Today, 23 December at 8 pm, this year's Chemnitz Christmas Market traditionally ends one day before Christmas Eve.
An estimated 412,000 visitors came to the Chemnitz Christmas Market over the 25 days it was open. The market was very well attended throughout this year, which was probably also due to the mild temperatures in the meantime. Surveys conducted by the market management among participating traders confirm this.
Special features of the Christmas market
By the end of the Christmas market, around 590,000 items of crockery will have been washed in the dishwashing station.
Visitors were entertained by 53 different artists, choirs and children's groups on the stage. Father Christmas also handed out sweets every day at 5 pm and brought one particularly brave child on stage with him.
13 different kindergarten groups helped to decorate the many Christmas trees, especially in front of the stage and in the Neumarkt area.
Four "lost" children were reunited with their parents. The market management's sensitivity was often required during the short supervision period.
With the help of attentive traders, the market management and police enforcement service were able to prevent or clear up the use of counterfeit money.
Many lost property items were also handed in to the market management this year. These included jackets, shoes, bags with purchases, purses, individual ID cards (including international ones), monthly tickets for local transport, health cards and car keys. Many of the items were returned directly to their owners at the store management office, while the rest were handed in at the lost property office in the Am Wall community centre (Webergasse entrance) or passed on by the store management.
The market management was on duty with ten employees in rotation during the Christmas market.
After the Christmas market is before the Christmas market
Next year's Chemnitz Christmas market will begin on 28 November 2025.
Interested parties can apply to take part until 30 April 2025.
All information can be found online at Market_applications_Chemnitz Christmas Market
The next mountain parade will take place on 29 November 2025.
Note on closure tonight
After the Christmas market closes at 8 pm today, work will begin immediately on dismantling the stalls on the market square, Neumarkt, Rosenhof, Jakobikirchplatz and in Innere Klosterstraße.
The many small Christmas trees from the Chemnitz Christmas market can be collected again from 4 pm. If you are interested, please contact the market management office on Neumarkt behind the stage.
The Erzgebirgsdorf on Düsseldorfer Platz and the "Chemnitzer Hüttenzauber" on Neumarkt will take place from 27 December to 5 January.
(See press release 858 and press release 879)