Jörg Kachelmann

Jörg Andreas Kachelmann (born 15 July 1958 in Lörrach, Germany)[1] is a Swiss presenter, journalist and entrepreneur in the meteorological field.

In 1996, Kachelmann became Program Director of the German version of the American television Weather Channel named Der Wetterkanal.

In 1996 he presented the German programme Vorsicht Blöff, appeared from 1999 to 2004 on the MDR Fernsehen talk show Riverboat, to which he returned in 2007 and which he gave up due to lack of time in 2009.

[citation needed] He established a weather station at the Funtensee in Germany because of the extremely low temperatures in winter (up to -45 °C) caused by the location of the lake.

[9] Local hotel owners in the winter sport resort Berchtesgaden near the Funtensee are afraid that tourists stay away because of the reported low temperatures.

Kachelmann's ensuing campaign to regain his positive public image included publishing a book with his wife Miriam on the trial[11] and pursuing lawsuits against his accuser and the press.

The Frankfurt Higher Regional Court found that Dinkel was guilty of indirect deprivation of liberty through a knowingly untrue criminal complaint, had acted with direct intent and deliberately misled the investigators by "testifying untruthfully".

[14] Kachelmann had only sought a relatively small amount of compensation from his false accuser as he had simply wanted to rehabilitate his name and prove his innocence.

[15] His losses were far greater than the amount of compensation awarded – he was no longer allowed to work at ARD, had lost advertising contracts and had to sell his production company.