Overview

• The push alert appeared with the header "Landkreis Bad Dürkheim meldet," making a non-emergency request to sing the Pfalzlied look like an official warning.
• Organizers intended the note for a voluntary Wurstmarkt Themen-Abo, but it was published via KATWARN’s main warning function under the county’s license.
• Landrat Hans-Ulrich Ihlenfeld called the dispatch a mistake that must not recur and stressed the app is reserved for emergencies.
• The Fraunhofer institute that operates KATWARN labeled the use unauthorized, and the Rhineland-Palatinate interior ministry called the text unacceptable.
• Dozens of complaints reached the county, and the city and county said they will tighten procedures and review technical permissions to prevent a repeat.