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NETWORKING MEETING for cross-border cooperation between Germany / Czech Republic / Poland
0NETWORKING MEETING for cross-border cooperation between Germany / Czech Republic / Poland for the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 Cultural professionals and representatives of the cultural sector from Germany, Poland and [...]
Our Open Calls are online!
0Chemnitz and 38 partner municipalities and communities in the Central Saxony, Erzgebirge and Zwickau region will be the European Capital of Culture 2025. Kulturhauptstadt Europas Chemnitz 2025 GmbH (Kulturhauptstadt GmbH) is [...]
Silbermann Soundwalk – a hybrid concert track
0Masterful organs and a unique silver sound - that is what the name Gottfried Silbermann stands for. 300 years ago, he created an organ landscape around Freiberg with his instruments that [...]
Thank you for this great year in Chemnitz and the Cultural Region!
0We would like to say a special thank you to all those involved in these eventful months of preparation for our European Capital of Culture Year 2025. Thank you for the passion, the enthusiasm [...]
Manual Chemnitz2025
0Some already know it, others suspect it: Capital of Culture is something really big! And also in the sense of extensive and complex - see the 150-page application book. And it is precisely this that [...]
Mikroprojekte
0The submission phase for the 11th round of Mikroprojekte has ended. The successful microprojects will be announced in January 2023. Do you still have questions about the Mikroprojekte? Then send [...]
Makerhubs for the Cultural Region
0With the Makerhubs, places are being created within the framework of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz2025 where designers, craftspeople, entrepreneurs, the skilled workers of tomorrow and makers from all over the world can [...]
We Parapom!
0Planting Assembly Places in November 2022 In November 2022, another building block was added to the Capital of Culture flagship project WE PARAPOM! The first gathering places were created; these are places [...]
Open Call of the European Workshop for Culture and Democracy
0Chemnitz and 38 partner municipalities and communities in the Central Saxony, Erzgebirge and Zwickau region will be the European Capital of Culture 2025. Kulturhauptstadt Europas Chemnitz 2025 GmbH (Kulturhauptstadt GmbH) is the company entrusted [...]
On the move along the PURPLE PATH
0Together with Chemnitz, 38 municipalities and communities form the cultural region that will be the European Capital of Culture in 2025. Until 2025 and beyond, the PURPLE PATH, a large sculpture, [...]
European Peace Ride 2022
0The International Peace Tour, also known as the Course de la Paix, was the most highly regarded amateur cycling event behind the Iron Curtain. At its high points, it was even [...]
Our intervention sites
0Intervention sites are places that are to experience an "intervention", that is, an intrusion into existing contexts. Some of the projects are thematically anchored in our Bid Book II. In total, more than 30 [...]
A successful opening at the PURPLE PATH
0The PURPLE PATH was officially opened last weekend. During the ceremonial inauguration of the sculpture group "Include me out" by the artist Friedrich Kunath, numerous curious people, art lovers and neighbours gathered in the [...]
Garagen-Campus
0The former CVAG depot on Zwickauer Straße in the Chemnitz district of Kappel offers a lot of undiscovered design potential. The entire area is being developed into a central cultural location as part of [...]
Commercial director appointed
0Andrea Pier will be the commercial director of Chemnitz Kulturhauptstadt Europas 2025 GmbH. The company's supervisory board has approved this important appointment. Managing Director Stefan Schmidtke will thus have a colleague [...]
WE PARAPOM! – 2. Juli 2022
0INVITATION TO LECTURES AND ARTISTS' TALK: HOW CAN ART ACTIVATE NEW AND LOST QUALITIES IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES? As part of their research to develop an art project for "WE PARAPOM!" the [...]
First steps towards the Capital of Culture project “3.000 Garages”
0Our Bid Book for the European Capital of Culture outlined a large number of projects that will be implemented by 2025. These include the "3000 Garages" project. Before the project officially starts next year, [...]
European Capital of Culture is: European diversity and togetherness
0EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE is: Europe's diversity and togetherness. Democracy and peaceful coexistence across national borders are non-negotiable fundamental values for us. As Chemnitz 2025, we express our full solidarity with the people of [...]
The Capital of Culture as a Guest at the Tag der deutschen Einheit
0Every year on the Tag der deutschen Einheit, 3 October, one federal state hosts the celebrations on behalf of the other. This year it was Saxony-Anhalt's turn to celebrate in Halle/Saale. We were invited [...]
Managing Director of the Capital of Culture GmbH introduced
0It's official: Stefan Schmidtke is the managing director of the European Capital of Culture 2025 GmbH. The internationally renowned cultural manager and programme maker comes from Döbeln in Saxony and has led outstanding cultural [...]
WE PARAPOM! – Parade of the Apple Trees
0"WE PARAPOM! - Collective European Parade of Apple Trees" is one of the first projects from the Capital of Culture programme to be implemented. What is it about? Until 2025, a parade of [...]
Days of Industrial Culture: RAW meets Capital of Culture
0There's a lot going on at the garage campus in Kappel! As an intervention area within the framework of the European Capital of Culture 2025, the former Tram Depot on Zwickauer Straße will change [...]
Friedensfahrt reloaded: European Peace Ride from Chemnitz to Prag!
0About 90 cycling enthusiasts start for the new "European Peace Ride" on the route Chemnitz-Prague-Chemnitz In 2025, when Chemnitz is the European Capital of Culture, the legendary [...]
Blühwiesenfest – Greetings to the Heckert area!
0The first Blühwiesenfest (flowering meadow festival) now took place where prefabricated buildings once stood: On 11 August, the square on Wenzel-Verner-Straße was transformed into a colourful festival site. Last year, various partners in Chemnitz [...]
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