Overview

• The Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin‑Brandenburg approved immediate implementation on Friday evening, enabling today’s official renaming and fest.
• A day earlier, the Verwaltungsgericht had granted an emergency request from the citizen initiative Pro Mohrenstraße that temporarily halted the change.
• In its ruling, the higher court noted resident lawsuits are unlikely to succeed and said judicial review of street renamings under Berlin law is narrowly limited.
• The Mitte district had ordered immediate execution in July and prepared signage and a 23 August event tied to the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade.
• Several resident cases remain pending even as the district proceeds with the renaming, which replaces a term widely viewed as racist with the name of philosopher Anton Wilhelm Amo.