Prince Heinrich XIII

Thousands of police officers have carried out raids across much of Germany against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the ...

Police also searched his hunting lodge in Thueringen where he was suspected of stockpiling weapons, according to the Ostthueringer newspaper. While officially, there are no princes and princesses any more in Germany, some descendents like Heinrich have continued to use the title. The Kremlin said there could be no question of any Russian involvement in the alleged plot. Prosecutors said on Wednesday Heinrich had reached out to representatives of Russia, whom the group saw as its central contact for establishing its new order. Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss is one of the last descendents of a dynasty that once ruled over swathes of eastern Germany. The people had suffered as a result, he said.

A minor German aristocrat, a former German MP, an ex-paratrooper, and a Russian accomplice. The disparate group of people arrested in dawn raids across ...

"Some of its members have served actively in the Bundeswehr in the past. A former AfD member of Germany's Bundestag, Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, was also arrested on Wednesday. They're allied with the far-right Alternative for Germany AfD political party, with people critical of established medicine and anti-vaccine groups -- people who believe in QAnon and alternative lifestyles. It is understood the family has long since distanced itself from Heinrich XIII. "During COVID this pre-existing movement managed to connect with quite a few parts of other far-right groups, the people involved in anti-lockdown protests. He will be extradited back to Germany.

Prince Heinrich XIII is one of the last representatives of the Reuss dynasty, and he is considered one of the main planners of the coup.

The Kremlin announced that there can be no question of Russia’s possible participation in planning the coup. The prince is known for his radical views, including a penchant for anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and claims that the monarchy was a form of government that provided a better life for all. The Prosecutor’s Office has not commented on these news, only stating that inspections have been carried out in the region.

The 25 suspects held on Wednesday are part of a far-right group that does not recognize the legitimacy of the Federal Republic that emerged from World War ...

The way they see it, they are the patriots, and that is why they want to free Germany from the current government. Members of the network’s military branch were supposed to help them depose the current powers. The Reichsbürger consider themselves the continuation of the German Empire, and they spread their vision of the world through the internet, where they have their own web pages, social media channels and discussion forums. Investigators were surprised by the age of the terrorists: almost all of them are over 40 and their two leaders – Heinrich XIII and Rüdiger P., a former Army colonel – are around 70 years old. [American conspiracy ideology](https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-10-17/alex-jones-the-radio-personality-who-built-an-empire-on-conspiracy-theories.html) known as QAnon, according to the German Prosecutor’s Office. According to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, one such group, called the Bismarck’s Heirs, tried to create its own news website last year. This is how the police discovered that Prince Reuss was calling for violent action: “Now let’s crush them, the fun is over!” he exclaimed in one of the intercepted calls. According to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the federal domestic intelligence agency, the Reichsbürger have “a high potential for violence.” In the last report on extremist threats to national security, drafted in 2021, the office estimated that there are around 21,000 people associated with this ideology and that, of these, 2,100 are violent or there is a clear risk of their becoming so. Described by German authorities as a terrorist organization, it is made up of members of a far-right movement called the Reichsbürger (Citizens of the Reich) that does not recognize democratic Germany. They live in a kind of parallel reality where they refuse to use official identification documents and instead issue fictitious cards such as their own driving licenses and “German Reich” license plates. The Reichsbürger are one of the main concerns for Germany’s security forces, who consider them to be very radical and, in some cases, ready to take up arms. A wealthy doctor donated €20,000 to the group; according to Der Spiegel, the money was used for “spiritual matters” and to contact alleged fortune-tellers who were tasked with verifying whether potential comrades-in-arms were trustworthy.

Heinrich XIII Prince of Reuss was arrested Wednesday along with 24 alleged far-right co-conspirators plotting to violently overthrow the government.