City of Chemnitz at the 11th authorities festival with advice and information on site
On Sunday, 15 September from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., the traditional summer festival of the Chemnitz authorities will take place on the grounds of the Klaffenbach moated castle. The City of Chemnitz will be present at the 11th public authorities festival with first-hand information and advice and eight employees from four offices and departments; the municipal waste disposal and city cleaning company and members of the Klaffenbach youth fire brigade will also be taking part this time.
The Citizens' Office, for example, will have three employees from two departments - the Registration Office and the D 115 Service Centre - to provide information on the new ID card and registration law, as well as on the nationwide standardised authority telephone number and everyday life at "D 115". The public order officewill be represented at the festival by the traffic monitoring department: Three employees will be presenting a radar vehicle with permanently installed measuring technology as well as an old and a current portable measuring device.
For the first time, the City of Chemnitz Health Department and, for the second time, the Food Inspection and Veterinary Office will be present at the festival: At the information stand of the Health Department, citizens can find out about counselling services for disabled people, topics such as chronically ill people and their relatives, travel medicine and vaccination options or the annual Dental Health Day events at the end of September.
The Food Inspection and Veterinary Office will be focussing on the much-discussed topic of bees, including beekeeping, swarms of bees and bee honey. An employee of the specialised office is a competent contact person for citizens who are beekeepers or would like to become one and will provide information on the special features of beekeeping. Various honeys can also be tasted at the information stand.
The municipal waste disposal and city cleaning company (ASR) will also be represented at the 11th public authorities festival: At the ASR information stand, interested visitors can find out interesting facts about waste separation and avoidance, all questions relating to waste disposal, street cleaning, residents' obligations, winter services and training opportunities at the ASR. Visitors of all ages can test their knowledge with various quizzes and quiz games. Mascot EMSI will playfully teach the youngest visitors about waste separation.
Traditionally, the fire brigade is also a special point of contact for visitors at this year's festival of public authorities: this time, the youth fire brigade from Klaffenbach will be on site at the moated castle with around ten firefighters.
The young firefighters will arrive with a fire engine and a spray wall, which will be used to demonstrate how to extinguish fires. The fire service will also be presenting a type B ambulance (KTW) from the 25th Chemnitz Medical Task Force (disaster control unit).