Overview
- Shortly after 05:00 a century‑old gray cast‑iron main ruptured on Rosenstraße, causing a pressure drop across parts of the city center and Altstadt.
- Stadtwerke teams located the damage under a footpath and stopped the leak shortly before 07:00, allowing most customers to be reconnected the same day.
- Six residential houses on Rosenstraße remained without tap water into the evening, with a standpipe and emergency water point set up for those addresses.
- About 15,000 residents were affected according to TAG24 reporting, and the utility’s outage hotline experienced heavy call volumes.
- Fire and civil-protection crews managed safety as escaping water turned the street slippery in winter conditions, and nearby basements were reported dry.