The 348 savings banks and their association partners accompany the lives of people throughout Germany. As regionally rooted, public-law financial institutions, the Savings Banks are committed to the common good. Their mission is to enable all people to participate economically and socially. For more than 200 years, this commitment has been part of the savings bank idea.

Promoting culture is one of the core elements of social commitment: the Savings Banks Finance Group has been Germany's largest non-governmental sponsor in this area for many years. Art and culture create identity and cohesion and can inspire people with new perspectives. Making cultural experiences accessible to as many people as possible is our motivation and our goal. The commitment to ‘Chemnitz European Capital of Culture 2025’ is a joint effort of the Savings Banks Cultural Fund of the German Savings Banks Association and the East German Savings Banks Association with all Saxon savings banks.

 

Dr Michael Kreuzkamp Chairman of the Board of Management of Sparkasse Chemnitz for the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe:

‘Culture creates community and opens up perspectives. The Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe is delighted to show many hundreds of thousands of visitors from Germany and around the world what Chemnitz and its region have to offer. The promotion of the European Capital of Culture 2025 rounds off the already intensive and multifaceted commitment of the Sparkassen in Chemnitz and the region. As regionally rooted, public-law financial institutions, the savings banks are committed to the common good. They see it as their mission to enable all people to participate economically and socially. The Savings Banks Finance Group is Germany's largest non-governmental sponsor of culture. Because it's about more than money.’

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