Editor:
Presscouncil City of Chemnitz
Pressrelease: 295

May bonfire on Walpurgis Night in Chemnitz

On Tuesday evening, 30 April, on Walpurgis Night, approved public bonfires will be lit in Chemnitz at the following locations, among others:

  • Richard-Hartmann-Platz (city centre) from 6 pm to 11 pm
  • Goetheweg 58-60/corner of Rabensteiner Straße (Röhrsdorf) from 7.30 pm to midnight
  • Kreisigstraße opposite the Eselsbrücke bridge (Rabenstein) from 6 pm to midnight
  • Viewpoint at the poplar tree (Einsiedel) from 6 pm to midnight
  • Schulberg 5, Glösa from 8 pm to midnight

This year, a total of eleven applications for the burning of a traditional bonfire on Walpurgis Night were submitted by clubs, event organisers and private individuals and approved by the City of Chemnitz Public Order Office.

(The list only includes the event locations of applicants who have agreed to publication).