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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 [...]
Art & Sculpture Trail PURPLE PATH
0Chemnitz is the “European Capital of Culture” together with 38 municipalities in Central Saxony, from the Ore Mountains area and the region of Zwickau. The landscapes around Chemnitz are deeply influenced by 850 years [...]
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 [...]
Flagship #3000Garages
0Our Bid Book for the European Capital of Culture outlined a large number of projects that will be implemented by 2025. These include the #3000Garages project. Before the project officially starts next year, the [...]
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 [...]
11 August – Flowering meadow festival at the airport
0Do you remember? Last year we launched the first city-wide flowering meadow campaign in Chemnitz and proved that the Capital of Culture starts right on our doorstep. The flowering meadows are not only [...]
Manual Chemnitz 2025
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 [...]
Welcome to the Team Chemnitz 2025, MDR!
0City of Chemnitz and MDR agree partnership for European Capital of Culture 2025 Today, Lord Mayor Sven Schulze signed a cooperation agreement together with the acting [...]
Garagen-Campus
0From old tram depot to European cultural campus. The former CVAG depot on Zwickauer Straße in the Chemnitz district of Kappel offers a lot of undiscovered design potential. The entire area is [...]
Financing agreement signed
0German Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters, Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer and Lord Mayor Sven Schulze today signed the agreement on the joint financing of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025. This [...]
Kosmos Chemnitz 2021
0KOSMOS Chemnitz is a festival for democracy. In 2021, however, it is to be expanded into a virtual platform for cultural, civic and democratic engagement. A platform on which social issues can be [...]
Cultursommer 2021
0Events July - October Projects in chemnitz Locations Participating stakeholders With the CULTURSOMMER 2021, the colourful cultural life in Chemnitz can finally take off again! The official launch of the project took [...]
State of Saxony approves funding for the Capital of Culture
0Good news from Dresden: The Saxon Cabinet today approved the agreement on the joint financing of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 and the appointment of the State Government Commissioner for the Capital of [...]
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