Sources: Al Jazeera Reuters
One person is killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack when a 21-year-old man stabs employees at a company in Mellrichstadt, Bavaria, Germany. 2025-07-1
Two people are killed, including a two-year-old boy, and three others are injured in a mass stabbing at a park in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany. The perpetrator is arrested. 2025-01-22
Four convicts escape in a prison break at a psychiatric hospital in Straubing, Bavaria, Germany. 2024-08-17
A firefighter is killed and thousands of people are evacuated after heavy rains cause flooding in southern Germany, particularly in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. 2024-06-2
Bavarian authorities announce that they will release all of their unpublished files on the Munich massacre. 2022-06-2
Bavarian Ministers-President Markus Söder announces that starting from next Monday, people will be required to wear FFP2 masks while travelling on public transport and when in retail shops in order to improve safety on these areas. 2021-01-12
German prosecutors launch an investigation into a retired Bavarian police officer and his wife for sending several threatening emails to politicians of Turkish background, including the head of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, signing them with "NSU 2.0". 2020-07-27
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 German state of Bavaria plans "emergency measures" in response to the migrant crisis, including deporting migrants back to Austria and closing the border. An estimated 225,000 migrants have arrived in the southern German state in less than five weeks. 2015-10-8
Extreme weather, including snow and wind, leads to "chaos" and as many as three deaths in Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia. 2010-01-30