An American man has been arrested after a vacationer fell to her demise close to a German magnificence spot mentioned to have impressed a well-known Disney fort.

Two ladies, aged 21 and 22, have been allegedly pushed down a ravine close to Germany's picturesque Neuschwanstein Castle on Wednesday.

Police suppose the suspect, a 30-year-old male vacationer, lured the 2 ladies from a mountain climbing path near the Marienbruecke Bridge, which gives a well-known view of the fort.

He allegedly attacked the youthful girl first.

But when her pal tried to intervene, he began choking her after which pushed the 22-year-old down a steep slope, it's alleged.

The man then resumed his assault on his youthful sufferer and sexually assaulted her, police imagine.

He's then suspected of pushing her down the slope as effectively, with each ladies falling practically 50 metres and coming to a relaxation shut to one another.

The man fled the scene however was arrested close by a short while later.

A mountain rescue group recovered the ladies and so they have been rushed to hospital by helicopter following the alleged assaults on Wednesday afternoon.

The 21-year-old died in a single day from her accidents, it was introduced on Thursday.

The 22-year-old remains to be being handled however is alleged to be "responsive".

The suspect is being held in custody following a courtroom listening to in Kempten on Thursday.

He is being investigated on suspicion of homicide, tried homicide and a sexual offence.

Police mentioned they have been specializing in attempting to reconstruct precisely what occurred and known as for any witnesses to come back ahead.

Neuschwanstein, in southern Bavaria and about 65 miles from Munich, is one in every of Germany's hottest vacationer points of interest.

According to the fort's web site, round 1.4 million individuals go to yearly, or about 6,000 individuals each day through the summer time.

The web site is broadly recognized for uplifting American filmmaker Walt Disney, together with within the design of Sleeping Beauty's Castle on the Disneyland theme park in California.