Overview

• A teacher in Baden-Württemberg, identified as being linked to the 'Reichsbürger' movement, had her pay reduced for three years due to a violation of her constitutional loyalty obligations.
• The disciplinary action followed a letter she sent questioning the legitimacy of Germany's founding documents and referencing pre-Bundesrepublik legal norms from 1896.
• The court ruled that denying the legal existence of a state while being employed by it is incompatible with constitutional loyalty requirements.
• The teacher's legal challenge to overturn the pay cut was dismissed, though the decision is not yet legally binding and may still be appealed within a month.
• The 'Reichsbürger' movement rejects the legitimacy of the Federal Republic of Germany, claiming the German Empire of 1871 still exists, and is monitored by the German domestic intelligence agency.