Plantings at 14 local initiatives and other activities: On 13 April 2024, the first " Living Neighbourhood" action week will begin with a festival and open day at the Untere Spinnmühle along the Lohse-Uhlig-Steig in Kleinolbersdorf-Altenhain. "Living Neighbourhood" is one of the main projects of the Chemnitz 2025 programme, in which citizens are greening their immediate living and working environment in neighbourhood initiatives.
A total of 14 planting campaigns will take place in Chemnitz and the surrounding area until 20 April, accompanied by presentations on the aquaponics process, which combines fish farming and vegetable cultivation. Local people will be planting 230 trees and shrubs on their own initiative in schools, allotment garden associations and meeting places, among others, and will look after them in the future. Ideas for the next planting week in autumn 2024 can now also be submitted.
The campaign week will kick off at the Untere Spinnmühle in Kleinolbersdorf-Altenhain. Here, neighbourly commitment is celebrated in a special place: The Lower Spinning Mill is one of the last remaining former spinning mills built by the Saxon church architect Christian Friedrich Uhlig, one of the namesakes of the Lohse-Uhlig Trail. The hiking trail is one of the city of Chemnitz's 30 intervention areas for Chemnitz 2025 and is the result of the commitment of the Kleinolbersdorf-Altenhain citizens' association, which is already organising themed hikes along the trail. The programme on 13 April begins at 2.30 p.m. with welcoming speeches from the hosts, including Dr Jens Trepte, owner of imk - The Intelligence Consortium. Thomas Morgenstern, former head of the Chemnitz Monument Protection Authority, will then give a lecture on the master builder Christian Friedrich Uhlig. There will also be guided tours of the renovated building and musical interludes by the Chemnitz Jazz Company.
In the Capital of Culture region, the DENKSTATT Erzgebirge, together with the Sachsenforst state enterprise and the Seiffen municipal administration, will be organising the "700 trees for 700 years of Seiffen" day of action from 11 a.m. this Saturday. Because the raw material wood has been the basis of life for people in the region for centuries - in glass production, mining or wooden toy manufacture - the initiators will plant 700 trees together with the guests. Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH is supporting this planting campaign with 20 trees. The programme for the day also includes the presentation of the experiential education project "Miriquidi - Children in the Forest". It was designed by five young designers in the DENKSTATT for the PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail.
From 15 to 20 April 2024, citizens in Chemnitz and the region will be greening their neighbourhoods during the first planting week of the "Living Neighbourhood" project. The various partners are organising the plantings on their own initiative and using them, among other things, to introduce themselves to the neighbourhood, get involved and talk to each other and do their bit for urban greenery. Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH provides the trees, accessories and expert advice on site. The partners plant and care for the trees themselves.
Stefan-Heym-Gymnasium will start on Monday, 15 April at 10 a.m. with 21 fruit trees and shrubs. The pupils will take the spades into their own hands and take the first step towards creating a green classroom. There will also be plantings in the spa town of Seiffen, the Hammerfrieden allotment garden association, the Eva meeting centre, the Altchemnitz school, the Chemnitz sports high school, the Klackx cultural centre, the Weststraße primary school, the Theodor Körner primary school, the Am Stadtpark primary school, the Reichenbrand primary school, the Deutsche Scholle allotment garden association, the Turnhalle allotment garden association and the Volksgesundheit allotment garden association.
Public planting dates in April:
- Mon, 15 April, 10 a.m., Stefan-Heym-Gymnasium, Seumestr. 2-6, Chemnitz
- Mon, 15 April, 10 a.m., KGV Hammerfrieden, Hammerstr. 13, Chemnitz
- Mon, 15 April, 2 p.m., Eva meeting place, Usti nad Labem 37, Chemnitz
- Tue, 16 April, 9.50 a.m., Altchemnitz School, Philippstr. 20, Chemnitz
- Tue, 16 April, 12.30 pm, Sportgymnasium Chemnitz, Reichenhainer Str. 210, Chemnitz
- Tue, 16 April, 2 p.m. Kulturhaus Klackx, Pappelstr. 3, Glauchau
- Wednesday, 17 April, 10.30 a.m., Weststraße primary school, Weststr. 19, Chemnitz
- Wed. 17 April, Theodor Körner Primary School, Turnerstr. 1, Freiberg
- Fri, 19 April, 12 noon, Am Stadtpark primary school, Friedrich-Hähnel-Str. 86, Chemnitz
- Sat. 20 April, 9 a.m., KGV Deutsche Scholle, Frankenberger Str. 3, Chemnitz
Irrigation is an important topic in the care of trees and shrubs, especially against the background of increasing heat and water scarcity in cities. Aquaponics is a modern process in which water from fish tanks is used to irrigate plants, which receive the necessary nutrients from the excretions of the fish. The operators of the Chemnitz aquaponics facility in Karree49 provide information on how it works in presentations with practical offers during the "Living Neighbourhood" action week.
- Mon, 15 April, 14:00: Lecture "Introduction to aquaponics, focus on water values" with practical offer "Taking water values: Requirements and necessities"
- Tue. 16 April, 14.00: Lecture with practical offer "Introduction to aquaponics, focus on control" with practical offer "Getting to know components and equipping the board"
- Thu, 18 April, 14.00: Lecture "Introduction to aquaponics, focus on plant cultivation" with practical offer "Practical application of basic horticultural skills related to aquaponics"
The next planting event will take place in autumn 2024. There are already many registrations for this. Anyone who would like to participate with their own activities can contact Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH at pflanzen@chemnitz2025.de
As part of the Living Neighbourhood project, one of the main projects for Chemnitz 2025, Chemnitz residents are called upon to green their city in neighbourhood initiatives in their immediate living and working environment.
