Local citizens' assemblies

In Germany, the number of local citizens' assemblies is growing, as are the initiatives to set them up. Here is an overview of current mini-publics.

Ongoing Citizens' Assemblies

• Berlin Marzahn-Hellersdorf: Citizens' Jury "Heat protection"
• Greifswald: Future Council ‘My Greifswald 2030, what moves me?’
• Lüneburg: Citizens' Jury "Consumption-free places for children in the city centre"
• Osterburg: Citizens' Jury Mobility & Cycling
• Sandersdorf-Brehna: Citizens' Jury on the integrated urban development concept
• Unna: Citizens' Forums ‘KulturMitWirkung’

Citizens' Assemblies in preparation

• Arnsberg: Citizens' Jury ‘Volunteering - valuing, strengthening, networking'
• Aurich: Citizens' Jury on Transport Development Plan
• Bad Pyrmont: Planning cells on the design of the station forecourt
• Bad Säckingen: Citizens' Forum Bad Säckingen 2025/26
• Bad Segeberg: Citizens' Jury "Environment and Climate Protection"
• Brühl (Rhineland): Citizens' Jury 2026
• Constance: Citizens' Jury "Seenachtfest"
• Constance: Citizens' Jury on the participatory Budget 2025
• Flensburg: Citizens' Jury on Transport
• Halle (Saale): University Climate Jury Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
• Hamburg Altona: Citizens' Jury on mobility development in the centre of Blankenese
• Krefeld: Citizens' Assembly Krefeld"
• Marburg-Biedenkopf district: Citizens' Jury on Volunteering
• Pinneberg: Climate Citizens' Jury
• Pullach: Citizens' Jury on the future of the railway station
• Rheinisches Revier: Citizens' Assembly on ‘Structural Change in Rheinisches Revier’
• Schorndorf: Citizens' Jury "A Schorndorf worth living in"
• Siegen: Citizens' Jury on Waste Policy
• Upper Swabia: Citizens' Forum ‘Upper Swabia Biosphere Reserve’
• Werbach: Citizens' Forum on the municipal budget

Database

All mini-publics that have been carried out at the municipal level in Germany since 1972 can be found in the database of citizens' assemblies.

Citizens' Assemblies worldwide

For an overview of local citizens' assemblies and juries in other countries, see our international overview.

Citizens' Assembly Initiatives

These citizens' initiatives are committed to citizens' assemblies in their municipality.

• Aachen: Citizens' Assembly Initiative Aachen
• Bad Belzig: Citizens' Assembly Bad Belzig (Respekt e.V.)
• Bergisch Gladbach: Climate Friends Rhein-Berg
• Berlin: Mitte für alle!
• Berlin: Initiative "Citizens' Assemblies Marzahn-Hellersdorf"
• Berlin: NUR MUT
• Berlin: Popular Initiative "Climate Restart Berlin"
• Berlin: Insel-Rat Mierendorff-Island
• Bielefeld: Climate Assembly Initiative
• Bietigheim: Initiative Bürgerrat Bietigheim
• Bietigheim-Bissingen: Klimaentscheid Bietigheim-Bissingen
• Bissendorf: Leben und Lernen e.V.
• Cologne: Citizens' Assembly Initiative
• Constance: Constance Citizens' Council
• Darmstadt: Initiative "Climate Assembly Darmstadt"
• Edingen-Neckarhausen: Climate Initiative Edingen-Neckarhausen
• Frankfurt/Main: Mehr als Wählen
• Freiburg: Citizens' Assembly Freiburg Region
• Gütersloh: Initiative "Demokratie wagen!"
• Hagen: Hagen Forum Sustainability
• Haltern am See: Forum for Democracy, Respect and Diversity
• Hamburg: Cociety
• Hamburg: Future Council Hamburg
• Hanover: Proterra
• Heidelberg: Klimaentscheid Heidelberg
• Hitzacker: Together for Hitzacker
• Krefeld: Krefeld Friends
• Lörrach: Bündnis 5 vor 12
• Lübeck: Lübeck Citizens' Assembly Working Group
• Lüneburg: Future Council Lüneburg
• Lusatia: Lusatia with a future?! You decide!
• Magdeburg: Climate Alliance Magdeburg
• Mannheim: Initiative "Mannheim coal-free"
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Initiative Zukunftshandeln MV
• Moers: Initiative "Citizens' Assembly Moers" 
• Munich: Citizens' Assembly Munich
• Münster: Democracy Update Münster
• Neu-Ulm: German Zero Climate Referendum
• Nuremberg: RE:NUE – the Citizens' Institute
• Reinbek: Climate Action Initiative Sachsenwald
• Remshalden: Shaping the future together
• Rügen: Citizens' Initiative "Liveable Rügen"
• Schorndorf: Climate Assembly Initiative
• Schwerte: Citizens' Assembly Initiative Schwerte
• Steinhagen: Bürger Mit Wirkung
• Stuttgart: Climate Assembly Initiative
• Sylt: Merret reicht's - aus Liebe zu Sylt
• Warendorf: Citizens' Forum Warendorf
• Werne: Naturally Werne
• Wilhelmshaven: Future Workshop Wilhelmshaven
• Witten: Citizens' Assembly Initiative

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