Schedule for the week from 14 to 20 July 2014

Concert by the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra in the series "Encounters with Schubert".

Time and place: 7.30 pm, Wasserschloss Klaffenbach.

Tuesday, 15 July

Mayor Barbara Ludwig invites you to her weekly press conference.

Note for media: Please note that this time the press briefing starts at 1 pm.

Time and place: 1 p.m., Chemnitz City Hall.

Press briefing on Rock am Kopp #3: The dialogue partners are Ronny Trettmann, star of the third concert of the monthly event in the City of Chemnitz's "Die Stadt bin ich" campaign, Ralf Sippel, Managing Director of the Zebra advertising agency, sponsors of the event such as AOK, enviaM and GGG, and press spokeswoman Katja Uhlemann for the City of Chemnitz.

Information: www.die-stadt-bin-ich.de

Time and place: 2 p.m., on site at the Marx Monument.

Concert by the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra in the "Encounters with Schubert" series.

Time and place: 7.30 pm, Villa Esche.

Wednesday, 16 July

Mayor Barbara Ludwig takes part in the meeting of the Presidium of the Saxon Association of Towns and Municipalities.

Time and place: 8.30 a.m., Dresden.

Lord Mayor Barbara Ludwig chairs the constituent meeting of the new Chemnitz City Council: The members of the body elected as a result of the 2014 local elections will convene for this first meeting at the start of the new legislative period.

At the meeting, the long-serving councillors will be honoured with an entry in the Golden Book of the City of Chemnitz.

Time and place: 3 p.m., Chemnitz City Hall, City Council Chamber.

Note for media representatives: If you would like to take photographs or other recordings during the meeting, please contact the City of Chemnitz Press Office for accreditation in good time.

Concert by the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra in the series "Encounters with Schubert".

Time and place: 8 pm, Chemnitz City Hall.

Thursday, 17 July

The district festival with music, talent show and stage programme, bouncy castle, roller slide and lots of hands-on activities, especially for children, takes place in the Reitbahnviertel in front of the Annenschule. The district festival is organised by the district management Reitbahnviertel/ Bürgerplattform Chemnitz-Mitte together with Arbeiterwohlfahrt Kreisverband Chemnitz und Umgebung e.V.

Time and place: 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., area at Annenstraße 23.

Mayor Barbara Ludwig and Herbert Wolff, State Secretary in the Saxon State Ministry of Culture, will attend the topping-out ceremony for the largest school construction project in the city of Chemnitz, the Special Education Support Centre - Chemnitz School for the Physically Disabled.

Note for media: You will receive a separate invitation to the event.

Time and place: 3 p.m., on Heinrich-Schütz-Straße.

Mayor Barbara Ludwig and Herbert Wolff, State Secretary in the Saxon State Ministry of Culture, will take part in the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the new Zweifeldsporthalle at the Dr. Wilhelm-André-Gymnasium.

Note for media: You will receive a separate invitation to the event.

Time and place: 4 p.m., Henriettenstraße 35.

Saturday, 19 July

Rock am Kopp #3: In Chemnitz, Leipzig-based Ronny Trettmann - one of Germany's most successful reggae & dancehall acts - will rock the third edition of the monthly event in the City of Chemnitz's "Die Stadt bin ich" campaign after MC Fitti, I Heart Sharks and Still Trees.

Information: www.die- stadt-bin-ich.de

Time and place: Karl Marx Monument, 6 pm.

The KOMM! summer workshop programme includes an invitation to the labyrinth of lights on the Chemnitz Brühl. The summer workshop organised by the Saxon Mozart Society from 18 to 25 July, which includes a concert in Chomutov in the Czech Republic on 23 July and in the Polish twin city of Lodz on 25 July, is also sponsored by the City of Chemnitz via the local action plan for democracy, tolerance and a cosmopolitan Chemnitz.
Information: www.sommerwerkstatt.com

Time and place: 8 pm, Brühl-Boulevard.

Subject to change due to current events.