New Potsdam edict of tolerance
The New Potsdam Edict of Tolerance is a cooperation project between the state capital Potsdam and the association proWissen Potsdam e. V.
It sees itself as a new edition of the Edict of Potsdam from 1685.
The edict contains basic rules and guiding principles for living together in the city, which were jointly developed in an eight-month discussion on cosmopolitanism, tolerance and living together in Potsdam. It was published on August 10, 2008 by Potsdam's Lord Mayor Jann Jakobs ( SPD ) and the political scientist Heinz Kleger ( University of Potsdam ).
background
As early as 2007, the city administration planned to draw up a document linked to the edict of 1685, to which all public institutions should feel obliged. The drafting of the document should be done by the former government spokesman Uwe-Karsten Heye . Ultimately, the project was implemented as part of Potsdam's (but then failed) application as a city of science . The campaign was financed with 40,000 euros by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.
Course of action
On January 23, 2008 the Lord Mayor of Potsdam Jakobs and the professor of the University of Potsdam Heinz Kleger presented 10 theses written by Kleger, which deal with the coexistence in Potsdam between old and new Potsdamers and different social groups. These theses were then discussed by the population of Potsdam. For this purpose, an Internet platform was switched on, which, according to the initiators, had 70,000 hits by the end of September. In the city area, 66 boards with the theses were set up at 60 locations, on which the citizens could express their opinion on Kleger's theses. There was also a poster and postcard campaign. These expressions of opinion were ultimately incorporated into a 100-page book, the actual new Potsdam Edict of Tolerance, which was presented to the public by Mayor Jakobs on October 10, 2008.
Development of the new Potsdam Edict of Tolerance
The edict consists of a preamble and three parts. The first part relates to the edict of 1685 and was written by Heinz Kleger. The second part contains the results of the public debate. To this end, numerous expressions of opinion are documented, evaluated and summarized. The third part contains voluntary commitments to deal tolerantly with one another by various institutions, companies and associations, etc. a. AIDS-Hilfe Potsdam, the Alfred Wegener Institute Foundation , the Potsdam Foreigners Advisory Council, the Brandenburg Cultural Association, the Brandenburg Sports Youth, the BUND Potsdam , the FC Flick Foundation , the Hans Otto Theater , Oracle Germany , the SC Potsdam , the 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam u. a.
The publisher of the New Potsdam Edict of Tolerance is the association pro Wissen Potsdam eV
content
Extract from the New Potsdam Edict of Tolerance: The new Edict of Tolerance offers starting points for an open and unfinished process. The meaning of the Edict of Tolerance is thus continued. The edict specified central tasks for the development of a self-confident, cosmopolitan and tolerant citizenship in Potsdam:
- to anchor the discussion of tolerance in the diverse urban society - across the various districts and social areas;
- to develop a self-confident citizenship in the here and now, centered on the greatest possible freedom for all;
- to exhaust the possibilities of tolerance;
- to clearly name the intolerable;
- to strengthen the link between tolerance and solidarity;
- strengthen Democratic consensus against violence, xenophobia and political extremism;
- as well as keeping the legacy of education, immigration and tolerance visible and teachable.
society
On October 29, 2009 the association New Potsdam Edict of Tolerance - Together for a Cosmopolitan City eV was founded, which anchors the principles of the New Potsdam Edict of Tolerance in urban society and is active for tolerance and cosmopolitanism in Potsdam.
Decision of the OVG Berlin-Brandenburg of September 14, 2012
The right-wing extremist NPD planned a demonstration in Potsdam on September 15, 2012. On the other hand, the alliance "Potsdam shows its colors" and numerous named persons, including the Mayor of Potsdam Jann Jakobs, called for a festival of tolerance. The NPD had then filed a lawsuit against the city of Potsdam, represented by the mayor, and insisted on his neutral role as an administrative officer. The Potsdam Administrative Court dismissed the lawsuit on September 4, 2012 and referred among other things. a. to the New Potsdam Edict of Tolerance, in that "tolerance and peaceful protest against expressions of opinion of others ... primarily taking into account the ..." New Potsdam Edict of Tolerance "(was) a justified concern for everyone and ... moreover also entirely in the interests of the applicant be yourself (must) ". This decision is significant because in similar cases, e.g. B. in Gera and Pasewalk, the courts had affirmed the duty of neutrality for public officials. The NPD applied to the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court to revoke this decision. The OVG rejected this.
literature
- Heinz Kleger, New Potsdam Edict of Tolerance, Potsdam, 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-025952-4
- Heinz Kleger, For an open and tolerant city of citizenship, Potsdam - in memory of the Edict of Potsdam (1685), 2nd edition, Potsdam, 2008
- Heinz Kleger, Why Potsdam Needs a New Edict of Tolerance, text of the lecture on April 13, 2008 as part of the public Sunday lecture Potsdam Heads in the Old Town Hall, Potsdam, 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-024967-9
- Heinz Kleger, Tolerance of Democracy, Potsdam, 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-027074-1
- Heinz Kleger, Edict of Tolerance as talk of the town, Potsdam, 2010, ISBN 978-1445741369
- Heinz Kleger, " Edict of Tolerance as talk of the town instead of Sarrazin-Theater", Potsdam, 2011, ISBN 9783842326231
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/heye-verfasst-neues-toleranzedikt-fuer-potsdam,10810590,10482056.html , accessed on October 29, 2012
- ↑ http://www.potsdam.de/cms/beitrag/10040880/427492/ , accessed on October 29, 2012
- ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/zehn-thesen-fuer-mehr-weltoffenheit-in-potsdam-toleranz-wie-damals-beim-grossen-kurfuersten,10810590,10534304.html , accessed on 29 . December 2012
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 34
- ↑ http://www.pnn.de/potsdam/680866/
- ↑ Judgment text at http://www.gerichtsentscheidungen.berlin-brandenburg.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&docid=JURE120017490&psml=sammlung.psml&max=true&bs=10 , No. 2, accessed on October 24, 2012
- ↑ http://www.pnn.de/potsdam/681387/
