They are part of a long tradition in Baden-Württemberg: the Easter marches. After numerous events, the march in Müllheim on Easter Monday marked the end.
The traditional Easter marches and peace rallies were influenced by the war in Ukraine this year. Among other things, the Peace Cooperative Network invited to a total of ten demonstrations for peace over Easter 2022 in Baden-Württemberg. On Easter Monday, the Easter march in Müllheim (Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district) marked the end in Baden-Württemberg.
114 demonstrations and assemblies in BW
According to the Ministry of the Interior, a total of 114 meetings took place in Baden-Württemberg over the long weekend, most of them Easter marches or demonstrations against the measures to contain the corona pandemic. It remained peaceful and without any special incidents, said Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU).
International Lake Constance Peace Walk
Demonstrations also took place in Bregenz on Lake Constance (Austria) on Easter Monday: a total of around 1,000 people from Switzerland, Germany and Austria took part in the International Lake Constance Peace Walk. They protested with flags and banners, among other things, against arms production and deliveries.
The first Easter march took place on Maundy Thursday on the site of the old synagogue in Freiburg.
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Several hundred demonstrators in Stuttgart
In Stuttgart there was the central Baden-Württemberg Easter March on Holy Saturday. The organizers demanded, among other things, an end to the war and disarmament instead of rearmament.
The Peace March in Stuttgart started with a bicycle parade at the premises of the European Command of the United States (EUCOM) in Stuttgart-Vaihingen and ended at the Schlossplatz in the city center. According to police, the event was quiet. The focus was on the war in Ukraine. The participants called for peace through disarmament. Arms deliveries to Ukraine would only fuel the war. The massive rearmament of the Bundeswehr was also criticized.
1,500 participants were registered for the Stuttgart rally. Dieter Lachenmayer from the Baden-Württemberg peace network spoke of 2,500 demonstrators.
Since Good Friday: Peace March leads along the Danube
An eight-day peace march along the Danube to Ulm began in Donaueschingen (Schwarzwald-Baar district) on Friday. According to the organizer Heidrun Hog-Heidel from Geisingen (Tuttlingen district), the hike should be in several stages via Geisingen, Tuttlingen, Fridingen (Tuttlingen district), Thiergarten, Scheer (both Sigmaringen district), Unlingen (Biberach district) and Ehingen (Alb-Donau- district) to Ulm. The march ends there on April 22nd.
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18 organizations called for the Easter March in Ulm
The Ulm Easter March began on Saturday afternoon with a demonstration in front of the Wilhelmsburg barracks. “The NATO headquarters in Ulm is simply part of the escalation and rearmament towards the East and Russia,” said the organizer of the Ulm Easter March, Ralf Schmid, who works as a theologian and religion teacher in Ulm. There are also arms companies in the city. “Ulm is fully involved in this militarization.” The money could be better spent on schools and social projects, for example.
A total of 18 organizations and associations called for the Ulm Easter March, including the German Federation of Trade Unions. Up to 400 people took part in the demonstration and the rally in the city center.
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The Easter march culminated in a peace rally in downtown Ulm.
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There were further demonstrations for peace on Easter Saturday in Mannheim, Ellwangen (Ostalbkreis), Heidelberg, Offenburg (Ortenaukreis), Lörrach and Oberndorf (Rottweil district).
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Hundreds of people took part in Easter marches in Ulm and Ellwangen on Saturday. Because of the war in Ukraine, they were more relevant than in previous years.
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Peace movement plans nationwide actions
From Maundy Thursday to Easter Monday, the peace movement had invited nationwide to more than a hundred Easter marches against war, armament and climate change. One of the biggest events was probably the Rhine-Ruhr Easter March from Holy Saturday to Easter Monday, which led from Duisburg to Dortmund through several cities in North Rhine-Westphalia.
