Reichsbürger meeting in Darmstadt: Significantly more counter-demonstrators
Quick Look
- Around 200 supporters of the Reichsbürger scene gathered for a meeting in Darmstadt.
- This was faced by over 800 participants in a counter-demonstration by the Darmstadt Alliance Against the Right.
- The police secured the situation, so far it has remained peaceful.
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Why It Matters
Since August 2023, the National Office for Constitutional Protection has been observing irregular meetings of Reichsbürger und Selbstverwaltungskräfte under the title'Great Meeting of the 25 + 1 Länder'.
According to the police, significantly fewer participants gathered at a meeting of the so-called Reichsbürger scene in Darmstadt than at the counter-demonstration. Around 200 people took part in the meeting, and a little more than 800 in the counter-demonstration. So far there have been no riots, said a police spokeswoman. The meetings continued into the afternoon.
The Darmstadt Alliance Against the Right called for the counter-demonstration under the motto “The Kaiser has abdicated, democracy lives!” A spokeswoman for the alliance also reported that everything had been peaceful so far. Given the number of participants, she spoke of a “good sign for our city.” The police positioned themselves between the counter-demonstrators and the participants in the Reichsbürger meeting.
According to the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (LfV), the procession of Reich citizens is a “large meeting of the 25 + 1 federal states”. According to the security authorities' findings, such meetings have been held at irregular intervals by Reich citizens and self-administrators since August 2023.
Open Questions
- How did the meetings end?
