Overview

• Deutsche Bahn closed the century-and-a-half-old bridge over the Paar and announced its replacement-free demolition, cutting off two farmers from 2.5 hectares of grassland
• Landratsamt Schrobenhausen ordered a work stoppage after finding no formal demolition application for the protected landscape area
• Deutsche Bahn says it has opened discussions with the city of Schrobenhausen and landowners Eduard Siegl and Anton Blöckl to seek a joint solution
• Farmers have offered to help replace flood-damaged components they say would quickly restore safe tractor access
• The dispute revives an 1875 obligation for the railway operator to maintain the bridge as compensation for severed land access