If you don't have to drive, you should probably postpone the trip for a few days. At the end of June, when the first summer vacation starts, the G7 summit in the region around Garmisch-Partenkirchen and beyond will bring restrictions, especially for traffic.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (dpa/lby) - Blocked parking lots for hikers, controls, long-distance diversions, bans on overflights: the G7 summit in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen has an impact as far as northern Bavaria and Austria. From June 26th to 28th, the heads of state and government of seven leading industrial nations will meet at Schloss Elmau in Krün, chaired by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD). In North Rhine-Westphalia, the summer holidays are just beginning on the summit weekend. The police advise: schedule more time – or avoid trips that are not absolutely necessary.
The routes between Munich and the airport and from Munich to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Mittenwald are likely to be particularly busy, as the G7 planning staff announced to the police on Tuesday. For national travel, bypasses will be signposted hundreds of kilometers before the summit location at the major motorway junctions near Würzburg, Nuremberg, Feuchtwangen, Ulm, Memmingen and around Munich. There are corresponding agreements with Austria on traffic management along the Inntal and Brenner autobahns.
Travelers from Austria should avoid the border crossings over the Fernpass near Ehrwald and over the Zirler Berg near Scharnitz, the police advise. To get to Austria, there are, among other things, the A8 and A 93 motorways in the direction of Salzburg and Kufstein, the A3 motorway to Upper Austria or in the west as a further alternative route southwards the A7 motorway via Füssen.
The area around Elmau Castle will be completely closed to hikers in the second half of June. "In addition, it is quite possible to use the natural space in Werdenfelser Land for recreation," emphasizes the police. Whether individual mountain railways are not running depends on the specific situation. The ascent to the Schachenhaus with the castle built by King Ludwig II is also possible on routes other than from Elmau. The famous Partnachklamm and Höllentalklamm should be open; the Zugspitze can in principle be visited. However, many hiking parking spaces are closed. They are needed for the media center and other facilities.
Arriving by train could be difficult depending on the destination: no trains will run between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Mittenwald during the summit days. But there are replacement buses.
Thousands of square kilometers of airspace over Bavaria will also be restricted when the G7 participants arrive and depart. Sports aircraft flying on sight, but also hang-gliders and paragliders have to remain on the ground for many hours from Ingolstadt on the Danube to the Italian border during the arrival and departure of the heads of state and government.
At times, the restricted area has a north-south extension of more than 200 kilometers. At times, the east-west stretch extends more than 100 kilometers from Füssen to Lake Tegernsee. In a smaller area, the flight ban also applies to drones. According to the information, airliners flying according to instruments are not affected.
