Society: Vandalism in Berghütte am Watzmann | EUROtoday

Unknown individuals rioted at a refuge at Watzmann-Hocheck. As the Bavarian Red Cross introduced, they broke a door within the hut on the earlier weekend and abused a wood step as a spot for a campfire. The Watzmann At Berchtesgaden is Germany’s second highest mountain.

Behind the blocked door, the mountain rescue guard is saved essentially the most mandatory materials for dangerous climate inserts on the Watzmanngrat. Nothing was stolen, the rescuers nonetheless displayed the incident because of the injury.

Problems repeatedly

For hikers on the lengthy ridge crossing between Watzmannhaus and Wimbachgrieshütte, the refuge is the one technique to search safety in opposition to the climate.

Again and once more there are issues with vandalism and littering, says standby supervisor Michael Renner, who’s at the moment searching for options and coordinates with everybody concerned which measures are mandatory to take care of the substance of the refuge in the long run.

No remoted case

The drawback on the refuge at Watzmann-Hocheck will not be an remoted case. The German Alpine Association (DAV) just lately reported that furnishings burned as firewood as firewood, human legacies, loopy home windows or empty schnapps bottles. The winter rooms of the huts largely closed in ice and snow are notably robust, a DAV spokesman mentioned on the finish of May.

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