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Construction work on railway lines and the B 27

Travelling from Tübingen by public transport will not be easy for a few weeks. The reason is construction work on the routes. If you want to travel to Stuttgart, for example, you should check the connections at www.bahn.de or at the counter in the station and plan more time. This affects the rail connection between Tübingen and Nürtingen until Wednesday, 23 August. The trains will be replaced by buses. From Thursday, 24 August, until Tuesday, 5 September, only buses will run between Tübingen and Reutlingen. The IRE 6(a) from Stuttgart to Tübingen is completely cancelled until Friday, 8 September. There… Read More

Holiday time is travel time: Useful tips from the Federal Foreign Office for all travel countries.

The time of the school holidays is travel time for many people. For all foreign destinations, the website of the Federal Foreign Office, the German Ministry for Foreign Affairs, provides important tips on what you should bear in mind when planning a trip abroad. Information is available, for example, on the regulations for entering the country, which travel documents are required, whether a visa must be applied for and where it can be obtained. Customs regulations for goods and objects taken along are also explained, as are regulations for entering the country by car.  An important chapter covers health and… Read More

Tafel takes summer break

The Tübinger Tafel will take a summer break from Saturday, 5 August, until Friday, 1 September. During this time, there will be no food available in the shop at Eisenbahnstraße 55/57. This is reported by the Tafel on their homepage: www.tuebingertafel.de/ However, the distribution stations – the so-called Fairteiler – which deliver food free of charge in Tübingen and the surrounding area, will continue to be filled. Further information is available at: www.tuebingen.de/tuebingen-macht-blau/fairteiler You can bring food to the distribution stations if it is still food that is still good but can no longer be consumed in your own household.… Read More

Money for old age: pension insurance is mandatory

In Germany, all employees except civil servants pay a contribution to the statutory pension insurance fund out of their wages. From this—if they have paid in long enough—they receive a pension every month in old age. The statutory pension insurance is an important part of the German social system. Who gets how much can only be clarified in individual cases. From the age of 27, the German pension insurance sends out a letter every year stating, among other things, how much the pension will be. What does the pension insurance pay? The pension insurance pays a pension in old age… Read More

Morality police in Iran control headscarf obligation

More and more women in Iran do not wear a hijab in public. This is a symbol of their protest against the regime. A police spokesman has now announced that women without hijabs will be subject to increased controls and punishments. To this end, there are to be more patrols by the morality police again. This is reported by Iranian and international media. Exactly what the tougher punishments will look like is still open. Parliament still has to vote on a draft of the new law. The women’s resistance was triggered by the death of the young Kurdish woman Jina… Read More

Iranian rapper sentenced to long imprisonment

“Free Toomaj”: this demand of demonstrators in Iran was ineffective. A court has sentenced rapper Toomaj Salehi to more than six years in prison. This is reported by international media. The 32-year-old musician was accused of, among other things, “war against God” and “corruption on earth.” Toomaj had criticized the Iranian government in his lyrics even before the death of Jina Mahsa Amini. He had been held incommunicado in Isfahan province since October 30, 2022. In connection with his trial, the European Union had imposed sanctions on responsible parties in June this year, criticizing that the rapper was detained under… Read More

Green, gray, yellow, blue: Where to put the trash?

In Germany, trash doesn’t just end up in a big garbage can. In order to be able to recycle as many materials as possible, the individual types of waste must be collected separately. That’s why every household has different trash containers. There are separate collections for paper, cardboard, glass and hazardous waste. Twice a year, shredded material from private gardens is also collected free of charge. Each household must register for garbage collection, then receives appropriate garbage cans and must pay fees. The costs depend on the size of the bin and, in the case of residual waste, also on… Read More

Free swimming lessons for children

More than half of fourth graders cannot swim safely. The Tübingen-based association “Schwimmen für alle Kinder” (SfaK) wants to change that. That is why it is offering special courses during the summer vacations. They cost nothing for children from families with a KreisBonusCard. An overview of the courses in Tübingen and the free places for beginners and advanced swimmers with Seepferdchen badge can be found under the link: https://sfak.de/#Kurse Parents can also register their children there. Information about the association and its goals can be found at: https://sfak.de/#Werwirsind Information gives Sarah Mueller under telephone 0152 27560822 and answers questions in… Read More

Finances: What Schufa collects data for

By Sylvia Haden and Yana Rudenko Anyone who has completed private insolvency proceedings can now get a fresh start more quickly: Schufa has shortened the storage period for a discharge of residual debt from three years to six months. This was announced by the credit agency on its website. https://www.schufa.de/ueber-uns/presse/pressemitteilungen/schufa-loescht-restschuldbefreiung-sechs-monaten/ This means that six months after the end of the procedure, no one will know that someone was once overindebted and still had outstanding debts. Schufa is thus reacting to ongoing court cases, including those before the European Court of Justice. More about the update: https://www.schufa.de/themenportal/restschuldbefreiung-5-fakten-loeschfrist/ Although almost everyone has… Read More

Housing allowance office cuts time for phone calls

Since the beginning of this year, more households have been able to apply for housing benefits. This makes for more work. For this reason, the Tübingen housing allowance office at Derendinger Straße 50 is temporarily reducing its telephone office hours. The new telephone office hours are now Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. There will be no change to the in-person office hours on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. See also https://www.tuebingen.de/1620.html#/40256 tun23071202 www.tuenews.de Der Fachbereich Soziales der Stadt Tübingen ist ab Oktober 2021 in der… Read More

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