On Thursday morning, the police continued to clear the lignite town of Lützerath, which was occupied by activists.
Emergency services penetrated a farm, as reported by a dpa reporter.
They sawed a hole in a gate.
A large yellow banner hangs on the farmstead with the inscription "1.5°C means: Lützerath stays!".
The forces took action against activists who wanted to prevent the coal from being excavated under the site until late at night.
Police officers took a good ten activists with lifting platforms from a height of about ten meters from the roof of a former agricultural hall, as a dpa reporter observed on Thursday night.
Other officers untied an activist tied up in a wrecked car.
A police spokeswoman had previously said this work would be completed.
In addition, nothing else was planned by the police during the night.
"What is that, what are you so afraid of?"
The police are of course still on site, said a spokeswoman.
But there are no plans to clear the houses at night.
Activists are still staying in these houses and in self-built tree houses.
"Fridays for Future" activist Luisa Neubauer called the police's actions "absolutely incomprehensible".
“Evictions at night in the dark.
It's dangerous, provocative, escalating.
What is it, what are you so afraid of?” she asked on Twitter.
The settlement of Lützerath is to be demolished in order to be able to mine the coal deposits below.
Climate activists want to prevent this.
Amid mostly peaceful protests, the police began evacuating the area on Wednesday.
Police officers took activists down from trees and platforms, using lifting platforms at various points.
At the entrance to Lützerath there was demolition work with excavators, and one of the town signs of Lützerath was also removed.
The alliance “Lützerath cannot be cleared” has announced protest actions such as sit-ins in the area for Thursday.
Fridays for Future wants to demonstrate nationwide on the second day of the eviction.
This is what Luisa Neubauer wants to talk about at 10 a.m. in the Keyenberg district of Erkelenz, around four kilometers from Lützerath.
The police are in Lützerath with a large contingent on site.
Before the start of the evacuation, massive resistance had already been expected.
On the other hand, observers spoke of a relaxed atmosphere on the first day.
At the start of the evacuation, scuffles broke out early on Wednesday morning.
According to the police, a Molotov cocktail, stones and pyrotechnics were thrown in the direction of the officers.
A spokeswoman for the "Lützerath is living" initiative accused the police of being too tough.