Overview
- The Bavarian Administrative Court is taking up a Normenkontrollklage on Monday over the ban on consuming cannabis in Munich’s Englischer Garten and the adjacent Hof- and Finanzgarten.
- Bavaria’s park regulations, in force since May 2024, prohibit smoking, heating or vaping cannabis products on state park property.
- In July, the court provisionally lifted the general ban for the northern Englischer Garten, finding a substantial public nuisance there could not be reliably shown.
- The plaintiffs argue cannabis use had long been tolerated in the park and say enforcement intensified after Germany’s partial legalisation took effect.
- Munich police report they cannot provide figures on violations, and legal observers say the decision could guide policy in other state-owned parks.