Altstadtfest Kulmbach: Peaceful course after turbulent incidents!

Altstadtfest Kulmbach: Peaceful course after turbulent incidents!

Kulmbach, Deutschland - This year's old town festival in Kulmbach, which took place from July 7th to 8th, 2025, was peaceful overall, despite a troubled start. As the Bayreuther Tagblatt praises the course of the event and leads the low volume of operations to the proven security concept of the city Kulmbach back. The emergency services were supported by the police from Bayreuth and Hof, which had a positive effect on security.

Unfortunately, there was an incident in Langgasse on Friday evening at 9:40 p.m., where witnesses reported an argument. When the officials arrived, it turned out that a 29-year-old Kulmbacher, who tried to settle, was attacked by the perpetrators himself. Use of belts and pepper spray left facial injuries that made treatment in the clinic necessary. The dispute had its origin in a conflict between a 28-year-old Kulmbacher and a group, which also included a 27-year-old Syrian citizen. The Infranken reports that because of the suspicion of the dangerous body injury determined.

quiet continuation of the festival

In the early Saturday morning at 4 a.m. there was again an incident in the upper city, in which a 21-year-old man from Mainleus hit a 26-year-old, which led to a nasal injury. Two other passers -by who had tried to settle down also suffered minor injuries. The 21-year-old, drunk a little over the thirst with an alcohol value of 0.8 per thousand, is now being held accountable for assault.

Another incident occurred around 1 a.m. when a 43-year-old Kulmbacher was checked with an e-scooter. His breath test resulted in a whopping 1.66 per thousand, which led to a blood sample and the complaint about drunkenness in traffic. Despite these incidents, the rest of the festival should remain carefree, since the police reported only a quiet night's sleep and a relaxed festival in the following hours.

The Kulmbacher continued and the general course of the old town festival remained peaceful apart from these incidents. The city's initiative to refine the security concept and include regional police forces was considered very successful and was shown in the quiet continuation of the celebrations for two days.