NPD Thuringia

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NPD Thuringia
National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), logo 2013.svg
Chairman Patrick Weber
Deputy Ralf Friedrich, Antje Vogt
Headquarters Eisenach
Number of members 170 (as of 2017)
Website npd-thueringen.de

The NPD Thuringia is the regional association of the right-wing extremist National Democratic Party of Germany in Thuringia . The regional association of Thuringia formally consists of 17 district associations.

development

In the state elections in Thuringia in 2009 , the NPD Thuringia received 4.3 percent, in the state elections in Thuringia in 2014 3.6 percent of the valid state or second votes cast . In the local elections in Thuringia in 2014 , the NPD in Thuringia received 60 seats. This number decreased in the course of the electoral term as a result of departures or transfers and resignations.

Tobias Kammler replaced Patrick Wieschke as party chairman in January 2015 . Thorsten Heise was state chairman from February 2017 to November 2018 . In April 2018 two journalists from Göttingen, after taking photos of Heise's house in Fretterode , were attacked by two suspects accused as a result (the son of Heise and the NPD functionary Gianluco B., who is considered Heise's political foster son), robbed and injured. Patrick Weber from Sondershausen has been the new state chairman since November 2018 . He is a long-term member of the state executive committee and has in the past u. a. as (co-) organizer of right-wing rock events in Sondershausen (" Thuringian Day of National Youth " and "In Motion").

Individual district associations and leaders of the Thuringian National Association of the NPD regularly organize various right-wing rock events in and outside Thuringia with Germany and Europe-wide mobilization of right-wing extremists (e.g. Heise organizes the "Eichsfeldtag" in Leinefelde and the "Schild und Schwert" festival in Ostritz , Saxony , the Gera district association and its chairman Gordon Richter organize " Rock for Germany " in Gera ). The state party headquarters is located in the so-called "Flieder Volkshaus" in Eisenach , which is used by the NPD Thuringia for various party and private events (e.g. song and lecture evenings).

According to estimates by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Thuringia, the number of members of the regional association was around 170 in 2016 and 2017. The number of members has been falling in recent years.

The neo-Nazi from Greiz and co-founder of THÜGIDA David Köckert was a member of the NPD Thuringia from 2014 to 2017, for which he was in the meantime regional organization manager.

The Thuringian Ministry of the Interior feared a radicalization of the NPD.

Web links

Homepage of the regional association of the NPD Thuringia
Brief overview of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Thuringia on the NPD regional association

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Best et al. (2018): Topography of right-wing extremism and group-related enmity in Thuringia . S. 68 f., 78 ff., 131 ff . ( uni-jena.de [PDF]).
  2. ↑ Constitutional Protection Report Free State of Thuringia. P. 43 , accessed on May 24, 2019 .
  3. ^ Elections in Thuringia. Retrieved May 24, 2019 .
  4. ^ Elections in Thuringia. Retrieved May 24, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Best et al. (2018): Topography of right-wing extremism and group-related enmity in Thuringia . S. 72, 78 ff . ( uni-jena.de [PDF]).
  6. ↑ End station on the right: NPD Thuringia elects neo-Nazi Heise as head of the state.
  7. ↑ mdr.de: Eichsfeld: Two men accused of attacking journalists | MDR.DE. Retrieved May 24, 2019 .
  8. ^ After the attack on journalists: charges against neo-Nazis. Retrieved May 24, 2019 .
  9. ↑ District court allows charges against Köckert - trial after right-wing attack on journalists still open. Retrieved May 24, 2019 .
  10. ^ Party congress of the Thuringian NPD: Weber state chairman - Vogt top candidate for the state election. In: NPD - Regional Association of Thuringia. November 26, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2019 (German).
  11. ↑ State Board. In: NPD - Regional Association of Thuringia. November 25, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2019 (German).
  12. ↑ Constitutional Protection Report Free State of Thuringia 2011. P. 38 f. , accessed on May 24, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Constitutional Protection Report Free State of Thuringia 2016. P. 35 f. , accessed on May 24, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Best et al. (2018): Topography of right-wing extremism and group-related enmity in Thuringia . 2018, p. 50, 78 f., 81 f., 98 ff .
  15. ↑ MOBIT: Look at the houses on the right. Properties of the extreme right-wing scene in Thuringia. 2017, p. 16 ff. , Accessed on May 24, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Constitutional Protection Report Free State of Thuringia 2017 , pages 20, 43 ff.
  17. ↑ Best et al. (2018): Topography of right-wing extremism and group-related enmity in Thuringia . S. 75 f . ( uni-jena.de [PDF]).
  18. ↑ ENDSTATION RIGHT: "maggots in the bones of the NPD" - Thüringer official exits party. Retrieved May 24, 2019 .
  19. ^ Ministry: NPD in Thuringia is becoming more radical .