Forget stars, a pothole out there could have your name on it

OWN your own pothole – except that when you pay the €50 for the privilege, it will be properly filled in and have your name attached, so every tyre rolling smoothly over it will know who it must thank.

It’s not a joke.

The 1,100 villagers of Niederzimmern in the centre of Germany have come up with the idea.