Ravensburg
Pavements must be cleared and gritted from 7 am on weekdays and from 9 am on Sundays and public holidays. If snow falls or ice forms later, act without delay and repeat as needed, until 8 pm.
Clear and grit the pavement, as a rule, at least 1 m wide, shared foot and cycle paths 1.5 m, in pedestrian zones the edge areas 2 m wide. Clear an access to the road at least 1 m wide for each property.
Grit with sand, chippings or ash. De-icing salt and other environmentally harmful agents are banned; exceptions only on steps and steep sections in special cases such as black ice, then kept to a minimum.
Breaches can be fined €5 to €1,000, or up to €500 if negligent.
The town's bylaw is authoritative: Gritting bylaw of 25 September 1989, as amended on 16 July 2001
Wangen im Allgäu
Clear and grit by 7:30 am on weekdays and by 8:30 am on Sundays and public holidays. If snow falls or ice forms later, act without delay and repeat as needed, until 8 pm.
Clear and grit at least 3/4 of the pavement width, pavements narrower than 1 m in full. Where neither side of the street has a pavement, 1 m along each edge of the road; in traffic-calmed and pedestrian areas 1.5 m along the edge; plus an access to the road at least 1 m wide for each property.
Grit with sand, chippings or ash. Grit salt and other de-icing agents are banned, allowed only where pedestrian safety cannot reasonably be achieved otherwise, and then as sparingly as possible; generally banned near verges, planted strips and trees.
Where there is a pavement on one side only, only the residents on that side are responsible.
The town's bylaw is authoritative: Gritting bylaw of 28 November 1989
