Anti-WAAhnsinns Festival
antiwaahnsinns festival german woodstock series political rock concert took place germany purpose support protest planned nuclear reprocessing plant wackersdorf german wiederaufbereitungsanlage wackersdorf abbreviated waa wackersdorf wackersdorf fifth festival marked peak protest movement plant people attending july largest rock concert history germany lineup included germany popular music act time bap die toten hosen udo lindenberg rio reiser herbert grönemeyer festival remained completely peaceful contrary government expectation result overwhelming protest festival resulted unexpected medium coverage antinuclear movement germany first antiwaahnsinns festival took place lanzenanger venue burglengenfeld primary responsibility event held local autonomous youth centre many festival taken place people visit concert year since many member youth centre actively participating resistance recycling plant management decided change original festival antiwaahnsinns festival main purpose event attract public attention problem related waa protest engagement culturerelated work youth centre quickly managed come contact many bavarian musician like haindling biermösl blosn also argued building recycling plant festival got positive feedback public idea began emerge encouraging bigname performer like bap udo lindenberg herbert grönemeyer take part finally good relation management bap record label emi electrola able convince mostly leftleaning artist participate festival year live recording festival released double lp record label proceeds album used support citizen initiative waa originally organizer intended antiwaahnsinns festival take place immediate vicinity planned frp excessive protest easter pentecost position party got radical especially influenced catastrophe chernobyl result bavarian government set inviolable precinct square kilometer around construction area ultimately organizer opted field near burglengenfeld venue festival even preparation festival took place city councillor csu christian social union mayor burglengenfeld stefan bawidamann already voiced concern riot fringe festival although antiwaahnsinnsfestival officially authorised town bavarian ministry interior local government oberpfalz voiced intention prohibit event extraordinary meeting city council scheduled july voted favour realization festival however town major bawidamann repealed ballot referring article penal law considered necessary order prevent danger brought general public health material good save heavy disturbance decision authorisation festival thereby passed subsequent regulating authority district office schwandorf han schuierer district administrator validated decision city council assigned local government oberpfalz check legal force bawidamanns decision motorcycle club kuhle wampe took charge security entrance excrement removed almost every hour field within radius several kilometer rented festival management parking part field harvested directly beginning festival although grain ripe yet number visitor exceeded expectation field marked parking space short notice one rented field particular stubble field vicinity greinhof hot catalyzer set largescale fire local farmer used plough create firebreak preventing major damage burglengenfeld city inhabitant prepared stampede visitor already eve festival supermarket sold staple food alcoholic drink several shop closed door open following sunday either mobile phone yet written note pinned church door informing meet visitor sought place sleep bare brickwork inhabitant feared theft property damage even riot however transpire account number participating visitor festival vary number supposed considering area entirely unlikely musically open air revisited double lp well film although th antiwaahnsinns festival – july protest nuclear reprocessing plant proceeded peacefully without violence state continued fighting undiminished rigidity opposition waa ended abruptly sudden death bavaria ministerpresident franz josef strauss october operating company dwk deutsche gesellschaft für die wiederaufarbeitung von kernbrennstoffen german corporation nuclear reprocessing politician csu diminishing hope waa project could realised successfully april dr rudolf von bennigsenfoerder former chairman board veba announced german energy company would retreat reprocessing technology came completely unexpected filled csu bitterness may dwk specifically froze construction reprocessing plant iron main gate closed symbolically sudden ending waa population resistance diminished well might remember matchlessness antiwaahnsinns festival matchless visitor alltime greatest spectrum top musician performed coherently one special purpose – building freeze waa festival also showed opportunity counterpublic there chance correct necessary prevent decision local federal administration constitutional state time festival suggested possibility peaceful protest nowadays memorial stone former festival site “lanzenanger” burglengenfeld commemorate spectacular antiatomfestival allnutt mike herl michael publisher waahnsinn – der wackersdorffilm die filmbilder lied texte reden interview dokumente nördlingen hoffarth florian ihr habt die festung wir haben da fest – da ‚antiwaahnsinnsfestival al höhepunkt der bürgerproteste gegen die wiederaufbereitungsanlage wackersdorf jahresband zur kultur und geschichte im landkreis schwandorf bd published landkreis schwandorf page – homepage jugendzentrum burglengenfeld german article der spiegel year anniversary festival german