Alarm in many places in Franconia: The sirens are shrilling here

• Siren alarm in Franconia: warning of the population on Thursday (May 12, 2022)
• Also Warnapps NINA and KATWARN will be tested
• These counties, municipalities and cities in Upper, Middle and Lower Franconia participate

Am Thursday (May 12, 2022) from 11 a.m Siren test alarm in Germany and therefore also in Franken instead of. March 10 was originally planned, but the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior caused the postponement due to the Ukraine war.

Siren signals and warning apps are being tested in Franconia for civil protection

That one-minute siren signal can be heard as a rising and falling howl and is used for serious dangers for public safety of warning the population. The warning signal is intended to prompt people to turn on their radios and listen for announcements. As the Würzburg district office explains, they could Deficiencies in the sirens or the alarm devices can only be recognized and rectified through actual operation.

In addition, warnings are sent via apps such as the federal emergency information and news app NINA or KATWARN sent. According to the district of Bamberg, citizens with NINA can receive important warnings from civil protection for different dangerous situations, such as spread of hazardous substances or one major fire received – optionally also for the current location.

Also Weather Warnings from the German Weather Service and flood information from the competent authorities in the federal states are integrated.

These Franconian places are involved

That State Ministry of the Interior, for Sport and Integration provides information about the participating districts, cities and municipalities:

Upper Franconia

District of Bamberg (also warning app NINA)

City of Baunach

District of Coburg (additional warning app NINA)

City of Neustadt near Coburg

District of Forchheim (only warning app NINA)

District of Hof (warning app NINA only)

District of Lichtenfels (only warning apps NINA and KATWARN)

district of Kulmbach

• City of Kulmbach (mobile siren system)
• Municipality of Presseck (OT Wartenfels) (mobile siren system)
• Municipality of Neuenmarkt (mobile siren system)

City of Bayreuth (only warning apps NINA)

City of Coburg (warning app NINA only)

Middle Franconia

District of Erlangen-Höchstadt (also warning app BIWAPP)

• Municipality of Adelsdorf (fire brigade equipment house and OT Aisch, Neuhaus, Lauf, Weppersdorf)
• Markt Eckental (fire brigade equipment house Forth)
• Municipality of Hemhofen (fire brigade equipment house Hemhofen-Zeckern)
• Markt Heroldsberg (fire engine/town hall)
• City of Herzogenaurach (city area and fire station in Höfen-Zweifelsheim, Cunz-Reyther elementary school in Niederndorf)
• Municipality of Hessdorf (fire brigade equipment house)
• City of Höchstadt ad Aisch (fire brigade equipment house, Fortuna culture factory, OT Saltendorf-Bösenbechhofen, Förtwind-Greuth, Medbach-Kieferndorf)

district of Fuerth

• Markt Cadolzburg (nur Kernort und Ortsteile Egersdorf, Greimersdorf, Roßendorf, Seckendorf, Steinbach, Wachendorf)
• Municipality of Obermichelbach
• Municipality Puschendorf
• community of Tuchenbach

district of Nuremberg

• Municipality of Engelthal
• Municipality of Happurg
• Municipality of Henfenfeld
• Stadt Hersbruck
• Municipality of Pommelsbrunn

Roth County

Stadt Ansbach

City of Erlangen

City of Fuerth

City of Nuremberg (also warning app KATWARN)

Lower Franconia

District of Aschaffenburg (also warning app KATWARN)

District of Bad Kissingen (additionally also warning app NINA and KATWARN)

• Municipality of Bad Bocklet
• City of Bad Brueckenau (OT Römershag, Volkers)
• VG Bad Brueckenau (OT Oberleichtersbach)
• City of Bad Kissingen (with OT Albertshausen, Arnshausen, Garitz, Hausen, Kleinbrach, Poppenroth, Reiterswiesen, Winkels)
• Market Elfershausen (with OT Elfershausen, Engenthal, Langendorf, Machtilshausen, Trimberg, Fuchsstadt)
• Markt Euerdorf (with OT Aura ad Saale, Euerdorf, Ramsthal, Sulzthal, Wirmsthal)
• City of Hammelburg (with OT Diebach, Feuerthal, Gauaschach, Hammelburg, Morlesau, Obererthal, Obereschenbach, Pfaffenhausen, Untererthal, Untereschenbach, Westheim)
• Markt Maßbach (with OT Maßbach, Poppenlauer, Volkershausen, Weichtungen, Thundorf i. Ufr., Rothhausen, Theinfeld, Rannungen)
• Municipality of Müdlingen (with OT Haard) mobile siren system
• Gemeinde Oerlenbach (mit OT Ebenhausen, Eltingshausen, Oerlenbach, Rottershausen)
• Municipality of Thundorf (with OT Rothausen, Theinfeld)

District Hassberge

• Municipality of Aidhausen (only OT Aidhausen)
• Municipality of Gaedheim
• City of Hassfurt
• Municipality of Knetzgau
• City of Königsberg (districts Römershofen and Holzhausen)
• Municipality of Rauhenebrach (OT Geusfeld)
• Municipality of Riedbach
• Municipality Theresa
• Municipality of Wonfurt

district of Kitzingen

• Municipality of Albertshofen
• Municipality of Buchbrunn
• Stadt Dettelbach
• Kleinlangheim market
• Municipality of Mainstockheim
• City of Marktbreit (without OT Gnodstadt)
• Municipality of Nordheim am Main
• City of Prichsenstadt (with OT Altenschönbach, Bimbach, Brünnau, Järkendorf, Kirchschönbach, Laub, Neudorf, Neuses am Sand, Stadelschwarzach)
• Municipality of Sommerach
• Market in Schwarzach am Main
• City of Volkach (with OT Astheim, Dimbach, Eichfeld, Escherndorf, Fahr, Gaibach, Krautheim, Obervolkach, Rimbach)
• Markt Wiesentheid (without OT Untersambach)

Main-Spessart district (only MoWaS warning)

• city ​​of Arnstein
• City of Karlstadt (only district of Hesslar)
• Markt Thüngen, community Eußenheim, (OT Bühler, Hundsbach, Münster, Obersfeld)
• Municipality of Retzstadt

District of Miltenberg (also warning app KATWARN)

• Markt Elsenfeld with districts (communities Eichelsbach and Rück Schippach)
• City of Erlenbach aM with districts and incident siren ICO main site (municipality of Mechenhard, dispute)
• City of Obernburg aM with districts (municipality of Eisenbach)

district of Schweinfurt

District of Würzburg (also warning app KATWARN)

• Municipality of Bergtheim (OT Bergtheim, Dipach, Sacrifice Tree)
• Municipality of Eisenheim (OT Obereisenheim, Untereisenheim)
• Municipality of Estenfeld (OT Estenfeld, Mühlhausen)
• Market Frickenhausen
• Municipality of Güntersleben
• Municipality of Hausen (OT Hausen, Erbshausen, Rieden)
• Municipality of Kürnach
• Municipality of Oberpleichfeld
• Municipality of Prosselsheim (OT Prosselsheim, Püssenheim)
• Municipality of Rimpar (OT Rimpar, Gramschatz, Maidbronn)
• Gemeinde Rottendorf (OT Rottendorf, Rothof)
• Municipality of Unterpleichfeld (OT Hilperts-, Rupprechtshausen, Burggrumbach, Unterpleichfeld)

City of Aschaffenburg

City of Schweinfurt (also warning app NINA)

City of Würzburg (also warning app NINA and KATWARN)

(with OT Hafen, Oberdürrbach, Unterdürrbach, Versbach, Lengfeld and Rottenbauer)

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