Resolution on the Chemnitz cultural region
24 cities and municipalities along the Chemnitz model vote in favour of Chemnitz taking part in the bid for the title of European Capital of Culture 2025
In a joint council meeting on Wednesday, 14 November at 6 p.m. at the Chemnitz Exhibition Centre, 24 cities and municipalities along the Chemnitz model want to seal their support for Chemnitz's bid for the title of European Capital of Culture 2025.
Specifically, these are: Amtsberg, Annaberg-Buchholz, Aue, Augustusburg, Burgstädt, Burkhardtsdorf, Flöha, Frankenberg/Saxony, Hainichen, Jahnsdorf/Erzgebirge, Lichtenau, Limbach-Oberfrohna, Lößnitz, Mittweida, Neukirchen/Erzgebirge, Niederdorf, Niederwiesa, Niederwürschnitz, Oelsnitz, Olbernhau, Pockau-Lengefeld, Stollberg/Erzgebirge, Thalheim/Erzgebirge, Zwönitz.
Representatives of the media are cordially invited to report on this impressive commitment of the rich cultural region of Chemnitz with around half a million inhabitants.
Urban regions based on inter-municipal co-operation are models for the future. The cities and municipalities, which are linked by the Chemnitz Model transport project, have agreed to redefine the historically grown cultural region. The application process, the preparatory years and the 2025 event year are intended to further expand and sustainably consolidate the cooperation - even beyond 2025.
The ideas and projects jointly developed in the context of the Capital of Culture application should lead to a strategy for the cultural region that not only promotes its own strengths, but also strengthens its external perception, especially at European level.
There are already initial concrete plans for co-operation on the Museum Night and the Days of Industrial Culture.
Lord Mayor Barbara Ludwig: "The Capital of Culture application brings us together. Never before have we worked together with so many cities and municipalities around Chemnitz on joint strategies for an attractive region. We want to use the means of culture to create occasions to become aware of our shared history and identity and at the same time develop an appeal that extends far beyond the state borders."