What are cookies?
Our website uses so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, smartphone) when you visit our website. They do not cause any harm but enable certain functions, make the website easier to use, and help us to continuously improve it. Some cookies are technically necessary for the proper functioning of the website. Others are used to analyse user behaviour or to integrate external services such as videos, maps, or live webcams.
What types of cookies do we use?
Technically necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the website and its basic functions to operate properly (e.g. navigation, language settings, shopping cart, security features). Without these cookies, the website cannot be provided without errors.
Legal basis: legitimate interest in ensuring the secure and functional operation of the website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Functional cookies
Functional cookies allow the website to remember the choices you have made (e.g. preferred language or region) in order to provide a more convenient user experience.
Legal basis: depending on the configuration, either legitimate interest or your consent via the cookie banner.
Statistics and analytics cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website (e.g. which pages are visited most often or how long a visit lasts). Based on anonymised or pseudonymised data, we can improve our content.
Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), given via the cookie banner.
Marketing and third-party cookies
These cookies are set when external services such as YouTube, Google Maps, or a webcam stream are embedded via iFrame. In this context, data may be transferred to the servers of the respective providers, some of which may be located in third countries (e.g. the USA).
Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), given via the cookie banner before the content is loaded.
Consent via the cookie banner
When you first visit our website, a cookie banner is displayed. There you can:
allow only technically necessary cookies
enable or disable specific categories (e.g. statistics, marketing, external media)
accept all cookies
You can change your selection at any time via a corresponding link or button (“Cookie settings”, “Cookie preferences”, or similar) available in the footer or another clearly visible area. Content from YouTube, Google Maps, and the webcam is only loaded once you have given your consent, and only then are data transmitted to the respective third-party providers.
Managing and deleting cookies
You can configure your browser so that:
cookies are only allowed in individual cases
the acceptance of cookies is excluded for certain cases
cookies are automatically deleted when the browser is closed
you are informed when cookies are set
The procedure depends on the browser you are using. Please refer to your browser’s help function for details. Please note that fully disabling cookies in your browser may limit the functionality of our website.
Storage duration
The storage duration of cookies may vary:
Session cookies are stored only temporarily and are automatically deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies remain stored on your device for a defined period or until they are manually deleted.
Your rights
With regard to the processing of your personal data in connection with cookies and third-party services, you have the following rights in particular (within the scope of the legal requirements):
right of access
right to rectification
right to erasure
right to restriction of processing
right to data portability
right to withdraw consent
right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
Updates to this cookie information
We reserve the right to amend this cookie information if the technologies used, the legal framework, or our internal processes change. The current version is always available directly on our website.
