»Publicity of Municipal Sessions and its Exceptions. Need for Justification or Privacy as a General Rule«: In her work, the author analyzes origin, role, reach, and limitations of the constitutional prinicpal of publicity of sessions for meetings of municipal councils. Considering differences between the German states, organizational requirements of such sessions are examined. Based on a definition of publicity of session, it is analyzed whether there is a violation against it, and what could be legal consequences.