Overview
- Five local plaintiffs backed by the citizens’ initiative Görli zaunfrei filed a lawsuit and an urgent application at the Berlin administrative court on March 17.
- The challenge targets the Senat’s February 23 order that closes the park from 22:00 to 06:00, a policy implemented in early March with roughly 16 entrance gates.
- The filing argues the measure overreaches by restricting all users regardless of wrongdoing and fails to show the park qualifies as a crime hotspot at night.
- Plaintiffs contend the state overstepped the district’s authority and say the closure merely displaces drug activity rather than reducing it.
- If the court grants the urgent motion, the park would reopen around the clock until a final ruling, while the closure remains in effect as the court has yet to decide.