Dispute over Jamel rocks the forester: urgent application for leasehold!

Dispute over Jamel rocks the forester: urgent application for leasehold!

Gägelow, Deutschland - The dispute over the festival "Jamel rocks the forester" escalates. The organizers of the popular event have submitted an urgent application to the Schwerin Administrative Court to ward off requirements of the local authorities. Lawyer Stefanie Schork, who represents the applicants - GFS (together for peace and solidarity e.V.), IG Metall and DGB Nord - hopes that the courts will tip the conditions for the political assembly, how Nordkurier. The authority of the district of Northwestmecklenburg plans to prohibit the use of two municipal areas, which puts the implementation of the festival in danger.

But that's not the only hurdle with which the organizers are faced. For the first time, the municipality of Gägelow raises a lease of almost 8,000 euros for the use of the event area, which meets massive resistance of the festival makers. This is justified by the fact that the festival allegedly pursues a commercial purpose, although organizer Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer emphasize that "Jamel Rockt the forester" is a non-profit and non-commercial event. You have announced that you are examining legal steps against the lease, as [ndr] (https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/jamel-rockt-foerster-gemeht-buehr-fuer-festivalflaeche, jamel478.html).

a festival with history

The festival was launched in 2007 to set a sign against right -wing extremism. Over the years it has attracted numerous well -known artists such as Herbert Grönemeyer, Campino, the doctors and Deichkind. Last year, among other things, the Fantastic Vier and Olli Schulz performed. With the event, the Lohmeyer couple wants to create a room for democracy and tolerance. For their tireless civil society engagement, they were awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the Aachen Peace Prize. In view of the current situation, Birgit Lohmeyer expressed himself dissatisfied with the resistance of local political and administrative instances, such as the Nordkurier.

In earlier years, the festival had already learned a headwind from the community, including a complaint about supposed environmental offenses, which was ultimately discontinued. These tensions are part of a larger trend in which local commitment is often in the area of ​​tension between civic engagement and administrative requirements. In this context, [bpb] (https://www.bpb.de/themen/deutsche-steit/lange-wege-der-dede-deutschen-esseit/47178/buergeregichlichliche- undivilgesellschaftliche- Organizations-in-in-in-inde organizations, which are actively in the promotion of democracy and social cohesion.

look into the future

The arguments for "Jamel rocks the forester" throw a light on the challenges that voluntary commitment in Germany sees. The urgent application and the new lease claims show how important it is to create a space for civic engagement, especially in this historical context, where solidary movements for tolerance and democracy are required. The development of civil society structures in East Germany differs from West Germans, which is also reflected in the reactions of the communities to such events.

The festival remains an important symbol for the fight against extremism and is also a platform for creativity and community. It remains to be seen whether the organizers can master the current challenges, but one thing is certain: in Jamel the voices for peace and solidarity will continue to sound.