Overview

• The Berlin Senate has announced that construction of a fence around Görlitzer Park will begin in the first or second week of June 2025, with completion expected by year-end.
• The fence and nightly park closures are part of a crime-reduction strategy targeting drug trafficking and violent crime in the area.
• All necessary permits have been secured, and contracts for fence and masonry work were awarded earlier this week.
• Protests against the project persist, with activist groups issuing threats to contractors and vowing continued resistance.
• The initiative, first announced in 2023, faced delays due to legal challenges from the Green-led Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district.