The Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH team

The Visitor and Information Centre in the Hartmannfabrik opens on 18 January 2025. Appointments on site by appointment.

Visitor and information centre
European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH
Fabrikstraße 11
09111 Chemnitz
Chemnitz, Germany

Management

reachable via team(at)chemnitz2025.de

Andrea Pier
CEO | Managing Director

Stefan Schmidtke
Managing Director Programme

 

Jason Jack Weißbach
Office Manager | Assistant to the Commercial Director
+4937124351385

Behlül Taskingül
Assistant to the Managing Director Programme
+4937133563100

Iris Mäding
Assistant to the Management Programme
+4937124351381

Matthias Vogel
Receptionist
+4937124351360

Friederike Teubel
Receptionist
+4937124351360

Jan Pietschmann
Clerk
+4937124351362

Mirko Lenk
Head of Process Management

Anne Kurzweg
Monitoring & Evaluation

Programme

Project management & Capacity Building Programme

available via team(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Frank Schönfeld
Head of Project Development / KOSMOS

Annemarie Rieseler
Project Manager KOSMOS

Jonas Diercks
Project Manager

Steffen Biernath
Project and Quality Manager

Michal Sandor
Project Manager

Pascal Anselmi
Project Manager Capacity Building

Marcus Heinke
Project Manager Capacity Building

LIVING NEIGHBOURHOOD

available via pflanzen(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Dr Julia Naunin
Curator LIVING NEIGHBOURHOOD

Yvette Glas
Administration LIVING NEIGHBOURHOOD

Tina Langklotz
Project Management LIVING NEIGHBOURHOOD

PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail

available via purplepath(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Alexander Ochs
Curator PURPLE PATH

Julianne-Ingrid Csapo
Project Manager PURPLE PATH

Susan Börner
Project Assistance PURPLE PATH

Kathrin Barwinek
Curatorial Assistance PURPLE PATH

#3000Garages

available via 3000garages(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Agnieszka Kubicka-Dzieduszycka
Curator #3000Garages

Ann-Kathrin Ntokalou
Curatorial Assistant & Project Manager #3000Garages

Michelle Auerbach
Project Assistant #3000Garages

Makers, Business & Arts

available via mba(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Josephine Hage
Curator Makers, Business & Arts

Nina Rüb
Communications Manager Makers, Business & Arts

Stefanie Abelmann
Event Manager Makers, Business & Arts

Lisa Laser
Project Assistant Makers, Business & Arts

Laura Tzschätzsch
Network Manager Makerhubs | Makers, Business & Arts

Team Generation

available via teamgeneration(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Christian Knaack
Head of Team Generation

Dr Alexandra Takats
Head of Participation of older People

Lena Rothe
Project Manager Youth Participation

Julius Blum
Editor

Ludwig Sontag
Project Assistant Team Generation

Volunteer Programme

available via production(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Dirk Zinner
Head of Volunteer Programme

Michelle May
Volunteer Programme Coordinator for the training programme

Anton Schneider
Volunteer Programme Coordinator for International Volunteering

Carsten Richter
Volunteer Programme Coordinator for the cultural region and FSJ/ESC programme

Production

available via production(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Alisa Golomzina
Head of Production

Sina Rohrlack
Head of Technical Department

Jakob Heinzmann
Production Manager

Sebastian Häger
Production Manager & Creative Project Development

Joaquín Aparicio-Staubach
Production Manager for the Artistic Programme & Opening

Hannah Bickhoff
Event & Production Manager

Paul Viebeg
Dispatcher

Susanne Berthold
Production Manager for the Opening

Oksana Fischer
Production Assistant for the Opening

Paula Jörk
Production Assistant for the Opening

Robert Steinbrecht
In-House & Event Technician

Robert Malt
In-House & Event Technician

Marketing & Communication

Press and Communication

available via presse(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Mareike Holfeld
Head of Press and Communication

Frizzi Seltmann
Manager Press and Communication

Maria-Luise Kunze
Manager Press and Communication 

Federico Antonelli
Editor

Paula Kirchner
Manager Digital Communication

Marketing and Brand

available via communication(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Ralf Wolfermann
Creative Director Brand Communication & Marketing

Caroline Witosseck
Manager Marketing & Brand

Jana Beier
Project Manager Marketing & Brand

Maria Khaychuk
Manager Marketing & Brand

Anna Kunke
Assistant Marketing & Brand

Luisa Sophie Grätz
Assistant Marketing & Brand

Fabian Weißpflog
Art Director

Peter Rossner
Content Creator

Sponsoring

available via partner(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Sybille Sonntag
Head of Marketing & Sponsoring

Carolin Müller
Employee Marketing & Sponsoring 

Katharina Maigatter
Employee Marketing & Sponsoring 

Controlling & Finances

available via finance(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Marlen Genschorek
Head of Controlling & Finance

Josi Cramer
Controller

Luise Vorwerk
Funding Administrator

Manuela Baumann-Leibiger
Accounting

Tom Reichardt
Accounting

International relations

reachable via international(at)chemnitz2025.de

Júlia Bucz
International Relations and Protocol Officer

Legal Department & Administration

available via  team(at)chemnitz2025.de or bewerbung(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Franziska Mathée
Head of Legal Department & Administration

Juliane Bergelt
Research Associate in the Legal Department

Lena Boberach
Legal Counsel

Manuela Pohl
Manager Legal Department & Administration

Franziska Bibudis
HR Manager

Sylvi Winkler
HR Manager

Regional Management European Cultural Region Chemnitz

available via region(at)chemnitz2025.de 

Romy Brock
Head of Regional Management

Anja Sauske
Regional Management Manager

Maja Lämmel
Regional Management Manager

Student employees, Interns & FSJ

Aline Schmidt

Emma Sophie Kirmse

Maria Fiedler

Delfina Zdebel

Christin Kostrewa

Deborah Lämmel

Celina Sophie Wolff

Hanna Skovgaard-Sörensen

Maike Hänsel

Emma Volkova

Nikita Denisov

Anne Schober

Hannah Pöschl

Sarah Börner

Vanessa Azeroth

Benjamin Schäfer

Daniel Mittelstädt

Marie Fougeron

Lucie Planchon-Clement

Karl-Benedikt Schmidt

Lina Donath

Tutku Afsar

Julia Blank

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.