Exhibition on the transformation of the city at Chemnitz city festival
Exhibition "A city in transition. How Karl-Marx-Stadt became Chemnitz" on Jakobikirchplatz
The successful exhibition "A city in transition. How Karl-Marx-Stadt became Chemnitz" can once again be seen in the city centre during the Chemnitz City Festival. This time, the large-format pictures are on Jakobikirchplatz and invite visitors to take a journey into the past. They show examples of how the city has changed since reunification in 1990.
31 panels the size of a building fence juxtapose old photos with today's views. And not only in the area of urban development, but also in the leisure, residential and educational sectors.
The exhibition begins in the heart of the city and thus makes the serious changes to the city centre visible. Aerial photographs and a view from the High Tower show which construction sites have been given new life. Renovated and converted buildings such as the Tietz and the former Schocken, now the Chemnitz State Museum of Archaeology, are not to be missed. Johannisplatz, the railway station and the opera house are central squares that have changed considerably in appearance. It is also worth taking a look at allotment gardens, workplaces and leisure areas. People's enthusiasm for sport can be seen just as much as today's successful industry.
Representative of the many people in our city who change places and realise projects with creativity and commitment, movers and shakers from the city marketing campaign "The city is me" also have their say on Chemnitz. These include, for example, Küchwaldbühne e. V., Arthur e. V., Spinnerei e. V., IMK Automotive, master carpenter Marco Lohmann and Schwimm-Club Chemnitz
von 1892 e. V.
The exhibition was created last year to mark the 25th anniversary of German reunification. It was on display at Chemnitz Neumarkt from 2 to 25 October 2015 and subsequently moved to other locations in Chemnitz city centre.
The exhibition was funded by the funding programme of the Free State of Saxony
"25 Years of German Unity and the Free State of Saxony".
The pictures from the exhibition can also be viewed on the internet platform
www.die-stadt-bin-ich.de/wendegeschichten/.