Refurbishment of the Karl Schmidt-Rottluff House begins
Handover of the funding decision on Monday, 14 August, 2 pm, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff-Haus, Limbacher Straße 382
On Monday, 14 August at 2 pm, Thomas Schmidt, Saxon State Minister for Regional Development, will hand over a funding decision in the amount of 350,000 euros to Mayor of Culture Dagmar Ruscheinsky and Mayor of Construction Michael Stötzer at the Karl Schmidt-Rottluff House, Limbacher Straße 382. This means that the refurbishment of the Karl Schmidt-Rottluff House can begin, which will be presented in more detail at the event.
Representatives of the media are invited to attend.
The project is one of the intervention areas of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025. Due to its cultural and historical significance, the Karl Schmidt-Rottluff House and the outdoor facilities will be refurbished in line with the requirements for listed buildings. In February, the city council passed the construction resolution for the project. The project will be realised by Kommunalbau Chemnitz GmbH in 2023 and 2024 and has a volume of around 2.2 million euros. So far, the building has been inspected and the building fixtures and central oil heating system have been dismantled. The shell and timber work is now due to begin.
The Free State of Saxony will support the city of Chemnitz with funding totalling around 350,000 euros, thus contributing to the success of the project.
The Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz will be responsible for the concept and subsequent operation. The artist's parental home has remained an authentic place of life for the artist's family to this day. In future, the history of the place, the family, the development of the artist's work (Schmidt-Rottluff was self-taught) and the history of Expressionism will be illustrated using numerous media and educational formats.