AllThingsGerman.net » Signs http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog Wed, 16 May 2012 06:48:50 +0000 en hourly 1 Dieser Weg wird nicht geräumt http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/signs/dieser-weg-wird-nicht-geraeumt/ http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/signs/dieser-weg-wird-nicht-geraeumt/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:25:12 +0000 Graham http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/?p=2354 Another sign, seen at the start of a path in Horb a.N., warning that the path will be neither cleared nor will salt or grit be strewn on it if there is snow or ice on the ground.  Use it at your own risk!

Dieser Weg wird bei Schnee und Eisglätte weder geräumt noch bestreut. Benutzung auf eigene Gefahr.

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Ersatzneubau von drei Verkehrssignalanlagen

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]]> http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/signs/verkehrssignalanlage/feed/ 0 Kein Winterdienst http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/signs/kein-winterdienst/ http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/signs/kein-winterdienst/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:49:56 +0000 Graham http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/?p=2330 Residents in Germany are responsible for clearing the snow on the paths around their properties.  Not only do they have to clear them first thing in the morning, they have to keep them clear throughout the day.  Many people hire companies to do this for them, rather than risk an insurance claim if someone slips on the path and injures themself.

Similarly, if the gound adjoining the path belongs to the town, eg. if there is a school on it, then it is the town who is responsible for clearing the snow.

But if the path does not run next to a road, there is a simple way to avoid the snow-clearing duty: put up a sign…

Achtung! kein Winterdienst Wege beschädigt Betreten auf eigene Gefahr

Betreten auf eigene Gefahr – use this path at your own risk!

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]]> http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/signs/kein-winterdienst/feed/ 0 The Deutschmark lives on! http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/signs/the-deutschmark-lives-on/ http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/signs/the-deutschmark-lives-on/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:57:32 +0000 Graham http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/?p=1689 We may have stopped paying with the Deutsche Mark 8 years ago, but every now and then I see a shop that still accepts the old currency.

My latest sighting was in the pedestrian precinct in Oberursel:

Bei uns können Sie auch mit DM bezahlen

And apparently this shop is not the only one in the town!

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]]> http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/signs/the-deutschmark-lives-on/feed/ 1 Narrow and low clearance sings http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/signs/narrow-and-low-clearance-sings/ http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/signs/narrow-and-low-clearance-sings/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:18:17 +0000 Graham http://www.allthingsgerman.net/blog/?p=1666 Seen at one of the town gates in Horb a.N.

The sign is next to one of the town gates and shows that traffic coming out of the town has priority, and that the clearance through the gate is only 3.30m

Signs next to the Ihlinger Tor, Horb a.N.

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