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0What 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 of Kunstsammlungen
0100 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 [...]
Prost! We have our own Kulturhauptstädter beer
0An 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 [...]
The Schlossberg joins us!
0Chemnitz 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 [...]
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Take a seat! 2020
0Communities creating places and places create community - that was the idea behind "Nimm Platz" ("Take a seat"). We called for proposals to fill unused areas or places with own ideas. In [...]
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Chemnitz is flourishing!
0Together 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 [...]
The federal governement of Saxony supports Chemnitz 2025
0Today the federal government of Saxony was assembled in Chemnitz - for an external cabinet meeting. The main topic: The support of our application as European Capital of Culture by the Federal State. The [...]
Flowering meadows for Chemnitz
0Together with citizens of the city we will sow flower seeds in a large area. The aim is to create in the coming days the basis for colourful flowering meadows in various [...]
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Starting signal for the Cultural Capital Road
0Chemnitz 2025 is not only about the promotion of culture in Chemnitz. Chemnitz 2025 stands for much more. The candidacy for the title European Capital of Culture 2025 also stands for the [...]
POCHEN – Price of the future
0Biennial for multimedia art will take place in autumn 2020 in the Wirkbau Chemnitz. After the kick-off in 2018 on the topic "Wismut", the multimedia biennial POCHEN will take place in its [...]
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Opinions! (II)
0What do you think is the biggest problem that needs to be solved in our city? Do you also have the feeling that you have no say in the decisions? Do you think [...]
Opinions (I)
0What do you think is the biggest problem that needs to be solved in our city? Do you also have the feeling that you have no say in the decisions? Do you think that [...]
Night of Light
0The event industry was the first to be affected by the Corona crisis economically - and will be one of the industries that will have to struggle with it for the longest. With Night [...]
Club culture during Corona: United We Stream at the Atomino
0Club culture is facing probably the greatest challenge in its history. Nightlife has been shut down for weeks to stop the spread of the corona virus. Since then, many thousands of [...]
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Have a seat! – Zietenpark continues to grow
0The take a seat project in Zietenpark from last year has become independent: Instead of rubbish and undergrowth, there are now beds, benches & a table tennis table. And since this week there are [...]
We have a dream!
0Chemnitz 2025 - THE economic stimulus programme If we win the title “European Capital of Culture 2025”, it's THE economic stimulus programme for Chemnitz. What we are now investing [...]
KARAT at the window: First hotel concert in Chemnitz
0The first hotel concert: KARAT presented an exclusive program in the pentahotel on Saturday evening. Because of the Corona restrictions the band had to cancel their 45th anniversary tour. In order to keep live [...]
Microproject – Bicycle cinema in your backyard
0Thanks to dedicated cycling enthusiasts, the "Strong> Fahrradkino" will take place again this summer. And this is possible despite Corona: In a private backyard frame, with distance and always disinfected handlebars. [...]
Have a seat! – Own initiative at the Karl-Marx-Kopf
0<Reconquering public space: Ulrike Voigt, together with numerous friends and family, has designed the surroundings of the Karl-Marx-Kopf according to her ideas. Thus, self-built benches made of pallets were created. The green area was [...]
Welcome to the gallery tour
0Discover art in the middle of the city: How about an open-air gallery tour? A total of 99 Citylight locations in Chemnitz are currently promoting the diversity of regional art. On the city map [...]
Gallery “Chemnitz2025″ on Citylight posters
0Do you remember? Less than two months ago, walking through the city became the new leisure activity. What else could we have done? The restaurants, the cultural institutions, the gyms - everything was [...]
More time for the application
0Working in the home office. Exchange with project partners, cultural actors, international experts - all only in video conferences. This has also made work very difficult for us and the other applicant cities in the [...]
Europe at home by Gladsome
0The photographer: Philipp Gladsome was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1989 and grew up in Chemnitz. From [...]
Workshop: How strong is our region
0Wow! Our cultural region is amazing! We have evaluated the strengths of our cultural region. In a workshop yesterday we presented the results of a survey. Conclusion: There is a lot to discover and many [...]
Countdown to the submission of the second bid book
The first decision was made on 12 December 2019. Together with Magdeburg, Nuremberg, Hanover and Hildesheim we are on the shortlist and are therefore invited to submit a detailed second bid book by September 21, 2020. On the 22th of October, a part of the European jury will visit Chemnitz and get an on-site explanation of our plans, while we will travel to Berlin on October 26st to present our complete application. In the following jury meeting the decision will be made: On 28 October 2020, the jury will announce which German city will become European Capital of Culture 2025.
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Bid Book Presentation | Wirkbau
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Workshop | Hartmannfabrik
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Conference “Stat(d)t Kultur | Stadthalle Chemnitz
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we apply | Chemnitz
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cultural region | Chemnitz Arena
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twin cities conference | Chemnitz
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