Of Fishermen and a Woman

One is enough," says Christiane Renz, sitting down on a wall on the bank of the Stadtbach stream in Memmingen. It's a Saturday in late July 2025, four minutes until eight o'clock. "Shhh!" a mother whispers to her son, "Shh!" a man whispers to another, and a collective "Shh!" wafts along the stream. Now please be quiet! Two more minutes. Renz holds onto the railing with one hand, with the other she holds her net. 20 seconds left. She slips