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Betonspatzen to protect the Christmas market from terror
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Five sparrows are meant to protect visitors from the Christmas market
After the terrorist attack on a Christmas market in Berlin two years ago, security measures have increased enormously. Ulm tries it less obviously and relies on concrete sparrows.
Barricades and bollards make the Berlin Christmas Market a high security area two years after the Islamist attack. In Ulm, people are looking for more contemplative protection against possible attacks.
faFive concrete sparrows will protect the Ulm Christmas market this year from terrorist attacks. Figures of up to two tons are placed at one of the main entrances, "so that no truck can enter," said a spokesman for the city. Previously, the SWR had reported on it.
The figures complement the concrete terminals that secure the roads to the Ulmer market. "It was not more protection, but a better hedge," said the city spokeswoman. The sparrow is considered as the emblem of Ulm. The huge concrete birds measure nearly two meters from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail.
The Christmas market, which organizers expect about a million visitors, has been open since Monday. The presence of the police will be similar to that of last year, said a spokesman for the police. "The measures are designed for maximum safety."
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In December 2016, Islamist terrorist Anis Amri was murdered in Berlin. He had driven a truck into the crowd at the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market near the Gedächtniskirche. Eleven visitors to the Christmas market died, the twelfth death was the driver of the truck.
The Breitscheidplatz is protected by more than one hundred square grid baskets which are screwed to form a long row. The baskets come with plastic bags filled with sand. Long sides and pedestrian access have already been blocked by additional terminals.
According to the Senate, this combination of different barriers is supposed to offer a "single access protection" in Germany against the terrorist attacks of trucks weighing up to 40 tons. The Berlin "Kurier" wrote about a "fortress of mulled wine".
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