Press releases

• The tree crew from Aachen's municipal services has been in action since the early hours of the morning.
• All the damage will be inspected and repaired over the next few days.
• The Aachen fire department was called out to 49 operations on Monday due to the stormy weather.

The storm of the past few hours has also hit the city of Aachen. The tree maintenance team of Aachen's municipal services is currently collecting reports of fallen trees from all over the city. Among other things, there were broken branches and fallen trees at the Waldfriedhof cemetery. Several birch trees also fell on Hermann-Löns-Allee, in the area of the road and the hiking trail; another birch tree fell at the Ostfriedhof cemetery.

Fire department operations

On Monday, January 6, the Aachen fire department was called out to 49 incidents into the evening due to the stormy weather. Most of them involved fallen trees, loose façade parts or fallen roof tiles that had to be removed or secured. In addition to members of the professional fire department, four fire engines from the volunteer fire department were also deployed.

Two people were slightly injured when a tree fell onto a car on Vaalser Straße. Both occupants were able to leave the vehicle on their own. On Tuesday morning, January 7, a team from the city's tree crew took over the clean-up of the fallen tree.

Take special care in parks and green spaces

Teams from Aachen's municipal services are currently checking all public green spaces for obvious storm damage and are taking care of the removal of fallen trees. Green spaces and parks are being checked, as are playgrounds, sports fields and street trees. Visitors to parks and playgrounds should take extra care at the moment. The clean-up work will continue in the following days. Citizens who wish to report fallen trees or broken branches can call the city's tree crew on 0241-43218444. Reports of storm damage can also be sent by email to baumunterhaltung-stadtbetrieb@mail.aachen.de. The reports will be processed successively.