Schedule for the week from 10 to 16 November 2014
Tuesday, 11 November
Mayor Barbara Ludwig hands over the keys to Chemnitz Town Hall to the Chemnitz carnival clubs at the start of the "Fifth Season".
Time and place: 11:11 a.m., Neumarkt at Chemnitz Town Hall.
Mayor Barbara Ludwig takes part in the opening of the REITBANHAUS of Heim gGmbH.
Information on the construction project: www.heimggmbh.de
Time and place: 1 pm, Reitbahnstraße.
Mayor Barbara Ludwig invites you to her weekly press conference.
Time and place: 2 p.m., Chemnitz City Hall.
Pupils from Chemnitz secondary schools and grammar schools meet for the first of this year's three children and youth conferences (PM 640 from 4 November 2014).
Time and place: 3 p.m. to around 6 p.m., Chemnitz City Hall, City Council Chamber.
Meeting of the Administration 2020 Strategy Committee.
Note for media: Please note that the meeting is closed to the public.
Time and place: 4.30 pm, Chemnitz City Hall, Consultation Room 118.
The traditional St. Martin's Festival on 11 November begins at 4 pm on Theaterplatz. The lantern procession starts here at 5.40 p.m. and, accompanied by tower keeper Stefan Weber, leads to Chemnitz Town Hall this year. At the end of the event, which is supported by the City of Chemnitz, tower wind players will play music from the balcony of the Green Parlour.
Time and place: 6 pm, Neumarkt.
Wednesday, 12 November
Mayor Barbara Ludwig takes part in the 2nd Saxon Sustainability Conference with the festive presentation of the Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz Sustainability Award 2014 and gives a welcoming address. Prof. Ulrich von Weizsäcker and Ulrich Grober will be honoured.
The laudators will be Prof Dr Kurt Biedenkopf, former MP for Ulrich Grober and Volker Angres, Head of the Environment Department at ZDF, for Prof Ulrich von Weizsäcker.
Note for media: You will receive a separate press release on this.
Information: www.carlowitz-gesellschaft.de/news.html
Time and place: 9.30 a.m., Chemnitz Opera House.
Lord Mayor Barbara Ludwig takes part in the meeting of the Supervisory Board of TechnoPark Chemnitz GmbH.
Time and place: 4 p.m., Technology Campus 1, 09126 Chemnitz
Public meeting of the works committee.
Time and place: 4.30 pm, Chemnitz City Hall, Consultation Room 118.
The Central Saxony Transport Association invites you to a public information event on the current status of stage 2 of the Chemnitz model. The City of Chemnitz will be represented by the Mayor of Construction, Petra Wesseler, and the Head of the Civil Engineering Department, Bernd Gregorzyk.
Information: www.chemnitzer-modell.de
Time and place: 7 pm, TUC, Central Lecture Hall Building, Reichenhainer Straße 90.
3rd symphony concert of the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra.
Information: www.theater-chemnitz.de
Time and place: 7 p.m., Chemnitz City Hall, Great Hall.
Thursday, 13 November
Mayor Barbara Ludwig attends the laying of the foundation stone for the "Lebens(t)räume" residential park. The organisation responsible for the facility is the Lebenshilfe association for people with intellectual disabilities.
Information: www.wohnpark-chemnitz.de
Time and place: 11 a.m., Rößlerstraße 27.
Chemnitz is hosting the two-day conference of construction ministers, the working group of ministers and senators responsible for urban development, construction and housing in the 16 German federal states (ARGEBAU).
The conference will be held at the Chemnitzer Hof on 13 and 14 November.
Mayor Barbara Ludwig welcomes the participants of the Construction Ministers' Conference at the start of the sightseeing and lecture programme prepared by the City of Chemnitz. After a presentation by Head of Urban Planning Börries Butenop, the guests will visit the SMAC and then the Chemnitz Art Collections.
Time and place: from 4 p.m., SMAC.
Press conference with Mayor Miko Runkel on the status of preparations for the Chemnitz Christmas Market 2014 (PM 644 from 5 November 2014).
Time and place: 11 a.m., Chemnitz City Hall, Consultation Room 118.
Public meeting of the Social Committee.
Time and place: 4.30 pm, Chemnitz City Hall, Consultation Room 118.
Second public information event on the update of the local transport plan (PM 624 from 27 October 2014).
Time and place: 6 p.m., Chemnitz City Hall, City Council Chamber.
3rd symphony concert of the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra.
Information: www.theater-chemnitz.de
Time and place: 8 pm, Chemnitz City Hall, Great Hall.
Friday, 14 November
Mayor Barbara Ludwig chairs the association meeting of the Central Saxony Transport Association (ZVMS) on behalf of the chairman.
Time and place: 9 a.m., VMS office, Am Rathaus 2, 09111 Chemnitz.
Residents' meeting for the citizens of the Chemnitz South urban area with the districts of Kappel, Helbersdorf, Morgenleite, Markersdorf and Hutholz (PM 647 from 7 November 2014).
Time and place: 5 p.m., Bonhoeffer parish centre,
Markersdorfer Straße 79.
Saturday, 15 November
Mayor Barbara Ludwig takes part in the sub-district party conference
of the Chemnitz SPD.
Time and place: 10 a.m., Georg-Landgraf-Forum, Dresdner Straße 38.
Arrival of the Chemnitz Christmas tree 2014 (PM 646 from 06.11.2014).
Time and place: from 3 pm at the earliest, Markt am Rathaus.
The Sächsisches Sinfonieorchester Chemnitz e.V. is giving a concert to mark the 50th anniversary of the organisation. The concert is sponsored by the City of Chemnitz.
Information: www.sso-chemnitz.de
Time and place: 5 p.m., Stadthalle, Great Hall.
Subject to change due to current events.