Overview
- Designated mayor Dominik Krause, in a Monday radio interview, set a goal to reopen the Eisbach wave by the start of the summer holidays.
- The wave vanished after an autumn river cleaning that stripped gravel and moss from the channel bed, and trials since then have not produced a stable break.
- Surfing remains banned under a February general decree as officials cite safety concerns, supported by monitoring logs that show six ambulance callouts between July and September 2025.
- The city is consulting the surf community and university experts to identify a safe, legal in‑stream setup that can reliably recreate the standing wave.
- Recent unauthorized hardware, including a metal grid that briefly restored the break, was removed by authorities as illegal installations.