Power failure in Tübingen: Chaos after cable damage on Friday afternoon!

Power failure in Tübingen: Chaos after cable damage on Friday afternoon!

On Friday afternoon, December 13th, the University City of Tübingen and the municipality of Ammerbuch came to a massive power failure, which started at 11:40 a.m. Cable damage in the 20KV network resulted in a chain reaction, which immediately interrupted the power supply of significant areas. The city center of Tübingen as well as sub -locations such as Derendingen and Hirschau were affected, as the Stadtwerke Tübingen (SWT) reported. The SWT technicians worked quickly to fix the disorder, and at 12:46 p.m. the power supply could be completely produced again.

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The consequences of the power failure were far -reaching: the western city, parts of the Südstadt as well as several suburbs of Tübingen and the municipalities of Pfäffingen and Reusten in Ammerbuch were particularly affected. The municipal utilities immediately started troubleshooting to analyze the exact cause. The disorders were reported to the authorities on the central report for power outages, while the population could benefit from the rapid restoration of the power supply. Altingen, as a district of Ammerbuch, is located directly west of Tübingen and plays an important role in the local events. With a population of 2,575, as reported in the article on wikipedia , Altingen has its own primary school and other facilities that could also be affected during the disorder.

The causes of the cable damage have not yet been finally clarified, and the technicians continue to work on the full troubleshooting. Even if the power supply could be restored quickly, it remains to be seen whether the incident will result in further technical measures to avoid such disorders in the future. The incidents in Tübingen and Ammerbuch impressively show how susceptible modern power grids can be, even with little foreseeable disturbances.