60 roses to mark 60 years of town twinning!
The roses, named after Ljubljana, were ceremonially presented by Prof. Janez Koželj, former deputy mayor and now an honorary citizen of Ljubljana. Together with Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky, he planted some of the roses himself. The planting was accompanied by music from the pre-school group at the Schloßstraße nursery.
Afterwards, three guests signed the Golden Book of the City of Chemnitz in the Green Salon of the Town Hall: Prof. Janez Koželj, the Slovenian designer Saša Mächtig, and Saša Šavel Burkart, Head of the Cultural Department at the Slovenian Embassy in Berlin.
Particularly in times like these, town twinning schemes are important for strengthening the European ideal.
Chemnitz and Ljubljana have been twinned since 1966, and the partnership remains vibrant thanks, amongst other things, to sporting exchanges, youth exchanges and cultural cooperation.