Well....first, you erect signs which basically say this 'zone' (defined in some way) is a area where you are not permitted to carry weapons or knives with fixed or lockable blades with a blade length of more than four centimeters.
Usually under the sign....it'll say a time-rule. Example, the zone exists from 6 PM to 6 AM.
Then another sign will indicate...police will patrol and have the right to frisk you and ask for your German national ID card.
Then, they have a little fee deal involved....where one single knife or weapon mandates a meeting with some judge, and a fine (figure minimum of 500 Euro).
The idea is....we want to get your attention.
Where they pick these zones? Usually where the police tell the authority trouble has started up (mostly near train stations or downtown areas).
Affect? Based on police commentary....it lessens bad-boy behavior to some degree....but the threat of a fine isn't a joke. In the case of Wiesbaden, their fine can go up to 5,000 Euro. So one single knife on your possession (say at 10 PM)....could cost you two months of salary.
Then you take into consideration....the intimidation factor that the police will just halt you and want some ID.
A development in the past decade? That's the funny part of the story. Wiesbaden was the first town to go this direction and the whole idea came up around 2017, with the action signed into law by the end of 2018. What cops will say....prior to this decade....you had simple assaults (fights), without weapons. Then at some point....say 2010 to 2017....numbers started to add up and worry the general public.
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