Thousands of people took part in May Day protests by left-wing groups in German cities.

In Berlin, a special focus was on the "Revolutionary May Day" demonstration, which led from Neukölln to Kreuzberg.

The police spoke of around 14,000 participants on Sunday evening.

In the middle of the protest march was a large black block from the autonomous scene with several hundred people.

Left and radical left groups had called for the protest.

As a reporter from the German Press Agency observed, there were also scuffles between demonstrators and the police in the evening.

Bottles and firecrackers flew.

Police forces used tear gas.

Bengal fires could also be seen.

The demonstration train had previously reached its end point in Kreuzberg largely without major incidents.

The crowd passed a house at Kottbusser Tor, where a new, also controversial police station is planned.

Left-wing groups protested against the project.

The police were in action with a large contingent, roads were partially blocked.

In the past few decades, there have been repeated riots on the sidelines of May Day demonstrations in Berlin.

Pro-Palestine demonstration in Berlin

Numerous Palestinian groups also took part in the protests in Neukölln and Kreuzberg in the evening.

The police had expected this after fears of anti-Semitic incidents had banned a demonstration by Palestinian initiatives planned for Friday, as well as alternative events.

Many people waved Palestine flags, others chanted "Free Palestine".

Sharp criticism of Israel's policies was expressed in several speeches.

The Jewish Forum announced on Twitter that it would monitor the demo and document anti-Semitic incidents.

Some banners and demands could be understood as a "call for the violent annihilation of the State of Israel," the forum later tweeted.

During the course of the day there were several protests and demonstrations in Berlin.

These passed peacefully.

Around 10,000 cyclists rode through the affluent Grunewald in the west of the city, demonstrating for the redistribution of wealth.

The satirical demonstration was held under the motto "Cripple Grunewald even more".

A poster read "Fair rent instead of profits".

Similar demonstrations in Hamburg also remained largely calm until the evening.

According to the police, 1,500 demonstrators moved from the Berliner Tor towards Barmbek in the late afternoon.

The Red Structure Hamburg, classified by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution as violent, called for the demonstration.

According to the police, around 850 people marched through Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg in the evening.

The alliance "Black-Red May 1st" had called for this under the motto "Forbidden good - anarchism on the offensive".

The train was escorted by helmeted police officers.

Water cannons and the cavalry squadron were also ready.

There were initially no major incidents.