25 years of urban development in Chemnitz
Saturday tours on the Brühl and Sonnenberg
For the first time this year, a nationwide day of urban development promotion will strengthen citizen participation in urban development promotion. The City of Chemnitz will be taking part on 9 May and providing information in various ways about the visible successes of urban development funding in the renewal of our city in many areas and neighbourhoods. In 25 years of urban renewal with urban development funding, the City of Chemnitz has invested 350 million euros from eight programmes in a total of 15 assisted areas. On Saturday 9 May from 10.00 a.m., the City Planning Office and local stakeholders will present projects and developments in guided tours of Brühl and Sonnenberg that would not be possible without urban development funding .
Brühl tours
Starting at 10 am and 11.30 am, meeting point: Brühl office, Untere Aktienstraße 12
- Redevelopment of Karree 5 Hermannstr. 8
- " Smart-grid" - house connection station Brühl 54
- Musikkombinat Mühlenstraße 94
- Cold storage and LowEs grid Georgstraße
Sonnenberg tours
Start 10 a.m., meeting point: St Mark's Church
- St Mark's Church
- Sonnenstraße 35 neighbourhood office , neighbourhood management and history working group
- Villas at Dresdner Strasse 32-42
- Window into the history of the earth - excavation site Glockenstraße 16
- Co-working space Zietenstraße 2a
Background to urban development funding:
After reunification, the city council decided on comprehensive urban redevelopment measures in the Gründerzeit neighbourhoods. As a result, the then Office for Urban Renewal was founded. Urban renewal support areas were defined, which participated in various support programmes. The redevelopment of entire urban areas was realised with subsidies from the federal government, the state, the EU and a considerable proportion from the city's own budget. The scope of the regeneration included the renovation of public facilities such as schools and cultural centres, the renewal and foundation of roads and public facilities and the creation of heating and water systems.
Examples of urban development funding in Chemnitz:
Since 2012, there has been an active Brühl management with many new or "old" Brühl stakeholders, which supports the promotion of the area from the "Active city and district centres" programme through its own campaigns. For young Chemnitz residents and students in particular, Brühl is becoming an urban place and meeting point thanks to alternative projects such as the "Kultursommer" and "Baumwollbaum". With urban development funding and a great deal of personal effort, Bandbüro Chemnitz e.V. is about to inaugurate the "Musikkombinat" in the former Karl Liebknecht School on Mühlenstraße.
Numerous public buildings are a focus of urban development funding in all redevelopment areas. For example, the refurbishment of the "Tietz" was made possible by GGG mbH with a grant of eight million euros. The utility company eins energie in Sachsen received a grant of 3.6 million euros for the transformation of the unique Bauhaus building into a youth hostel in the centre of the city. The König-Albert-Museum offers the best conditions for the presentation of the art collections thanks to the refurbishment with urban development funding. Thanks to the careful renovation of the Schocken department stores' by GGG mbH with 28 million euros in funding, the "smac" has been attracting visitors to the unique building designed by architect Mendelsohn in Chemnitz since May 2014.
In addition, St Mark's Church on Sonnenberg, St Jakobi City Church and the free Protestant school centre were renovated with the help of urban development funding.
Further information on the city of Chemnitz's urban development programme can be found at