Crowd

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Violent dissolution of a casserole 1833
Peaceful crowd on the occasion of the surrender of Japan in 1945 in Times Square

When baking is called a larger human group that has gathered from a common base in a public place. A 1985 dictionary describes this as " the convergence of many excited people ".

Possible occasions

In general, a crowd can arise spontaneously, due to sensations , such as certain events or celebrities in public. People who gather at the scene of an accident or disaster out of curiosity are called onlookers . A casserole can also develop when people take to the streets out of indignation about an event or news .

In a broader sense, announced gatherings such as the civil parade , the flash mob or the demonstration can also be referred to as a crowd.

Legal

In Germany, since the German Empire, "Auflauf" (§116 StGB) referred to the criminal act of illegally lingering in public places by a crowd. This criminal offense was abolished like that of the " riot " (§115 StGB) in 1970, but if a group opposes the state authority in the public order , the offense of a breach of the peace still exists . There were also comparable regulations in Austria-Hungary .

Web links

Commons : crowds etc.  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: crowds  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Knaur's Dictionary of the German Language, Lexigrafisches Institut München 1985, page 153
  2. Criminal Code for the German Empire of May 15, 1871 , Special Part, Sixth Section. Resistance to State Power , Section 116 on lexetius.com
  3. ^ Andreas Roth: Collective violence and criminal law: the history of mass crimes in Germany, page 204 ff.
  4. Meyers 1905