Overview

• Erfurt’s parade drew an estimated 4,800 participants according to organizers, while police counted about 2,500, and officers described the march from and to Domplatz as peaceful.
• Freiberg’s event saw roughly 550 participants by police estimate, with about 90 counterdemonstrators and a police investigation opened on suspicion of using symbols of unconstitutional organizations.
• Police in Freiberg also recorded two administrative offenses for violating assembly conditions and reported no clashes, with roughly 240 officers deployed for security.
• Local rules in Freiberg restricted items such as black combat boots and balaclavas and barred marching formations as authorities sought to deter extremist styling at counterprotests.
• Zittau’s CSD proceeded calmly with around 460 participants and a spontaneous 33-person counterdemonstration, and police reported no incidents; political figures including Bodo Ramelow voiced support for LGBTQI+ rights in related statements.