Power outage in Forchheim: These districts were affected!

Power outage in Forchheim: These districts were affected!

On Saturday there was an unpleasant power outage in several parts of Forchheim, which posed challenges for many residents. According to the Forchheim municipal utilities, the affected areas are Serlbach, Kellerwald, John-F.-Kennedy-Ring and parts of Burk. The municipal utilities informed citizens about the situation via Facebook, which kept many people up to date.

The cause of the failure was quickly identified: technicians were working intensively on a defective medium-voltage cable. An important concern was to resolve the fault promptly, but short-term power outages were possible during the repair work. The situation remained uncertain until the morning hours as to whether and when all parts of the city could be supplied with electricity again. Even though the first successes were reported around 2 p.m. and the power supply was restored in Burk and Serlbach, some streets were still without power until after 4 p.m.

Development of the situation

The dissatisfaction among the affected citizens was not long in coming. A resident expressed her criticism on social media because even after the first ray of hope, not all households still had electricity. It wasn't until 6 p.m. that the municipal utilities were finally able to give the all-clear: all customers had their power restored, which resulted in the residents' pent-up relief.

A look at the power outage statistics for Forchheim shows that such events are not uncommon. There have already been two failures for the city of Forchheim this year. These fit into the context of the last few years, in which Forchheim had to struggle with seven failures in 2024 alone. The data also reveals that the frequency of outages has changed in recent years, with a sharp increase in incidents in some months.

Power outage statistics

Here is an overview of the power outage statistics for Forchheim in 2025 and earlier:

• Ausfälle 2025 nach Gemeinden:
  • Forchheim: 2
  • Hallerndorf: 1
  • Dormitz: 1
  • Wiesenthau: 1
• Ausfälle 2024 nach Gemeinden:
  • Forchheim: 7
  • Gößweinstein: 7
  • Hallerndorf: 8

The frequent outages show how important it is to improve the city's infrastructure and resolve disruptions as quickly as possible. The municipal utilities are required to adapt their capacities accordingly and to implement preventative measures sensibly in order to be able to offer citizens a more stable network in the future.

For more information and current updates, citizens can check the detailed data on the website of nn.de and power outage.org read up.