Overview

• The Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin‑Brandenburg reversed a lower court’s stop, allowing the district to carry out the renaming and hold the planned fest on 23 August.
• A day earlier, the Verwaltungsgericht had restored the suspensive effect of open suits, finding no special public urgency for immediate execution of the name change.
• In granting the district’s complaint, the higher court noted the residents’ lawsuits are unlikely to succeed and that judicial review of such renamings is limited under Berlin law.
• Street signs with the new name are already mounted, while the BVG paused its planned U‑Bahn station name change pending legal clarity.
• Officials cite the term "Mohr" as discriminatory and honor 18th‑century scholar Anton Wilhelm Amo; the district plans crossed‑out old signs for six months and free document updates for residents from mid‑September.