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Presscouncil City of Chemnitz
Pressrelease: 633

Preview for the week from 15 to 21 September


Monday, 15 September

The City Council holds an extraordinary meeting.
Time and place: 5 p.m., City Council Chamber, Town Hall, Markt 1

The Grüna local council meets.
Time and place: 7.30 pm, Council Chamber, Grüna Town Hall, Chemnitzer Straße 109


Tuesday, 16 September

Mayor Sven Schulze discusses the ECoC White Paper with the members of the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education, Hristo Petrov (Head of Delegation, Bulgaria), Zoltán Tarr (Hungary) and Sabrina Repp (Germany). The MEPs will then sign the City of Chemnitz's Capital of Culture Book. The MEPs will visit Chemnitz from 15 to 17 September to find out about the impact of the European Capital of Culture title.
- not open to the press -
Time and place: 16 September, 2 p.m., Garage Campus, Zwickauer Straße 164

The youth welfare committee takes place.
Time and place: 4.30 p.m., City Council Chamber, Town Hall, Markt 1

Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer signs the Capital of Culture Book in the presence of Lord Mayor Sven Schulze and the Saxon Minister of State for Culture Barbara Klepsch.
Time and place: 16.30, Grüner Salon, Rathaus Markt 1

(see press release 631)

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze and Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer visit the Documentation Centre on the NSU Complex.
Time and place: 4.45 pm, Documentation Centre on the NSU Complex, Johannisplatz 8

(see press release 631)

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze and Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer visit the exhibition "Edvard Munch. Angst" at the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz on Theaterplatz.
Time and place: 5.35 pm, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz am Theaterplatz, Theaterplatz 1

(see press release 631)

The Einsiedel local council meets.
Time and place: 6.30 p.m., meeting room, Einsiedel Town Hall, Einsiedler Hauptstraße 79

The Euba local council meets.
Time and place: 7.30 pm, meeting room Euba, Hauptstraße 50 c


Wednesday, 17 September

Mayor Ralf Burghart welcomes the participants of the "European Buffet" in the town hall.
Time and place: 9 a.m., Grüner Salon, Town Hall, Markt

Karl Wilfing, President of the Parliament of Lower Austria, signs the Capital of Culture Book in the presence of Lord Mayor Sven Schulze and Alexander Dierks, President of the Parliament of Saxony.
Time and place: 10.45 a.m., Grüner Salon, City Hall, Markt 1

(You will receive a separate press release about this).

The Administration and Finance Committee will take place.
Time and place: 4.30 pm, Room 118, Town Hall, Markt 1

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze gives a welcome speech at the annual reception of the BVMW of the Chemnitz economic region.
Time and place: 5 p.m., Kraftverkehr, Fraunhofer Straße 60

The Röhrsdorf local council meets.
Time and place: 6 p.m., Council Chamber, Röhrsdorf Town Hall, Rathausplatz 4

Mayor Sven Schulze welcomes the participants of the 55th seminar for municipal press relations and communication organised by the German Association of Cities.
Time and place: 6.30 pm, Wandelhalle, Town Hall, Markt 1

The Wittgensdorf local council meets.
Time and place: 7.30 p.m., meeting room, Wittgensdorf Town Hall, Rathausplatz 1


Thursday, 18 September

Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky takes part in the annual conference of the German Society for Technical Education and delivers a welcome address.
Time and place: 9 a.m., Industrial Museum, Zwickauer Straße 119

Mayor Sven Schulze invites Jewish families with Chemnitz roots to a coffee party. They sign the city's Golden Book.
Time and place: 2.30 pm, Cafe Michaelis, Düsseldorfer Platz 1

(You will receive a separate press release about this).

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze welcomes the participants of the European Chamber of Engineers Day 2025 with a word of welcome. Mayor Thomas Kütter will also take part.
Time and place: 4 pm, Kraftverkehr, Fraunhofer Straße 60

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze takes part in the "European Buffet" event.
Time and place: 5 p.m., Vocational School Centre for Nutrition, Hospitality and Health, Arthur-Bretschneider-Straße 17

Mayor Ralph Burghart takes part in the Serious Games Maker Days event.
Time and place: 7 p.m., Stadtwirtschaft, Jakobstraße 46

Mayor Sven Schulze takes part in the national conference of the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Time and place: 7 p.m., Garagen Campus, Zwickauer Straße 164


Friday, 19 September

The General Director of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Dr Florence Thurmes, and the Director of the Museum Gunzenhauser, Anja Richter, invite you to a press conference on the occasion of the exhibition "Best of II - Visitor's Choice".
Time and place: 10.30 a.m., Museum Gunzenhauser, Stollberger Straße 2

Mayor Ralph Burghart welcomes the initiator of the Stolpersteine project, Gunter Demnig, and the guests present. In his presentation, Gunter Demnig will talk about his work and the Stolpersteine project.
Time and place: 6 pm, event room, smac, Stefan-Heym-Platz 1

(see press release 630)


Saturday, 20 September

Mayor Ralph Burghart gives a welcoming speech at the laying of Stolpersteine, which commemorate the citizens of the city who once lived in the same place and who were persecuted and became victims of the National Socialist regime.
Time and place: 9 a.m., in front of the TIETZ, Moritzstraße 20, then in the city centre

(see press release 630)

Mayor Knut Kunze will take part in the master ceremony and award ceremony for the Walter Hartwig Prize 2025.
Time and place: 4 p.m., "Stadtpark" event and cultural forum, Frankenberg

Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky opens the Intercultural Weeks together with the City of Chemnitz's migration officer, Etelka Kobuß. Superintendent Frank Manneschmidt will deliver the greeting from the church.
Time and place: 12 noon, market square

(see press release 624)

Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky attends the reception and then the première of the opera "Rummelplatz".
Time and place: 6 pm, Opera House, Theaterplatz 2


Sunday, 21 September

Children and Youth Officer Dina Norberger and network partners invite you to a family activity day under the motto "Family time in the countryside".
Time and place: 1 pm to 5 pm, Küchwaldwiese

(You will receive a separate press release about this.)

Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky delivers a greeting at the inauguration of the installation "Alle Wetter" by Via Lewandowsky on the PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail.
Time and place: 5 pm, Am Taurastein 5, Burgstädt

 

Subject to change due to current events.