Overview

• Up to 4,000 self-described “Hater” converged on the former Altschauerberg site following a social-media call for a “Schanzenfest.”
• Polizei Mittelfranken mobilized a large contingent with a mounted unit and support command to contain the crowd.
• Markt Emskirchen’s decree prohibits oversized gatherings, loud disturbances or pyrotechnics throughout Emskirchen and Schauerberg.
• Officers reported insults toward law enforcement, one act of resistance and pyrotechnics ignited in a nearby woodland.
• The gathering targeted the site where Winkler’s former home once stood, years after his 2023 departure and the building’s demolition.