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Spring 2025 planting festival: "Departure"

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All day

Committed people from Chemnitz and the region plant apple trees and fruit trees in spring and autumn. Pupils and children, employees from companies, cultural and social institutions as well as passionate people from allotment garden associations, neighbourhoods and districts shape their living space by planting old apple varieties and harvesting valuable produce.

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European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH

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LIVING NEIGHBOURHOOD

GELEBTE NACHBARSCHAFT is a main project of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025, focussing on sustainability and a green city. Joint planting campaigns bring neighbourhoods in Chemnitz and the Capital of Culture region closer together. The participatory project is flanked by suitable educational programmes and artistic activities.

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European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.