The German town that's literally cracking apart

Just call Nestle, they will happily take all the water.

And kids, that is why you don't ever want to dig straight down in Minecraft.

I live in Germany and this never got to my attention until now. Wtf?

Isn't it the same every time: industries are happy to keep the profits from whatever endeavor they are pursuing but if something goes wrong, the costs largely stay with the general public.

This town has a severe crack problem

If anyone wants to know what the poster at the end is saying: Along with the cracks there come the photographers, the television cameras, the radio. Pictures of cracked walls, gaping holes, concerned people are moving (i.e affecting in this case) the entire country. And then they're all gone again. Only the cracks are not. And the holes. And the people. Staufen ''was'' not. Staufen ''is''. And in order for it to stay, Staufen needs our help.

"The germans delved too greedily and too deep. You know, what there awoke in the darkness of Staufen" - Saruman

Hey Tom, a similar thing is happening right now in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It's the location of Europe's biggest gas bubble and the Dutch government loves to exploit it, yet all the drilling is causing earthquakes in an area far from any tectonic plate edge. It might be interesting to check out!

Translation of the final Banner: "With the cracks came the photographers, the TV cameras, the radio. Pictures of broken walls, gaping holes, worried people, moved the whole country. And then they're all gone. But not the cracks, and the holes, and the people. It's not "Staufen was", it's "Staufen is". And for it to stay, Staufen needs our help" Signed by two highly popular radio show hosts

A German town being split in two. Seems to be a reoccurring thing in Germany.

This dude just travelled to germany for a 2:29 minute video

I lived about 30km from Staufen, when that happened, and not only there: A few km from where I lived, another geothermal drill caused several earthquakes and shaked my house. As stated correctly by Tom, Staufen isn't very special, it's your typical medieval south western German town. However, almost everyone in Germany knew it even before the accident happened: Staufen is where Dr. Faustus lived, an alchemist reputed to have made a pact with the devil, and one of the greatest masterpieces of German literature, the play "Faust" by Goethe based on his life made this small town famous throughout the world.

This town is tearing itself apart, Lisa

€1 Million out of court settlement! They got off lightly there!

A 500 year old building in danger of falling apart. That makes the historian in me very sad

Someone: tells a joke This town: Cracked up af

Well, if the swelling gets out of control, they can always rename the town to Hohenstaufen

That is terrifying. A whole segment of historic architecture could be lost.

Settled for 1 million euroes?!? That's it? These clowns just wrecked a whole town (or 8 towns according to this video.) That's the cost of 4 moderate size houses. Wow.

Staufen: Starts cracking Staufen mayor: "Don't worry I'm an engineer!!" attaches duct tape and hope the wall stays put