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{{short description|1990s protest occupation in northwest Germany}}
'''Anatopia''' was a land [[squatting|squat]] near to [[Papenburg]], in the north west of [[Germany]] from 1991 until 1995. An [[anatopism]] is something that is out of its proper place. Similar [[Occupation (protest)|protest occupations]] included [[Runway 18 West]] and the [[Free Republic of Wendland]].<ref name="Amantine">{{cite book |last1=Amantine |title="Die Häuser denen, die drin wohnen !" Kleine Geschichte der Häuserkämpfe in Deutschland |date=2012 |publisher=Unrast Verlag |location=Münster |isbn=978-3897711150}}</ref>
==Occupation==
The site was squatted on 4 July, 1991, as an [[List of environmental protests|environmental protest action]]. Local people were concerned for the rare plants and animals, since the [[Daimler-Benz]] automobile company ([[Mercedes-Benz]]) intended to build a test track (12 km long, 3 km wide). The squatters lived [[off-the-grid]] without running water and heating with woodstoves. There was an [[infoshop]] and [[small-scale agriculture]]. They also lived a [[vegan]] lifestyle, eating communally every night.<ref name="DoD">{{cite journal |title=Anatopia - Anarchy and Mercedes in Germany |journal=Do or die |date=1996 |volume=5 |pages=43–44 |url=http://www.eco-action.org/dod/no5/world_mercedes.htm |accessdate=25 December 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225135133/http://www.eco-action.org/dod/no5/world_mercedes.htm|archivedate=25 December 2019 }}</ref>
==Eviction==
The site was evicted 7 January, 1995 after a long struggle.<ref name="Wall">{{cite book |last1=Wall |first1=Derek |title=Earth First! and the anti-roads movement |date=1999 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415190633}}</ref> It became the focus of anti-Mercedes protests throughout Germany. Solidarity actions were carried out in Berlin, Bielefeld, Bremen, Frankfurt, Greifswald, Hamburg, Hannover, Lübeck, Oldenburg, Osnabruck, Stuttgart and Wuppertal.<ref name="DoD" />
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