Ideas workshop 875 years of Chemnitz
25 April, 4.30 p.m., TIETZ event hall
The people of Chemnitz are being asked to help shape the 875th anniversary of their city. On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 4.30 pm, all citizens, associations and institutions are invited to an ideas workshop to find out about initial suggestions and get involved themselves. The meeting point is the event hall at TIETZ, Moritzstraße 20. Representatives of the press are cordially invited to the event.
The city will be celebrating the 875th anniversary of Chemnitz in 2018. Various departments in the city administration have been working on the preparations for several months. Mayor Barbara Ludwig will open the ideas workshop at the TIETZ.
Prof Dr Christoph Fasbender from Chemnitz University of Technology will present how Chemnitz University of Technology intends to engage with the city's history through various projects and topics.
Ferenc Csák, Head of Cultural Operations, and Sören Uhle, Managing Director of CWE, will also talk about initial ideas.
On the city's anniversary:
In 2018, Chemnitz will celebrate the 875th anniversary of its first documentary mention. As there is no founding document in Chemnitz - as in many cities - the first documented mention of the city in 1143 is considered the starting point of the city's history.
The first documented mention of Chemnitz in 1143 was the granting of the market privilege, although the first written and archaeological evidence of the settlement of the later city area exists, such as the church and the monastery on the Schloßberg. Emperor Lothar probably founded the monastery in 1136 and endowed it with land. This was the starting point for the further colonisation of the surrounding area.
Emperor Lothar's successor, King Konrad III, confirmed the foundation of the monastery in 1143, whereby the "area" of Chemnitz was first mentioned in a document. The monastery was allocated an area for economic provision and granted a market privilege by the king. This market privilege indicates the king's intention to found a town, but is not considered a founding document for the medieval town, but merely a preliminary stage.