Flower street riots

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The Blumenstrasse riots were a popular uprising lasting several days in Berlin in 1872 , which began on Blumenstrasse in Friedrichshain .

Trigger and course

On the evening of July 25, 1872, a bailiff cleared the apartment of a poor cobbler at 52c, Blumenstrasse, who was in arrears. Angry residents of nearby houses then threw in the landlord's window panes. During the night a crowd of several thousand people gathered. The police on horseback drove them apart at around 3 a.m.

The next day, the continued presence of larger police units again aroused the residents of Friedrichshain, as well as the news that the police had started in the morning to clear a shack settlement of destitute immigrants at Frankfurter Tor .

This was followed by a street fight lasting several days, during which barricades were also erected. Finally, the military of the Kaiser Alexander Regiment and the dragoon guards were used against the crowd. On Sunday, July 28th, the situation was brought under control.

In later trials, 33 insurgents were sentenced to prison terms. The highest penalty was a wheelwright who to four years and six months ' imprisonment was condemned.

literature

  • Chronik Berlin , Gütersloh 1986, 3rd edition 1997, p. 237
  • Annemarie Lange: Berlin at the time of Bebel and Bismarck. Between the founding of an empire and the turn of the century. Dietz Verlag, Berlin, 1972