Police acknowledges rectorate in Heidelberg.

Lasted two and a half hours of action, then the police had the Rectorate building of the University of Heidelberg cleared. Nearly three days had approximately 100 students as part of the education ausgeharrt strike peacefully. Elsewhere, the protests continued.

 

Heidelberg - Based blockades had the occupants still tried to hinder the evacuation. Again and again they cried "no violence". And indeed: The eviction was peaceful. It was a part of the protesters out of the building bear, but they made no violent resistance. According to a police spokesman of the action was "totally peaceful".

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Police officers and protesters in Heidelberg: "We were ready for dialogue"

The students had the rectorate on Wednesday in connection with the nationwide education strike occupied. They demanded more say in particular at Germany's oldest university. On Saturday, the police then cleared the building. The reason was an advertisement for the University of trespassing on Friday.

Within around two and a half hours, the officials took about 100 squatters from the Rectorate. Were then found their identity. The students spoke of around 150 people.

Heidelberger students were disappointed with the eviction. "We were ready for dialogue," said the 23-year-old Sebastian Large. "What we have been offered, but not enough." The students want to, inter alia, that a participation in the basic regulations of the university is anchored. The Heidelberg College fulfills only the minimum requirements, so their criticism. Instead of concrete concessions them an ultimatum had been set.

"I want my great personal disappointment at this development can not hide," said University Rector Bernhard Eitel after the eviction. "There is always a failure, when police in the university must act." According to the rector had no alternative. For further discussions with the occupants and that there was no basis. The Rector announced, but an initiative of the Rector, which together with the students ways to search for.

Interestingly, the question of who the use of some 160 police officers in the raid pay. You may need to pay the squatter. That was them in any event immediately before the eviction was threatened.

In the largest protests in years of education
had this week tens of thousands of people nationwide for a better school and university system is protesting. They called for a free education and a fairer education system. Students turned against the "Turbo-Abitur" in twelve years, and against a view from their outdated staff. The Minister of Culture of the countries said repairs at the bachelor and master degree programs to.

On Saturday there were protests, inter alia, the following actions:

In Dusseldorf demonstrating students and students from North-Rhine Westphalia. According to the organizers came around 1600. They demanded free education for all, more teachers, a freer studies, and the abolition of the head notes, Turbo and central levels.

In Leipzig protesters took advantage of a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) in the artists' studios of Baumwellspinnerei for their own purposes. A man with a megaphone signed up to speak, a young woman climbed onto the stage at the same time and handed over documents to the Chancellor the protests of students and pupils. At the end of her speech, Merkel said: "Germany knows that it only has a future if we invest our education."

In Marburg students hold protest against poor study conditions continue to be a Uni-occupied buildings. The some 30 squatters wanted the Institute for Political Science concessions only after the university management grant, said the student-writer Anna chairman on Saturday. In some respects, it is already in negotiations, where movement.