Overview
- Schalke lost 1–2 at Eintracht Braunschweig as ex-Schalke players Mehmet Aydin and Sidi Sané scored, yet the club enters the winter break as 2. Bundesliga leaders.
- VfL Wolfsburg elevated Daniel Bauer from interim to head coach with a deal through 2027, with his energetic approach credited for a clearer game plan despite a 3–4 home loss to Freiburg.
- Eintracht Frankfurt’s defense has yielded 30 goals in 15 games, including 11 after their own errors, and reporting indicates a goalkeeper change from Michael Zetterer is likely in the new year.
- Police confirmed a 31-year-old driver died after a single-vehicle crash on the L344 near Barnstorf–Goldenstedt, and they opened an investigation into an early-morning carsharing crash in Berlin-Wartenberg that left two people with minor injuries.
- A new Tatort double episode pairs Thorsten Falke with Mario Schmitt to tackle cross-border drug crime in the German–Dutch region, drawing explicitly on Der Spiegel’s investigative reporting.