Neuschönau (dpa / lby) – On Saturday evening, a storm caused considerable damage to the outdoor animal area of ??the Bavarian Forest National Park in Neuschönau (Freyung-Grafenau district). That is why the area should remain closed on Pentecost Sunday and Monday, the national park administration said. Several trees had fallen on the hiking trails and broken branches hung in the treetops. The security on the paths is no longer given. Animal enclosures were not damaged. The treetop path in the Lusen National Park Center was also temporarily closed after the storm.
“Our team is already clearing the paths and assessing the damage,” said Stefan Vießmann, head of the Lusen service center, on Sunday morning. With a road network of more than ten kilometers in length, however, this takes some time. The outdoor animal area in the Falkenstein National Park Center near Lindberg (Regen district) is open.
