The event on Tuesday was well attended with around 30 participants. After an introduction by Ulrich Riehm on the key question "Who owns Hambach Castle?", he traced the historical developments of the conflicts surrounding this symbolic site of German democratic history, thus enabling a chronological review. This also triggered reflections on continuities and changes in dealing with Hambach Castle. The subsequent main lecture was able to build on this historical classification.

Annalena Groppe presented her dissertation research. The focus was less on the protest movement itself and more on the question of how democratic civil society in Neustadt dealt with the conflicts on the ground. She has been working on this for several years together with many of the local actors present. This form of action research makes it possible to bring theoretical perspectives, local challenges and context-specific empirical knowledge into dialog with one another. This retrospective event of the research project consistently continued this approach by feeding back reflections and findings to the research partners.

The lively discussion and appreciative atmosphere were particularly enriching. The joint struggle for concrete ways of dealing with the conflicts on the ground and the discussion of possible next steps were directly linked to the lecture and made the event directly relevant to practice.

The event was a cooperation between the Rhineland-Palatinate Peace Academy, Omas gegen Rechts Neustadt, the Democracy Lab, the Casimirianum educational network in Neustadt and the Friends of Hambach Festival.

The event on Tuesday was well attended with around 30 participants. After an introduction by Ulrich Riehm on the key question "Who owns Hambach Castle?", he traced the historical developments of the conflicts surrounding this symbolic site of German democratic history, thus enabling a chronological review. This also triggered reflections on continuities and changes in dealing with Hambach Castle. The subsequent main lecture was able to build on this historical classification.

Annalena Groppe presented her dissertation research. The focus was less on the protest movement itself and more on the question of how democratic civil society in Neustadt dealt with the conflicts on the ground. She has been working on this for several years together with many of the local actors present. This form of action research makes it possible to bring theoretical perspectives, local challenges and context-specific empirical knowledge into dialog with one another. This retrospective event of the research project consistently continued this approach by feeding back reflections and findings to the research partners.

The lively discussion and appreciative atmosphere were particularly enriching. The joint struggle for concrete ways of dealing with the conflicts on the ground and the discussion of possible next steps were directly linked to the lecture and made the event directly relevant to practice.

The event was a cooperation between the Rhineland-Palatinate Peace Academy, Omas gegen Rechts Neustadt, the Democracy Lab, the Casimirianum educational network in Neustadt and the Friends of Hambach Festival.