Should have waited for another day - new route to Berlin TXL now confirmed - starts 14JAN08 with two daily flights and goes up to thrice daily on 30MAR08. Flights to be operated by Eurowings with a BAe 146-200.
If I remember correctly, this will be the fourth or fifth try to establish a Berlin route - hopefully with lasting success this time.
NUE and STR, however, will indeed go. So Lufthansa concentrates its LCY operation now on Germany's four largest airports, FRA, DUS, HAM and BER.