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SCHOENAU AM KOENIGSSEE, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: Bavarian herdsmen drive their cattle on a boat that carries them across Koenigssee Lake during the traditional cattle drive (in German: Almabtrieb, or Viehscheid) on October 5, 2013 near Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany. Every fall herders across the European alpine regions return cattle that spent the summer on alpine meadows to farmers in the valley villages. Many villages celebrate the return with folk dancing and other customs and adorn the lead animal with a garland if all of the animals survived the summer. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) ( 183144697 )

SCHOENAU AM KOENIGSSEE, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: Cows stand on a boat that carries them across Koenigssee Lake during the traditional cattle drive (in German: Almabtrieb, or Viehscheid) on October 5, 2013 near Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany. Every fall herders across the European alpine regions return cattle that spent the summer on alpine meadows to farmers in the valley villages. Many villages celebrate the return with folk dancing and other customs and adorn the lead animal with a garland if all of the animals survived the summer. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) ( 183144707 )

Bavarian herdswomen Christine Bauer leads a cattle back on a path to a boat that carries them across lake Koenigssee near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. The trip by boat is the only way to bring the cattle from their remote summer mountain-pastures back to their homestead. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) ( Germany Herdsmen Koenigssee )

SCHOENAU AM KOENIGSSEE, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: A bavarian herdsman load cattle on a boat that carries them across Koenigssee Lake during the traditional cattle drive (in German: Almabtrieb, or Viehscheid) on October 5, 2013 near Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany. Every fall herders across the European alpine regions return cattle that spent the summer on alpine meadows to farmers in the valley villages. Many villages celebrate the return with folk dancing and other customs and adorn the lead animal with a garland if all of the animals survived the summer. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) ( 183144698 )

SCHOENAU AM KOENIGSSEE, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: A boat ferrying cattle floats across Koenigssee Lake in Bavaria during the traditional cattle drive (in German: Almabtrieb, or Viehscheid) on October 5, 2013 near Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany. Every fall herders across the European alpine regions return cattle that spent the summer on alpine meadows to farmers in the valley villages. Many villages celebrate the return with folk dancing and other customs and adorn the lead animal with a garland if all of the animals survived the summer. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) ( 183144714 )

SCHOENAU AM KOENIGSSEE, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: A boat ferrying cattle floats across Koenigssee Lake in Bavaria during the traditional cattle drive (in German: Almabtrieb, or Viehscheid) on October 5, 2013 near Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany. Every fall herders across the European alpine regions return cattle that spent the summer on alpine meadows to farmers in the valley villages. Many villages celebrate the return with folk dancing and other customs and adorn the lead animal with a garland if all of the animals survived the summer. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) ( 183144710 )

Bavarian mountain farmers wait for the returning cattle from summer pastures on a boat across lake Koenigssee near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. The trip by boat is the only way to bring the cattle from their remote summer mountain-pastures back to their homestead. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) ( Germany Herdsmen Koenigssee )

SCHOENAU AM KOENIGSSEE, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: A boat ferrying cattle floats across Koenigssee Lake in Bavaria during the traditional cattle drive (in German: Almabtrieb, or Viehscheid) on October 5, 2013 near Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany. Every fall herders across the European alpine regions return cattle that spent the summer on alpine meadows to farmers in the valley villages. Many villages celebrate the return with folk dancing and other customs and adorn the lead animal with a garland if all of the animals survived the summer. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) ( 183144706 )

SCHOENAU AM KOENIGSSEE, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: Bavarian herdsmen drive their cattle on a boat that carries them across Koenigssee Lake during the traditional cattle drive (in German: Almabtrieb, or Viehscheid) on October 5, 2013 near Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany. Every fall herders across the European alpine regions return cattle that spent the summer on alpine meadows to farmers in the valley villages. Many villages celebrate the return with folk dancing and other customs and adorn the lead animal with a garland if all of the animals survived the summer. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) ( 183144702 )

SCHOENAU AM KOENIGSSEE, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: Bavarian herdsmen drive their cattle on a boat that carries them across Koenigssee Lake during the traditional cattle drive (in German: Almabtrieb, or Viehscheid) on October 5, 2013 near Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany. Every fall herders across the European alpine regions return cattle that spent the summer on alpine meadows to farmers in the valley villages. Many villages celebrate the return with folk dancing and other customs and adorn the lead animal with a garland if all of the animals survived the summer. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) ( 183144695 )

SCHOENAU AM KOENIGSSEE, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: Bavarian herdsmen lead their cattle on a path to a boat that carries them across Koenigssee Lake during the traditional cattle drive (in German: Almabtrieb, or Viehscheid) on October 5, 2013 near Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany. Every fall herders across the European alpine regions return cattle that spent the summer on alpine meadows to farmers in the valley villages. Many villages celebrate the return with folk dancing and other customs and adorn the lead animal with a garland if all of the animals survived the summer. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) ( 183144717 )

SCHOENAU AM KOENIGSSEE, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: Bavarian herdsmen lead their cattle on a path to a boat that carries them across Koenigssee Lake during the traditional cattle drive (in German: Almabtrieb, or Viehscheid) on October 5, 2013 near Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany. Every fall herders across the European alpine regions return cattle that spent the summer on alpine meadows to farmers in the valley villages. Many villages celebrate the return with folk dancing and other customs and adorn the lead animal with a garland if all of the animals survived the summer. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) ( 183144705 )

SCHOENAU AM KOENIGSSEE, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: A bavarian alpine farmer walks down a path prior to the traditional cattle drive (in German: Almabtrieb, or Viehscheid) on October 5, 2013 near Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany. Every fall herders across the European alpine regions return cattle that spent the summer on alpine meadows to farmers in the valley villages. Many villages celebrate the return with folk dancing and other customs and adorn the lead animal with a garland if all of the animals survived the summer. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) ( 183144703 )