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
- Bayreuth: Citizens' Jury on a heat adaptation strategy
- Berlin: Neighbourhood Jury ‘Climate-friendly neighbourhood block Antonkiez’
- Berlin: Neighbourhood Jury ‘Climate-friendly neighbourhood block Nördliche Luisenstadt’
- Eppelheim: Citizens' Forum on the use of the area behind the Rhein-Neckar-Halle
- Heddesheim: Heddesheim mission statement process
- Herzberg (Elster): Citizens’ Jury "PopAnker"
- Kuppenheim: Citizens' workshop on the subsequent use of the Cuppamare site
Citizens' Assemblies in preparation
- Aachen: Citizens' Assembly “Balanced mobility in Aachen”
- Ansbach: Citizens' Jury "Our Rezatauen"
- 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"
- Berlin: Pilot Citizens' Jury in Marzahn-Hellersdorf
- Constance: Citizens' Jury on the participatory Budget 2025
- Dinslaken: Citizens' Jury Dinslaken
- Donzdorf: Citizens' Forum “Further commercial development of the city of Donzdorf”
- Flensburg: Citizens' Jury on Transport
- Greifswald: Future Council ‘My Greifswald 2030, what moves me?’
- Herzberg (Elster): Citizens‘ Jury on revitalising the city centre
- Krefeld: Citizens' Assembly Krefeld
- Lüneburg: Citizens' Jury 2025
- Marburg-Biedenkopf district: Citizens' Jury on Volunteering
- Moers: Pilot Citizens' Jury Moers
- Neubrandenburg: Citizens' Jury on open-mindedness, tolerance and diversity
- Oberkirch: Citizens' Forum on Wind Power
- Osterburg: Citizens' Jury on Cycling
- Pinneberg: Climate Citizens' Jury
- Pullach: Citizens' Jury on the future of the railway station
- Radevormwald: Planning cells ‘Local mobility concept Blumenstraße/Alte Landstraße/Hohenstraße’
- Schorndorf: Citizens' Jury "A Schorndorf worth living in"
- Siegen: Citizens' Jury on Waste Policy
- Würzburg: Würzburg Future Council
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
Handbook
Many questions arise when organising randomly selected mini-publics in cities and municipalities. A handbook provides answers to all the important questions. More
Citizens' Assembly Network
In the Citizens' Assembly Network, representatives from citizens' initiatives, science, administration and politics as well as mini-public organisers and participants exchange views on municipal citizens' assemblies. More