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Several shopping carts in Westerland city centre: a group of punks have to evacuate their protest camp
Photo: FABIAN BIMMER / REUTERS
The punks on the North Sea island of Sylt have to dismantle and withdraw their protest camp in the center of Westerland.
The district of North Friesland rejected an extension of the permit for the town hall park, which expires on Wednesday.
"The participants have now represented their socio-political concerns in public for four weeks and attracted a considerable amount of attention," said Robert Schlenker from the law and security department of the district administration.
The protesters would have realized their basic right and achieved the purpose of the meeting.
"That's why we come to the conclusion that the residents and vacationers can no longer be expected to infringe on their fundamental rights through the camp."
Originally, the punks, some of whom had already arrived in June, wanted to stay until the beginning of October and demonstrate for more social justice.
Telephone booth, bushes and garage entrance used as a toilet
Specialist service manager Kai Mintrop referred to numerous nocturnal noise disturbances from bawling camp residents, who were also noticed during the day through loud music and megaphone speeches.
In addition, there would be considerable noise pollution from shopping trolleys loaded with clinking bottles.
The complaints were correspondingly numerous, explained Mintrop.
Many also complained that a large number of the punks did not relieve themselves in the toilets set up by the municipality, but in a telephone booth, in the bushes and in a garage entrance.
The district announced that the camp would be dissolved if the punks did not voluntarily withdraw by Thursday at the latest.
You could object to that.
However, this would not have a suspensive effect, the circle emphasized.
According to a report in the "Hamburger Abendblatt", the Hamburg left-wing politician and punk Jörg Otto wants to go before the administrative court.
"The protest must go on," he said.
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