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Four convicts escape in a prison break at a psychiatric hospital in Straubing, Bavaria, Germany.
2024-08-17

The southern German state of Bavaria cancels all Christmas markets and imposes a lockdown in all districts that have a seven-day incidence rate of over 1,000 per 100,000 people amid a substantial increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases. However, schools and kindergartens will continue to remain open.
2021-11-19

The death toll from flooding in Europe increases to 188, of which 157 died in Germany and 31 more in Belgium. The flooding is also spreading into Bavaria.
2021-07-18

Bavarian minister-president Markus Söder announces that the annual Oktoberfest celebrations in Munich, scheduled for late September to October, will be cancelled for a second consecutive year due to the pandemic.
2021-05-3

Bavaria formally declares a “disaster situation” in the state and announces to tighten its lockdown restrictions starting from December 9, banning people from leaving their homes with some exception and a nightly curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time in communities that have more than 200 infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.
2020-12-6

A German train controller, who was operating the tracks where two trains collided on February 9 near the town of Bad Aibling, Bavaria, is arrested on possible manslaughter charges. Prosecutors say the controller had been playing a game on his mobile phone, which led to his making signalling errors. The crash resulted in 11 deaths and 85 injuries, 24 serious.
2016-04-12

The southern German state of Bavaria threatens to take the Federal German government to court if it fails to take immediate steps to limit the flow of migrants to Germany. Over 200,000 migrants are estimated to have entered Germany since the beginning of September, the vast majority over the Austrian border into Bavaria.
2015-10-9

The murderer of two girls in Krailling, Bavaria (Germany) is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
2012-04-16

Winfried Kretschmann is set to be the first Green German state premier after the party success in elections in Baden-Württemberg.
2011-03-27

Two girls (11 and 8 years old) were brutally murdered in their home in Krailling, Bavaria (Germany).
2011-03-24