Big mountain parade on 2 December
Start at 2 pm on Theaterplatz - traffic restrictions in the city centre
On Saturday, 2 December, the Great Mining Parade will once again parade through Chemnitz city centre. It starts at 2 p.m. on Theatre Square and leads along Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, Richard-Tauber-Straße, Straße der Nationen and Brückenstraße. There the parade turns around and follows the same route back to the theatre square.
Almost 1,000 participants present the tradition: 605 people in uniform, 367 mountain musicians and 20 mountain singers can be seen in the impressive procession, opening the Christmas season in the Ore Mountains. The parade will be led by Ray Lätzsch, Chairman of the Saxon State Association of Miners', Miners' and Miners' Associations, and Heino Neuber, Second Chairman of the Saxon State Association of Miners', Miners' and Miners' Associations. Jens Bretschneider, the state mining music director, will be the musical director.
Meanwhile, at around 2.15 pm, the Neustädtel Singkreis will perform a concert on the theatre square.
The final mountain ceremony on the theatre square will take place from around 3 pm. Lord Mayor Sven Schulze and the Saxon State Minister for Regional Development Thomas Schmidt will welcome the mountain brotherhoods and the spectators.
Wheelchair spaces will be available for the final concert in a cordoned-off area on the theatre square near the Petrikirche.
Traffic restrictions
The route of the parade will be completely closed from approx. 1 pm to approx. 4 pm. The event will be secured by the Chemnitz police department with operational measures. Stopping bans will be set up along the route. Instructions from stewards must be followed.
Richard-Tauber-Straße and Karl-Liebknecht-Straße between Richard-Tauber-Straße and Georgstraße will be set up as one-way streets for the arrival and departure of the mountain brothers and mountain sisters. Residents are requested to use the access road via Mühlenstraße.
Please note: The current full closure of Georgstraße due to roadworks will be lifted on Friday, 1 December at 11 am and reinstated on Monday, 4 December at 6 am. Georgstraße can therefore be used as a diversion route during the weekend.
CVAG will announce the changes to public transport due to the traffic closures separately at www.cvag.de.