as it is not a bathing area. The helicopter team managed to rescue the woman, who was floating on the water, from the Isar canal.

Unattended Stove Causes Fire

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Fuerstenfeldbruck. A woman fell asleep while waiting for her lunch to cook. The unattended stove caused a fire shortly after. The 31 year old woman awoke to find the flat filling with smoke; she attempted to extiniguish the fire herself but it was too late. The entire kitchen of the family house was already in flames. The fire brigade from Fürstenfeldbruck and Aich arrived with breathing appartus and doused the fire. The communal staircase was filled with smoke so each flat had to be...

Cleaner Beaten in U-Bahn

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich. A 34 year old cleaner has been beaten without any apparent motive in an underground station in Munich. The cleaner was waiting at the underground station at Odeonsplatz on Friday at 5.45 AM when five young men walked passed him. One of them asked the 34 year old "What are you looking at?". After that he grabbed the cleaner by his collar and the aggression quickly escalated with one after another of the others in the group joining in. They were beating the cleaner and only stopped when he...

Boar Missing a Foot

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich. The bronze boar in front of the hunt and fishery museum on Neuhauser Straße has been damaged. The right rear foot of the popular - photographed hundreds of times a day - animal statue has been missing for a few days. According to Heike Jass, who works at the museum, a truck driver broke the foot off during crane transportation for a nearby construction site. The artwork, by sculptor Martin Mayer from Munich, is hoped to be complete again soon. A casting house is already working on the...

Worker Trapped in Building Site

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich. A worker became trapped under a heavy metal bar during construction work in a building site. The 27 year old worker was injured during basement work at Rennbahnstraße on monday morning. According to the fire brigade, the man was trapped between a 3 x 4 metre framework unit and the gravel slope of the basement. He was lucky in the sense that the girder only hit his shoulder. His work colleagues immediately moved the frame unit with a crane. The firebrigade was able to lift him safely of...

Extendable Dog Leashes Cause Accidents

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Flexible leashes caused multiple accidents recently - with painful injuries for their victims. The flexible leashes give the dogs more room during walks than classic harnesses.  However there is still a lot of scepticism about the new type of dog walking. Dog trainers complain that the new leashes leave the owner with barely any control over the animal. The almost invisible leash is a danger for other road users. A inline skater in Tutzing almost fell head over heels due to a leash stretched...

New Stamp for Wiesn Anniversary

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich. The post office releases a special stamp for the 200th anniversary of the Oktoberfest. Displayed on the stamp are "the Münchner Kindl" (a young woman representing the town of Munich) and other "typical figures of Munich" on a carousel. The 55 cent stamp will be released on the 9th of Semptember. Michael Kunter from Berlin designed the picture on the stamp. A blue and white carousel with "typical figures of Munich" is printed on the stamp as the post office describes it. Besides the...

Student Hungry for Olympia Park Geese

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich. A Sudanese student caught one of the geese in the Olympia Park. Police thinks that he wasn't just bored. On thursday at 7:35 PM a patrol of police motorbikes was approached by pedestrians at the Olympia Park. They showed the officials a 23 year old Sudanese student, who had caught one of the grey geese in the park and was carrying it under his arm. As the student noticed the police, he dropped the bird and fled into a nearby parking house where police arrested him. After investigation,...

Oktoberfest Host Voted Gastronome of The Year

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich. The Wiesn innkeeper Sepp Kraetz was voted "Gastronome of the Year" by Schlemmer Atlas. The 55 year old man will be honoured on the 14th of September. Around 400 guests are invited to the official ceremony at the Max-Joseph-Saal. The event will be held by Bavaria's prime minister Horst Seehofer. In addition, Eckhart Witzigmann, awarded cook of the century and gourmet specialist Gerd Kaefer will attend the evening. The Busche publishing company publishes the Schlemmer Atlas each year. The...

Pensioner Killed by Tram in Haidhausen

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich. A tragic accident occured at Franziskanerstraße in Munich's Haidhausen district: a 79 year old pensioner was hit by a tram and died. The body, which was stuck under the rails, is currently being recovered by a rescue team. The 79 year old pensioner, who was living in a house on Franziskanerstraße, crossed onto the street between two parked cars and was hit by a tram. The 52 year old driver tried to brake but it was too late, the Serbian pensioner was pulled under the wheels of the...

Strange Items Forgotten in Taxis

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich. A suitcase full of butcher knives, a bag with fresh fish and a set of teeth - the list of findings in Munich's taxis is long and strange. A total of 100 taxi drivers were asked in the middle of July by Munich's computer security company, Acronis: "Which things have customers forgotten in your taxi?". The drivers questioned were from the central train station, Ostbahnhof and Munich airport. The result, besides further strange objects like a hair dryer and cat litter, includes a total of...

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