On Wednesday morning, the federal prosecutor's office had 25 people from the so-called Reich citizen scene arrested in the course of a raid.
Around 3,000 officials are deployed in eleven federal states, a spokeswoman for the Karlsruhe authority told the German Press Agency.
She accuses the accused of having prepared the overthrow of the state.
22 of those arrested are said to be members of a terrorist organization, two of them ringleaders.
Three others are considered supporters.
There are also 27 other suspects, said the spokeswoman.
"We don't have a name for this association yet," she said.
It's probably based on conspiracy theories.
According to the information, people were arrested in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Saxony and Thuringia and one person each in Austria and Italy.
There were also searches in Brandenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.
The federal prosecutor's office wanted to start questioning the first arrested on Wednesday, the spokeswoman said.
As reported by the "Tagesschau", among others, the raid is said to have been directed against people who, according to the federal prosecutor, are said to have founded a terrorist organization.
According to this, the group is said to have planned to abolish the constitutional order in Germany and establish a state within the borders of the German Empire of 1871.
A “shadow cabinet” is said to have already existed.
Reich citizens are people who do not recognize the Federal Republic and its democratic structures.
They often refuse to pay taxes.
Often they are in conflict with authorities.
The Office for the Protection of the Constitution ascribes around 21,000 followers to the scene.
During a raid in 2016, a so-called Reich citizen shot four police officers in Georgensgmünd, Bavaria.
One of them succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
The special task force wanted to confiscate the hunter's weapons.
As reported by the "Tagesschau", among others, the raid is said to have been directed against around 50 people who, according to the federal prosecutor, are said to have founded a terrorist organization.
According to this, the group is said to have planned to abolish the constitutional order in Germany and establish a state within the borders of the German Empire of 1871.
A “shadow cabinet” is said to have already existed.