Toilet chaos in Göttingen: City suffers from wild peeing!

Toilet chaos in Göttingen: City suffers from wild peeing!

In Göttingen there are more and more problems with wild urinators, who deface public spaces and leave an unpleasant smell. Affected areas such as the city wall, Weender Strasse and the underpass on Bürgerstrasse are particularly often the targets of this harassment. The city administration observes that there is a lack of public toilets in the area, which aggravates the situation. Dominik Kimyon from the city administration notes: “Where the concentration of people is high, we observe the phenomenon more often.” These administrative offenses can be punished with fines of between 1,000 and 10,000 euros, but according to police spokesman André Baumann, the actual violations are inadequately recorded because many cases are not reported.

In order to get the problem under control, we are now thinking about using special “pee-back liquids” that are supposed to allow liquids to roll off. These paints have already proven themselves in Hamburg and could also be tested in Göttingen, where the current toilet situation is considered inadequate. However, critics such as Till Jonas Hampe from the party and Volt council group are calling for investing in the construction of more free toilets instead of investing money in expensive paint. “There aren’t enough public toilets, especially none that are free to use,” says Hampe.

There is a shortage of public toilets nationwide

The lack of public toilets is a Germany-wide problem. In large cities such as Cologne, Düsseldorf and Munich, thousands of people were caught peeing wildly last year and were fined. Cologne alone recorded more than 2,400 violations, which resulted in a total fine of 65,000 euros. Experts are concerned about the inadequate infrastructure. “In many cities there are far too few toilets for the growing population and increasing tourism,” explains Barbara Stupp from the Federal Association of Senior Citizens' Organizations. Your demand: A uniform standard for setting up customer toilets in stores should be urgently addressed. The problem is not only acute in Göttingen, but is on the agenda nationwide, as the discussion about the need for improved toilet infrastructure, which restaurateurs and aid organizations also support, shows.

For more information about the challenges in the fight against wild peeing in Germany, you can read the article Welt.de read about it as well as the details about the problems in Göttingen Göttingen Tageblatt find.