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Residents Close Eibsee Access Road in Protest Over Overtourism

Protesters seek to replace car crowds with reliable buses to ease chronic jams at the lake.

Overview

  • The municipality confirmed a full closure of Eibseestraße on Sunday from 14:30 to 17:30, warning of significant travel disruption.
  • RVO bus service on line 9840 was unable to serve the Eibsee during the shutdown, according to the local notice.
  • Roughly 100 people joined a peaceful march led by 17-year-old Andreas Neuner with former district politician Martin Sielmann.
  • Participants demanded less private-car traffic, authority to impose targeted road closures, a major public-transport expansion, and less aggressive promotion of the lake.
  • Mayor Stephan Märkl attended as the municipality’s security contact, argued the situation is often overstated, and pointed to legal constraints and a failed past outsourcing attempt as obstacles to stricter access controls.