Policemen wait for the opening parade during the 2012 Oktoberfest | Johannes Simon/Getty Images Munich bans backpacks from Oktoberfest Party area will be fenced off and beer lovers will be thoroughly searched.

In an effort to secure Bavaria's beer festival, backpacks will be banned from Oktoberfest venues and fences will be erected in Munich, the city's administration announced Wednesday.

Beer loving party goers will be thoroughly searched as the region reels from attacks last month.

Bags of more than three liters capacity will not be allowed in the party area, said Munich Deputy Mayor Josef Schmidt.

However, he insisted that the Theresenwiese, the meadow where millions of visitors come annually to celebrate the beer festival, "won't become a high-security zone, but there will be important changes that affect all guests," AP reported.

The presence of security forces will be beefed up from last year, Schmidt said. At peak times, 450 guards will be deployed, up from 250 last year. The city had previously planned to strengthen security personnel to 350, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reports.

A 350-meters security fence will also be put up to allow security checks of people entering the Oktoberfest grounds. Security guards will block access to the party area if the premises get overcrowded.

Bavaria was hit by three attacks within a week in July with ISIL claiming two of them.

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