Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss: Who is ‘ringleader’ of German far-right coup plot – and what is the Reichsburger movement? | World News | Sky News

The plotters planned to use “violence and military means” and were “driven by violent overthrow fantasies and conspiracy ideologies”, say prosecutors.

“The arrested persons adhere to conspiracy myths consisting of various narratives of the Reichsburger ideology as well as the QAnon ideology,” prosecutor Peter Frank said in a statement.

Reichsburger translates as “Citizens of the Reich” and adherents believe the post-Second World War German state is illegitimate and a puppet state created by the Allies.

Reichsburger has largely been a loosely structured movement made up of splinter groups and individuals.

via news.sky.com

Those darn German aristocrats.