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Presscouncil City of Chemnitz
Pressrelease: 423

Schedule for the week from 16 to 22 June


Monday, 16 June

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze welcomes the Administrative Board of the German-Czech Future Fund to the Town Hall, which holds its regular meeting. - not public -
Time and place: 9 a.m., Grüner Salon, Town Hall, Markt 1

Mayor Knut Kunze and Children and Youth Commissioner Dina Norberger present the Chemnitz Environmental Award to the pupils of the Erich Kästner Support Centre in Aue.
Time and place: 9 a.m., Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 24, Aue/Bad Schlema

(see press release 415)

Mayor Sven Schulze gives a welcoming address at the opening of the Youth Freedom Conference of the Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony, where more than 130 pupils will be discussing the topics of freedom and democracy.
Time and place: 10 a.m., Prison Wing B, Kaßberg Prison Learning and Memorial Centre, Kaßbergstraße 16c

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze takes part in the Bundesbank's panel discussion "Monetary policy meets urban policy - a dialogue".
Time and place: 6 p.m., Bundesbank, Chemnitz branch, Zschopauer Straße 49


Tuesday, 17 June

Mayor Sven Schulze gives a commemorative speech at the commemorative event to mark the 72nd anniversary of the 1953 uprising in the GDR. Mayor Knut Kunze, Mayor Michael Stötzer and Mayoress Dagmar Ruscheinsky will also take part.
Time and place: 11 a.m., Memorial to the Victims of Stalinism, Hohe Straße 23

(see press release 412)

Mayor Sven Schulze welcomes a group of schoolchildren from the French twin town of Mulhouse to the town hall.
Time and place: 1.10 p.m., City Council Chamber, Town Hall, Markt 1

(see press release 414)

Mayor Sven Schulze attends press conference on the "EUJA! Initiative projects for the Capital of Culture year" funding programme.
Time and place: 2 p.m., press room, City Hall, Markt 1

(see press release 418)

Minister President Michael Kretschmer awards the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony to deserving citizens. Among others, Barbara Schönfeld from Chemnitz will be honoured for her many years of commitment as a foster mother. Gunda Georgi, Head of the Youth Welfare Office, will take part in the ceremony.
Time and place: 4 p.m., Small Palace Courtyard, Residenzschloss, Dresden


Wednesday, 18 June

Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky welcomes Minister of State Barbara Klepsch to her museum internship at the Industrial Museum - a campaign organised by the German Museums Association to familiarise political decision-makers with the diverse activities in a museum.
Time and place: 10 a.m., Industrial Museum, Zwickauer Straße 119

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze takes part in the press conference on the occasion of the mid-term review of Chemnitz as European Capital of Culture 2025.
Time and place: 11 a.m., Hartmannfabrik - Visitor and Information Centre Chemnitz 2025, Fabrikstraße 11

The city council meets.
Time and place: 3 p.m., City Council Chamber, City Hall, Markt 1


Thursday, 19 June

Mayor Ralph Burghart takes part in a tour of the "vocatium Chemnitz/Zwickau 2025" careers orientation fair.
Time and place: 10 a.m., Kraftverkehr Chemnitz, Fraunhoferstraße 60

The allotment garden advisory board meets.
Time and place: 4.30 p.m., allotment garden association "Am Frischborn" e. V., Max-Planck-Straße 25

Mayor Sven Schulze welcomes the participants of the "Makers United" festival and receives numerous international guests from the start-up and maker sector as well as a business delegation from Taiwan.
Time and place: 7 pm, Grüner Salon and Wandelhalle, City Hall, Markt 1


Friday, 20 June

Mayor Knut Kunze visits the zoo with Nora Seitz, member of the Bundestag, who is sponsoring Katrin the sloth.
Time and place: 10 a.m., Chemnitz Zoo, Nevoigtstraße 18

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze and Mayoress Dagmar Ruscheinsky welcome gymnasts Karina Schönmaier and Lea Marie Quaas to the City of Chemnitz Golden Book of Sport.
Time and place: 1 p.m., Grüner Salon, City Hall, Markt 1

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

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze takes part in the opening of the 5th Schlossgartenfest (20 and 21 June) in Wechselburg, one of the 38 towns and municipalities in the cultural region of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025.
Time and place: 6 pm, pleasure garden, Wechselburg Castle Park

Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky takes part in the evening event on the occasion of the annual conference of the Kulturstiftung der Länder.
Time and place: 7 pm, Die Fabrik, Zwickauer Straße 145


Saturday, 21 June

Mayor Sven Schulze opens the Chemnitz Fire Cup, in which more than 60 youth fire brigade teams compete in the "group relay" discipline.
Time and place: 9 a.m., stadium on Gellertstraße, Gellertstraße 25

(see press release 408)

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze opens the "Makers United" festival.
Time and place: 10 a.m., Stadthallenpark

Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky takes part in the Guinness record attempt for the largest ballet class in the world at the TANZ | MODERNE | TANZ festival (18 to 29 June).
Time and place: 10 a.m., Neumarkt

Mayor Knut Kunze presents the award ceremony for the Chemnitz Fire Cup youth fire brigade competition. Afterwards, the Chemnitz fire brigade will hand over a decommissioned fire engine to a partner fire brigade from Hungary.
Time and place: 4 p.m., stadium on Gellertstraße, Gellertstraße 25

(see press release 408)

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze joins footballers from "Team Chemnitz 2025" at the club festival organised by TSV IFA Chemnitz.
Time and place: from 1 p.m., club grounds of TSV IFA Chemnitz e. V., Eubaer Straße 71

Mayor Ralph Burghart delivers a greeting to the graduation ceremony of Chemnitz University of Technology.
Time and place: 2 p.m., St. Petrikirche, Theaterplatz 3

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze takes part in the 140th anniversary of the Einsiedler Brauhaus.
Time and place: 6 p.m., Einsiedler Brauhaus, Einsiedler Hauptstraße 144

 

Subject to change due to current events.