Overview
- The order bars carrying a wide range of items — including firearms, blank and warning guns, stabbing and blunt instruments, knives, pepper spray, scissors, crowbars and brass knuckles — in all public areas of the listed stations for the weekend.
- The temporary prohibition takes effect Friday, July 24 at 15:00 and runs until Sunday, July 26 at 03:00, and covers München Hauptbahnhof, München Ost, Nürnberg Hbf, Regensburg Hbf, Würzburg Hbf and Aschaffenburg Hbf.
- Bundespolizei patrols will check compliance, may confiscate prohibited items, impose coercive fines, and issue expulsions or station bans independently of later criminal proceedings.
- Professional exemptions apply when a work need is plausible or provable, so police, firefighters, security staff and food-stall workers may carry certain tools or weapons for duty or trade.
- Officials say the measure is regionally targeted and preventive rather than tied to a single event, and travellers should expect increased checks and posted notices at station entrances over the weekend.