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Saxony’s Reichsbürger Scene Slips to About 3,000 as Investigations Hold Steady

Authorities attribute the reduced public activity to the 2025 federal ban on “Königreich Deutschland.”

Overview

  • Official data for 2025 count roughly 3,000 adherents in Saxony, down from about 3,100 in 2024, with 79 also classified within the right‑wing extremist milieu.
  • Authorities logged 81 known meetings in 2025 compared with more than 100 a year earlier, with public activity now dominated by small splinter groups such as the Königlich Sächsische Gemeindeverband and the Vaterländischer Hilfsdienst.
  • Saxon prosecutors handled 441 Reichsbürger‑related investigations in 2025, nearly unchanged from 444 in 2024, covering more than 80 offense types often in general criminality rather than overtly political crimes.
  • The prosecutorial focus has shifted, with most cases now handled by the Chemnitz public prosecutor’s office after previously centering on Dresden.
  • Courts ordered special security measures at about 70 hearings linked to the scene last year, and disruptions to proceedings were reported only in isolated instances.