Long List of Hate Crimes Against Christians in 2012 Reported by the Holy See

Country: Germany

Date of incident: December 31, 2012


The Holy See reported numerous hate crimes against Christians in Germany in 2012 to OSCE/ODIHR. View the locations and dates here.

Desecration of Graves:
• 27 July 2012 Herzberg
• 26 October 2012 Duisburg (NRW)
• 9 November 2012 Unterrath (Düsseldorf)
• 13 November 2012 Güdesweiler (Saarland) Attack against places of worship:
• 15 December 2012 Drensteinfurt (NRW)
• 4 December 2012 München
• 29 November 2012 Gotha
• 27 November 2012 - Mainz
• 15 November 2012 Märkische Heide
• 27 November 2012 Daaden (Siegen)
• 21 November 2012 Groß Leuthen (Lausitz)
• 17 November 2012 Thüringen
• 13 November 2012 Schmalegg (Ravensburg)
• 11 November 2012 Brandenburg (Havel)
• 10 November 2012 Lübeck
• 05 November 2012 Bielefeld
• 05 November 2012 Schöntal (Heilbronn)
• 04 November 2012 Ahlbeck (Vorpommern)
• 15 October 2012 Leidingen (Saarland)
• 18 September 2012 Cochem (Mosel)
• 21 September 2012 Neuhausen (Pforzheim)
• 10 September 2012 Weimar-Niederweimar
• 09 September 2012 Mirskofen (Landshut)
• 7 September 2012 Ihringen (Breisach)
• 7 September 2012 Bad Langensalza (Thüringen)
• 7 September 2012 Aurich (Niedersachsen)
• 4 September 2102 Hirschhorn (Odenwald)
• July 2012 Münster-Gremmendorf (Westfalen)
• 30 August 2012 Altkreis Norden (Aurich)
• 28 August 2012 Cochem (Mosel)
• 16 August 2012 Bötzingen (Freiburg)
• 31  July 2012 Engelsdorf (Sachsen)
• 17 July 2012 Meiningen
• 14 July 2012 Euskirchen
• 06 July 2012 Eckernförde
• 26 June2012 Flensburg
• 23 June 2012 Bergtheide (Lübeck)
• 23 June 2012 Bad Herrenalb
• 17 June 2012 Krefeld
• 12 June 2012 Haltingen. (Weil am Rhein)
• 23May 2012 Petersberg (Osthessen)
• 19 May 2012 Bürstadt (Idstein)
• 19 May 2012 Bispingen (Walsrode)
Source: Report by Holy See National Contact Point for Hate Crimes against Christians on the basis of a report of the Apostolic Nunciature in 2012.