Start of construction for Höhenweg 2025 cultural trail
Hiking trail being built - completion planned for the end of August
On Monday, 3 June, work will begin on the Höhenweg 2025 cultural trail, one of the intervention areas as part of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025.
The idea behind the 18-kilometre-long "Chemnitzer Höhenweg" is to connect the districts of the south-east civic platform (Adelsberg, Reichenhain, Erfenschlag and Harthau) and make them visible together. Information boards will provide detailed information in words and pictures about what is worth seeing and knowing along the hiking route.
In a further construction phase, a so-called "weather mushroom" will be set up in each district, inviting people to take shelter or linger. Information on this will be provided separately.
Completion of the overall project is currently scheduled for the end of August 2024. The costs for the current construction phase amount to around 87,000 euros. The work on the hiking trail is being carried out by Steinbach & Richter GbR.
Background:
The public squares are the result of intensive participation by people in the city districts and localities. The stakeholders from the city's neighbourhoods have put a lot of thought into the project and, together with their citizens, have selected a public space to be redesigned as part of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025. Each of the eight areas of the citizens' platforms and each of the eight incorporated localities will receive a maximum of 325,000 euros. For example, a pavilion in Küchwald, a rest area on the Chemnitz Valley cycle path, a themed circular hiking trail around the village of Kleinolbersdorf-Altenhain and a lift at Wittgensdorf primary school have been implemented, creating a barrier-free event space in the assembly hall.
The public squares are one of the 30 intervention areas of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025. They are the city of Chemnitz's urban development project for the Capital of Culture, which now involves an investment of over 60 million euros.