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.
Citizens' Assemblies
- Aachen: Citizens' Assembly "Attractive Shopping Destination Aachen"
- Altenmarkt: Altenmarkt Future Council on the town centre
- Amberg: Citizens' Jury Community Hospital Site
- Arnsberg: Citizens' Jury "Positive effects on my personal ecological footprint"
- Arnsberg: Citizens' Jury "Tackling the Energy Crisis together"
- Backnang: Climate Forum Backnang
- Bad Berleburg: Future Council on the redesign of the market square and the Odeborn Arena
- Bad Boll: Citizens' Jury "A good life in Bad Boll"
- Bad Feilnbach: Citizens' Jury on the Future of the Trogerhaus
- Bad Säckingen: Citizens' Forum Bad Säckingen
- Bergisch Gladbach: Climate Assembly
- Berlin: Citizens' Juries in Tempelhof-Schöneberg on the Future of the borough
- Berlin: Island Jury on Transport
- Berlin: Island Jury Mierendorff
- Berlin: Digital Berlin City Committee
- Biesenthal: Citizens' Jury "Biesenthal City Forest"
- Bischweier: Citizens' Forum on Mercedes Benz plant
- Bochum: Citizens' Conference
- Bonn: Citizens' Assembly Federal Art Gallery
- Bonn: Climate Assembly Bonn
- Brandis: Youth Council on Youth Participation
- Brandis: Citizens' Jury on updating the city's mission statement
- Breisgau: Citizens' Jury Geothermal Energy Breisgau
- Bremen: Citizens' Jury "City Center Bremen"
- Burghausen: Citizens' Jury on Sustainability
- Coesfeld: Citizens' Jury "A future fit for grandchildren"
- Constance: Citizens' Jury on the participatory Budget
- Constance: Citizens' Jury on the Climate Mobility Plan
- County of Dachau: Citizens' Advisory Council Health Region plus County of Dachau
- Denzlingen: Citizens' Jury on the community development concept
- Dresden: Citizens' Assembly Museum of Decorative Arts of the Dresden State Art Collections (SKD)
- Düsseldorf: Citizens' Assembly on the future of the Opera House
- Duisburg: Citizens' Jury "Climate Protection and Hydrogen NRW"
- Eberswalde: FutureCouncil Eberswalde on urban development
- Erkelenz: Citizens' Jury on the future use of the industrial estate east
- Erlangen: Citizens' Jury Climate Awakening
- Frankfurt/Main: Democracy Convention "From Young to Old in Frankfurt - Opportunities and Challenges of Intergenerationality"
- Frankfurt/Main: Democracy Convention "Frankfurt makes (Climate)Policy"
- Frankfurt/Main: Democracy Convention on Citizen Participation
- Freiburg Region: Citizens' Assembly "100 % Renewable Energies Freiburg Region"
- Fürstenfeldbruck: Citizens' Jury on urban development concept
- Göttingen: Future Forum "Redesigning Main Streets"
- Gütersloh: Citizens' Jury "A future fit for grandchildren"
- Herrenberg: Citizens' Forum Herrenberg-Süd
- Herzberg (Elster): Citizens' Jury "Cycling into the Future"
- Holzland/Inntal: Citizens' Jury "Intercommunal Rural Development"
- Homberg (Efze): Citizens' Jury "A future fit for grandchildren"
- Jülich: Citizens' Jury "Sustainable Living in Jülich"
- Kassel: Citizens' Jury "Smart Kassel"
- Kirchanschöring: Citizens' Jury Kirchanschöring on expansion of child care
- Kirchanschöring: Citizens' Jury „Building and Living for the Future“
- Leipzig: Participation Council Common Good
- Leipzig: Citizens' Jury on the Freedom and Unity Monument
- Lemgo: Citizens' Forum "Climate-neutral transport in Lemgo 2035"
- Leupoldsgrün: Citizens' Jury "A future fit for grandchilden"
- Lindau am Bodensee: Citizens' Jury "A future fit for grandchildren"
- Lotte: Citizens' Jury on mobility concept
- Ludwigsfelde: Citizens' Jury "A future fit for grandchildren"
- Lüneburg: Citizens' Jury on a utilisation concept for the Glockenhaus
- Malchin: Citizens' Jury on the city's energy and heat supply
- Mannheim: Citizens' Jury "Climate Protection 2030"
- Mehring: Citizens' jury on wind farm
- Meinersen joint municipality: Citizens' Jury "Redesigning citizen services in the Meinersen joint municipality"
- Mittweida: Citizens' jury on inner city development
- Munich: Citizens' Assembly Urban Development Plan 2040
- Region Neckar-Alb: Citizens' Jury Neckar-Alb Regional Light Rail
- Neubeuern: Citizens' Jury on the new construction or renovation of the Town Hall
- Neumünster: Citizens' Jury on Climate Change
- Nürtingen: Citizens' Jury Nürtingen
- Oberhausen: Marienviertel Neighbourhood Development Citizens' Forum
- Offenburg: Citizens' Jury on Climate Change
- Ostalbkreis: Citizens' Forum "Future concept Ostalb hospitals"
- Osterburg: Citizens' Jury "Climate Action Working Group"
- Ottersberg: Citizens' Jury "A future fit for grandchildren"
- Pirna: Citizens' Jury on the redesign of the market square
- Prenzlau: Citizens' Jury on the new city model
- Remshalden: Forum Identity for Citizens
- County of Reutlingen: Citizens' Jury on Design of the Health Campus
- Rhine-Neckar Region: GeoHardt Dialogue Forum
- Rietschen: Citizens' Jury "A future fit for grandchildren"
- Rottenburg: Citizens' Jury "Regional slaugther - but how?"
