Chemnitz Christmas Market 2022

Today, Mayor Knut Kunze and the staff of the Public Order Office, Department of Trade, Events and Markets presented this year's Christmas market. Traditionally, it opens its doors on the Friday before the 1st Advent, this year on 25 November.

Set-up:

Set-up begins on Monday, 7 November.

Opening:

On Friday, 25 November at 4 pm, Lord Mayor Sven Schulze will open this year's Chemnitz Christmas Market together with Father Christmas. Both will hand out tickets for the rides to the children in front of the stage.

Opening times:

Friday, 25 November, 4 pm to 9 pm,
Monday to Thursday, 10 am to 8 pm
Friday to Sunday, 10 am to 9 pm

Stalls:

There will be a total of 148 stalls on Markt, Neumarkt, Rosenhof and Jakobikirchplatz, and 16 stalls on Düsseldorfer Platz - with the Erzgebirgsdorf and the new two-storey pyramid house.

There will be 30 historical stalls on Innere Klosterstraße, which will once again host the traditional Chemnitz Klosterweihnacht with its medieval market.

Product ranges:

The range of stalls is divided into: Christmas articles (22), food (29), hot drinks (23), baked goods (15), confectionery (9), fruit, vegetables and nuts (5), groceries (5), gifts (21), textiles and clothing (9), showman's shops (7), charitable (13 associations take turns at a stand).

Traders travelling the longest distances:

Some traders come from further afield, including from Finland (1,267 kilometres), Austria (563 kilometres), Euskirchen (526 kilometres) and Stralsund (487 kilometres)

Regional retailers:

141 dealers come from Saxony.

New registrations:

36 dealerships are new this year.

Mulled wine cup and children's crockery:

The 2022 Christmas market mug is orange with a candle arch.
For the first time, children's tableware with an Abrafaxe motif will be available for purchase.

Design:

A total of 16,000 lights will illuminate the Christmas market. This year, Chemnitz day-care centres will be decorating small Christmas trees that will be distributed throughout the Christmas market. On Friday, 23 December, from 4 pm, the Christmas trees set up at the Chemnitz Christmas market will be handed over to interested parties free of charge.
Ten signposts provide orientation at the Chemnitz Christmas Market.

Once again this year, one of the special visual attractions of the Chemnitz Christmas market is the twelve-metre-high Christmas pyramid created by the "8th of May" carving circle in 1986 on its site between Neumarkt and the market: 24 figures depict everyday life in the Erzgebirge mountains on five floors. In 2016, the pyramid ("Peremett" in Erzgebirge) was given a new body and the figures have been replaced piece by piece over the past few years based on the originals. The original figures can still be seen in the foyer of the town hall on the market square.
The original Ore Mountains candle arch, measuring five by two metres and weighing 200 kilograms, made by craftsman Claus Döhler from Sosa, also pays homage to the Christmas land and has been adorning one of the festively decorated entrances to the Christmas market at its regular place since 1993.

The large music box also has its place at the Christmas market again. In 2013, it was reissued by Erzgebirgische Holzkunst Gahlenz GmbH on behalf of the town. The original was the music box, which has been a feature of the Christmas market since 2002. The scene "Bescherung in einer Weihnachtsstube" ("Giving presents in a Christmas parlour") revolves on a plate with a diameter of 4.40 metres.

The well-known traditional Erzgebirge figures in the decorated area also include: the miner and angel (each 1.80 metres tall), the snowman (also 1.80 metres tall) and the 1.90 metre tall smoker. All four figures were made by Erzgebirgische Holzkunst Gahlenz GmbH.

Cultural offerings:

The figural carillon can be heard every day (Mondays to Saturdays at 11 am, 4 pm and 7 pm; Sundays at 10 am, 4 pm and 7 pm). The tower brass band plays on Saturdays at 10.15 am. Carillon concerts can be heard on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10.05 am to 10.35 am and on Fridays from 4.30 pm to 5 pm.
In addition, two historic fairground organs can be heard daily from 4.30 to 4.50 pm. The two organs, built in 1904, will be played on the Neumarkt (at the Super 8 double loop) and on the Rosenhof (at the sports carousel).

Stage:
Every evening at 5pm, Father Christmas (impersonated by Thomas Landgraf and Thomas Hillmann in rotation) visits the stage and brings a fairytale surprise, performed by the Fritz Theatre.

Christmas tree:

A spruce about 25 metres high and around 80 years old is still standing in the Beerheide forest district. The tree will be set up on Saturday, 5 November 2022, around 5 pm, on Chemnitz market square.
From 11 a.m., the waiting time for the tree will be shortened with grilled sausages and mulled wine. A carousel awaits the youngest visitors.

Lights shine:

Every year, eins and inetz create a Christmassy atmosphere in the streets of Chemnitz city centre, lighting around 7,000 lights and decorating the Christmas tree with around 800 lights.

This year, the large Christmas tree on the market square will be decorated on Monday, 7 November. At the same time, the fairy lights on the deciduous trees on Jakobikirchplatz and the strings of lights on the market square will also be put up. On Monday, 21 November, the ornaments will be put up and all other work will be carried out. The Christmas tree, the fairy lights and the ornaments will then light up from 4 pm on Friday, 25 November.

Chemnitz Monastery Christmas area

One of the attractions is the historical market organised by Bibow Communications GmbH since 2005 as part of the Chemnitz Christmas Market programme with the "Chemnitzer Klosterweihnacht" on Innere Klosterstraße with 30 historical stalls. The bakery and tavern, Schießburg, Lederer and much more have a long tradition.

Ore Mountain Village area

The "Erzgebirgsdorf" is located on Düsseldorfer Platz with 16 stands, including the two-storey pyramid house and the mulled wine pyramid. The organiser is SEG Unternehmensgruppe. Reservations for the pyramid house can be made by calling 0371 4640311.

Preventive measures for general safety

For several years now, the Chemnitz Christmas Market has had a security concept agreed with the police, which is updated and updated annually. This includes a risk analysis of all possible situations. Measures are planned for potential hazards to minimise the security risk. For example, containers filled with sand and large planters are placed on some of the access routes to the Christmas market.

Big mountain parade

One of the impressive highlights of the pre-Christmas period in Chemnitz is the 42nd Great Mountain Parade on Saturday, 26 November, from 2 pm through Chemnitz city centre.

Once again, around 980 participants will present this tradition:
600 people in uniform, 360 mountain musicians and 20 mountain singers will be part of the always impressive procession, opening the Christmas season in the Ore Mountains.

There will be a pre-concert on the theatre square from 1.30 pm. As usual, the start of the mountain parade is at 2 pm. Lord Mayor Sven Schulze will open the parade with words of welcome to the mining brothers and the spectators. The route leads from Theaterplatz via Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, Richard-Tauber-Straße, Straße der Nationen and Brückenstraße, then back to Theaterplatz.

NEW: This year, the grand closing ceremony will take place on Theatre Square at 3 pm.

All information about the Chemnitz Christmas Market 2022 at: www.chemnitz.de/weihnachtsmarkt