Chemnitz and the region are jointly applying for the title of European Capital of Culture 2025. To mark this occasion, the Lord Mayors and Mayors of the cities of Annaberg-Buchholz, Aue-Bad [...]

Chemnitz raises its flag: With the Kulturhauptstraßen (Capital of Culture Streets) , local shops & associations, entrepreneurs & citizens, streets & entire quarters shows that they support our application. The launch was celebrated at the [...]

The Chemnitz sports community has taken the initiative. Many sports clubs and fans show show their support for Chemnitz with the slogan "Chemnitz United": We stand behind the Chemnitz application for the title of [...]

Sign our application with your own name? The Industrieverein Sachsen, Kreatives Chemnitz and the Buntmacher*innen have taken the initiative. With the motto "Achieving more together! Together for a European Capital of Culture 2025", everyone [...]

On the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the local football club Chemnitzer FC will support its city with a special campaign, thus demonstrating that culture and sport can support each other in [...]

Chemnitz has a lot to offer and we Chemnitzers can do even more. Our city offers so much space and room for creative ideas that the cultural alliance "Hand in Hand" symbolically reaches out to [...]

The rolling experiment - in the context of the wish for direct train connection between Chemnitz and Berlin and the mobile production set. On 28.08.2020, several supporters of the campaign took part in the special [...]

 More city greenery for everyone! This was a wish of the citizens of Chemnitz. Therefore, in July, together with a local initative, Saatgutgarten Nachhall e.V., and several housing cooperatives in Chemnitz, as [...]

10 days, 1300 kilometers, 12 sportsmen and -woman. To Düsseldorf and back. The running club LaufKulTour started on Friday. The start is traditionally at the auditorium of the Technical University of Chemnitz. Next week [...]

It had already been implied - now it is certain: the selection process for the "European Capital of Culture 2025" will take place online. This was agreed this week by the Kultusministerkonferenz (Standing Conference [...]

 The art and culture festival "Begehungen" ("inspections") has been taking place in Chemnitz since 2003 - as the largest off-culture event in the city. Its trademark is an unconventional and low-threshold approach [...]

 With GEGENWARTEN | PRESENCES a public art project will take place in Chemnitz this summer 2020. Works by 20 artists and collectives will be shown. In their works they have dealt with [...]

It's hot outside. Obviously, the water is very tempting there. And because swimming and being in the pool is also part of culture, we are out and about in the open air swimming facilities [...]

Vibrant Capital of Culture: On Friday the well-known DJ team Stereoact played on the Schloßteichinsel (island of the Schlossteich). They were invited by Falko Hirsch from the gondola station, who hosted [...]

Eastern European Modernism Project AIR Modernism is an international artist residency project, that includes networking to Polish, German and Georgian arts and cultural institutions and professionals. Chosen residents will have the opportunity to conduct [...]

#Trinkkultur prize draw: win a day of beer culture Exclusive and only in Chemnitz: our very own beer for the as application European Capital of Culture! With our [...]

Sitting in an old Tatra tramway once again - now it's possible, thanks to the Capital of Culture! Organized together with the CVAG (local public transportation services) and Parksommer (local summer festival), the last [...]

What does your future in Chemnitz look like? What should a city offer to keep young people here? What is attractive? And what do young people actually want? If Chemnitz would be awarded the [...]

100 years, three levels and more than 400 objects: the current anniversary exhibition of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz (art museum Chemnitz) a representive selection from the large collection is on display. Under the title "In [...]

An application for the titel of European Capital of Culture also requires to deal with the identity of the city. In Chemnitz, the beer brewing tradition and drinking culture are clearly part of this [...]

Chemnitz is getting involved: On Saturday, 18 July, another Capital of Culture street was opened. After a first round in the Innere Klosterstraße in the city centre, it is now the Schlossberg, a street [...]

Together with citizens of our city, we started to sowing flower meadows today at the Konkordiapark. Our goal is to turn a total of 10.000 square meters of lawn into colourful and flowery meadows [...]