- Schorndorf: Citizens' Jury on the use of photovoltaic systems on house roofs
- Schwerin: Citizens' Jury Mission Statement "Schwerin 2020"
- Seeon-Seebruck: Citizens' Jury on the future of the lido island
- Stuttgart: Climate Assembly
- Stuttgart: Citizens' Forum on the renovation of the opera house
- Sulz am Neckar: Climate Jury
- Tengen: Citizens' Jury Tengen on updating the city's mission statement
- Tittmoning: Citizens' Jury on the future of Castle and Rupertiwinkel Museum
- Trier: Citizens' Jury on the future of the city centre
- Uffing: Citizens' Jury Community development concept
- Varel: Citizens' Jury on the future of the Tivoli venue
- Wandlitz: Citizens' Jury on the Wandlitz Development Concept
- Warendorf: Citizens' advisory committee on the development of the Brinkhaus industrial wasteland
- Weil am Rhein: Citizens' forum on the integrated urban development concept
- Werder: Citizens' Jury Tree Blossom Festival
- Wetzlar: City dialogue on the framework plan for the old town
- Wolfschlugen: Citizens' Jury on the future of Wolfschlugen
In preparation
- Cologne: Citizens' Assembly on City Blocks
- Cologne: Future Council School
- Dinslaken: Citizens' Jury Dinslaken
- Edermünde: Climate Jury
- Flensburg: Citizens' Jury on Transport
- Haltern am See: Citizens' Jury on Transport
- Mettmann: Citizens' Jury on the future of the city hall
- Münster: Citizens' Jury Münster
- Munich: Citizens' assembly on future issues of urban development
- Ottersberg: Citizens' Jury "Housing and living space"
- Siegen: Citizens' Jury on Waste Policy
- Sulz am Neckar: Citizens' Jury on the design of the city centre, Wöhrd Park and Neckar banks
Since the 1970s, randomly selected assemblies have been taking place in Germany under the name "planning cell". All procedures can be found in the planning cells database.
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 Kirchplatz
- Bissendorf: Leben und Lernen e.V.
- Cologne: Citizens' Assembly Initiative
- Constance: Constance Citizens' Council
- Darmstadt: Initiative "Climate Assembly Darmstadt"
- District of Ebersberg: Partnership for Democracy and Life in the District of Ebersberg
- Dortmund: Care Revolution - Network Dortmund
- 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: Forum for Democracy, Respect and Diversity
- Hamburg: Future Council Hamburg
- Hanover: Proterra
- Heidelberg: Klimaentscheid Heidelberg
- Hitzacker: Together for Hitzacker
- Krefeld: Krefeld Friends
- 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
- Regensburg: The Green New Deal for Regensburg
- Reinbek: Climate Action Initiative Sachsenwald
- Remshalden: Shaping the future together
- Rostock: Initiative "Citizens' Assembly carbon-neutral Rostock
- Rügen: Citizens' Initiative "Liveable Rügen"
- Schorndorf: Climate Assembly Initiative
- Schwerte: Citizens' Assembly Initiative Schwerte
- Siegen: Citizens' Assembly Initiative
- Steinhagen: Bürger Mit Wirkung
- Stuttgart: Climate Assembly Initiative
- Sylt: Merret reicht's - aus Liebe zu Sylt
- Warendorf: Citizens' Forum Warendorf
- Werne: Naturally Werne
- Werther: Citizens' Assembly Initiative Werther
- 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