Play areas at Lessingplatz are opened
Partial release of the intervention area on 23 August
The play areas on the east-west axis of Lessingplatz are scheduled to open on Friday, 23 August.
The listed Lessingplatz, which is characterised by its Wilhelminian style, will be comprehensively upgraded. A large part of the construction work, the expansion and extension of the play areas, will be completed in the coming week and then opened for use.
In addition to new seating elements, Lessingplatz will have a variety of play and sports facilities for jumping, climbing and balancing. New equipment elements will also be added to the existing play areas.
Implementation of the remaining work is planned for autumn 2024: Five trees will be planted in the new play niches, the opening beds to the square to the north, south and east will be reworked and replanted and the two new table tennis tables will be installed on the north-east axis.
Individual areas of Lessingplatz will then be closed off again for a short time.
Lessingplatz is part of the urban development framework plan for the southern Sonnenberg and the intervention area of the North-East Citizens' Platform for the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 (public square).
The construction costs amount to around 220,000 euros. The work is being carried out by Garten- und Landschaftsbau Herfurth GmbH. Construction supervision is being carried out by the planning office MAY Landschaftsarchitekten PartG mbB.
Background:
The public squares are the result of intensive participation by the people in the neighbourhoods and localities. The stakeholders from the city's neighbourhoods have put a lot of thought into the project and, together with their citizens, have selected a public space to be redesigned as part of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025. Each of the eight areas of the citizens' platforms and each of the eight incorporated localities will receive a maximum of 325,000 euros. For example, a pavilion in Küchwald, a rest area on the Chemnitz Valley cycle path, a themed circular hiking trail around the village of Kleinolbersdorf-Altenhain and a lift at Wittgensdorf primary school have been implemented, creating a barrier-free event space in the assembly hall.
The public squares are one of the 30 intervention areas of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025. They are the city of Chemnitz's urban development project for the Capital of Culture, which now involves an investment of over 60 million euros.