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An overview of Critical Mass bike rides in Germany.
History[]
The first German Critical Mass took place on 27 September 1997 in Berlin, the capital city. In 1998 there was also the ride with the most cyclists Germany ever had, as many as around 500 people rode through the city of Berlin. Almost all cities below beside the map had a Critical Mass in this past period (around 1997-2002) with more or less participiants. In the new century more and more cyclists gave up Critical Mass rides, so some years no regular rides took place. Only some sporadic Critical Mass rides were held, however not the transport political character was focused, but rather this form of street reclaiming was used for calling attention to other relevant political topics (e.g. at the vacation of the Yorck59 in Berlin in 2005 [1]).
Situation since 2006[]
Since 2006 there has been a revival of Critical Mass in Germany. At least in Frankfurt/Main and Berlin are regular rides every month again. In 2007 also other cities has had rides: Hamburg, Hannover, Trier, Mannheim, Magdeburg, Nuremberg, Munich, Dresden, Darmstadt and other cities. New are rides in Dortmund, Essen und Wuppertal. In Frankfurt/Main regular rides took place with up to 200 cyclists, most other cities in Germany have less participans. Only in Hamburg a one time Critical Mass in June in conjunction with the protests against the G8 had around 325 riders .
The interest of the media was mostly very low. If anything only local press has published short reports about the events [2]. An exception was i.a. a report by "Die Zeit" about the ride in Hamburg in May 2007 with about 300 riders [3].
Map and ride locations[]
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See also Germany google maps.
Statistics[]
Participiants in Germany 2007[]
The chart data can be found in the chart template and a table.
Participiants in Germany 2008[]
The chart data can be found in the chart template 2008 and a table.
Participiants in Germany 2009[]
The chart data can be found in the chart template 2009 and a table.
See also[]
- German translation of the English Wikipedia Critical Mass article
- A partly humerous Critical Mass glossary (German)
- Self conception off a Critical Mass ride (Collection): Selbstverständnis (German))
- Bicycle advocacy groups in Germany
- Bicycle events in Germany
Weblinks[]
- Frank Brokelmann: Werbung für und Verhalten bei einer Critical Mass Veranstaltung (in Deutschland) (German)
- en:Anarchopedia: Critical Mass
- de:Anarchopedia: Critical Mass (German)
- en:Wikipedia: Critical Mass
- critical-mass.de: Currently only a small and incomplete link list to Critical Mass sides and other ecological topics.
Press[]
- Report "Radelnde Revolutionäre" on cafebabel.com (German) - 2008/04/15
- Germany Looks to Boost Biking as Europe Pedals Past by Trinity Hartman - 30.05.2008
Related topics[]
- Bernd Sluka's Website (German)
- Road traffic regulations in Germany (German)