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Presscouncil City of Chemnitz
Pressrelease: 630

Upcoming events for the week of 28 September to 4 October


Monday, 28 September

Track and field athlete Rebekka Haase will sign the Golden Book of Sport in the presence of Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky.
Time and venue: 3.00 pm, Grüner Salon, Town Hall, Markt 1
(see press release 618)

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze will attend the Chamber of Industry and Commerce’s economic conference ‘200 Years of US-Central Germany’, marking the 200th anniversary of the US Consulate General in Leipzig.
Time and venue: 5.00 pm, Hartmannfabrik, Fabrikstraße 11

Mayor Sven Schulze will attend the “Top-Lounge” event organised by Top Magazine Südwestsachsen and deliver a welcoming address.
Time and venue: 6.15 pm, Kraftverkehr, Fraunhoferstraße 60


Tuesday, 29 September

The Einsiedel Local Council meets.
Time and venue: 6.30 pm, council chamber, Einsiedel Town Hall, Einsiedler Hauptstraße 79

Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky welcomes the participants at the ‘ECoC Echo Knowledge Transfer Seminar’ conference. – closed to the press –
Time and venue: 7.00 pm, Hartmannfabrik, Fabrikstraße 11
(see press release 616)


Wednesday, 30 September

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze attends the reception marking the change of leadership at the Bundesbank branch in Chemnitz.
Time and venue: 10.00 am, Deutsche Bundesbank, Zschopauer Straße 49

Ulf Kallscheidt, Head of the ECoC Echo project at Chemnitz City Council, and Sille Talvet-Unt, International Project Manager of the ECoC Echo project and representative of Tartu 2024, will be available to speak to members of the media. (Registration required)
Time and venue: 12.00–13.30, Stadtwirtschaft, Jakobstraße 46
(see press release 616)

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze and Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky invite you to a press briefing to present the new brochure ‘25 Achievements and Impacts of Chemnitz 2025 – European Capital of Culture’. (Registration required)
Time and venue: 2.00 pm, Hartmannfabrik, Fabrikstraße 11
(see press release 617)

Mayor Knut Kunze will attend the ceremony to mark the graduation and farewell of the graduates of the Saxon Police Academy.
Time and venue: 2.00 pm, Stadthalle, Theaterstraße 3

Mayor Thomas Kütter invites residents to a public consultation session. (Registration closed)
Time and place: 3.00 pm, Room A528, Technical Town Hall, Friedensplatz 1
(see press release 479)

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze and Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky will meet representatives of Chemnitz’s sports clubs for an open discussion.
Time and venue: 5.00 pm, Luxor Conference and Event Centre, Hartmannstraße 11
(see press release 601)

Mayor Thomas Kütter is taking part in the 2nd information and dialogue event on the Rabenstein Innovation Campus.
Time and venue: 5.00 pm, Rabenstein Primary School ‘Hans Carl von Carlowitz’, Trützschlerstraße 10
(see press release 526)

The Röhrsdorf Local Council is in session.
Time and venue: 6.30 pm, Council Chamber, Röhrsdorf Town Hall, Rathausplatz 4

The Wittgensdorf Local Council is in session.
Time and place: 7.00 pm, meeting room, Wittgensdorf Town Hall, Rathausplatz 1


Thursday, 1 October

Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky is supporting the school vaccination project run by the ‘United for Good’ initiative against HPV-related cancer and will deliver a welcome address.
Time and venue: 9.00 am, Terra Nova Campus, Heinrich-Schütz-Straße 61

A delegation from Chemnitz’s twin town, Timbuktu, is visiting the Chemnitz Waste Management and City Cleaning Service (ASR) as part of Engagement Global’s networking meeting for German-West African local authority partnerships, to learn about waste recycling. (Registration required for media representatives)
Time and venue: 10.45 am, ASR, Blankenburgstraße 62
(see press release 628)

The Director-General of the Chemnitz Art Collections, Dr Florence Thurmes, invites you to a press briefing to mark the exhibitions ‘Allegories of Life. Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt and Wolfgang Mattheuer’ (3 October 2026 to 11 April 2027) and ‘Myth. From Gods to Superheroines’ (3 October 2026 to 21 February 2027).
Time and venue: 11.00 am, Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz, Theaterplatz 1

The meeting of the Administration and Finance Committee will take place.
Time and venue: 4.30 pm, Room 118, Town Hall, Markt 1

Mayor Thomas Kütter will attend the Chemnitz Property Forum organised by Immocom.
Time and venue: 7.00 pm, c/o56 Chemnitz, Salzstraße 56


Friday, 2 October

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze will welcome the delegation from the twin town of Timbuktu.
Time and venue: 3.00 pm, Grüner Salon, Town Hall, Markt 1
(see press release 628)

Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky, together with the Saxon Minister of State for Culture and Tourism, Barbara Klepsch, will attend the opening of the 31st SCHLINGEL International Film Festival and deliver a welcoming address.
Time and place: 4.00 pm, Opera House, Theaterplatz 2

Lord Mayor Sven Schulze will attend the opening of the exhibitions ‘Allegories of Life: Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt and Wolfgang Mattheuer’ and ‘Myth: From Gods to Superheroines’ and deliver a welcoming address.
Time and venue: 6.30 pm, Art Collections on Theaterplatz, Theaterplatz 1


Saturday, 3 October

Mayor Sven Schulze will take part in ‘Deutschland singt und klingt’ (Germany Sings and Resounds), a public sing-along of songs of peace and freedom for all generations organised by Kulturkirche2025, and will deliver a welcoming address.
Time and venue: 6.00 pm, Neumarkt

 

Subject to change due to current circumstances.