Despite the weather, a couple from Baden-Württemberg said “I do”. Their wedding celebration became a unique event complete with a rubber dinghy and a flooded cornfield.
The floods are currently dominating the headlines in Germany. However, the weather conditions did not stop a couple from Baden-Württemberg from celebrating their wedding. This is what “Bild” reports.
Leonie (25) and Andreas Hofherr (29) had imagined their wedding in June differently. But they didn’t let the pouring rain spoil their special day. They were married at the registry office on Friday, and on Saturday they went to the Old Parish Church in Oberzell. Afterwards, a champagne reception under parasols was supposed to take place, reports the “Schwäbische Zeitung”. Instead, they had to gather together pavilions. The guests found shelter underneath.
The celebration took place in the Fanfare Hall in Oberzell. A cornfield between the church and the Fanfare Hall ended up under water. “A friend then spontaneously fetched his rubber dinghy,” Andreas is quoted as saying in the “Schwäbische Zeitung”.
The bride and groom went to the flooded cornfield in a rubber dinghy. “We wanted to have a memory of this special day under these special circumstances,” Andreas told Bild. The result was some extraordinary photos – but they also came at a high price. Leonie’s dress got soaked and she is not sure whether it can be cleaned again.
The past few days have seen severe flooding in southern Germany, primarily in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, with rainfall lasting for days. People in Germany must increasingly prepare for natural disasters, especially flooding, said Chancellor Olf Scholz (SPD), who travelled to Reichertshofen in Upper Bavaria on Monday together with Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) and Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU).
“This is the fourth time this year that I’ve gone to a specific area of operation,” he said, calling it an “indication that something is going on.” The “task of stopping man-made climate change” must not be neglected. “This is also a warning that we must take away from this event and this catastrophe.”
Heavy rain, high water, flooding – the storm has southern Germany firmly in its grip. The water levels have reached the heights of a once-in-a-century flood. Dams are breaking. Places are being evacuated. Read everything you need to know in the weather ticker.
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