No rockets or firecrackers may be set off in Tübingen’s old town centre on New Year’s Eve. With this ban on fireworks, the city wants to protect the historic centre and the avenue of plane trees from damage on the night of Sunday, 31 December, to 1 January. At the turn of the year 2008/2009, a half-timbered house on the market square caught fire. It caused millions of euros worth of damage. Fireworks may also not be set off in the vicinity of churches, hospitals and retirement homes.
14 signs at the entrances to the old town point out the ban on 31 December. A press release from the city states in which areas pyrotechnics are prohibited:
https://www.tuebingen.de/1620.html#/41557
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Ein festlich geschmückter Weihnachtsbaum. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Martin Klaus.
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