Monday, 29 June
Lord Mayor Sven Schulze and Mayor Knut Kunze, together with the President of the Saxon State Parliament, Alexander Dierks, the current zoo director, Silke Weiser, and the chairman of the Friends of Chemnitz Zoo Association, Thomas Paarmann, the new interactive farm at the zoo.
Time and place: 10.00 am, Chemnitz Zoo, Nevoigtstraße 18
(see press release 418)
Petra Liebetrau, the City of Chemnitz’s Inclusion Officer, will take part in the handover of the four tactile models of Schilling’s sculptures to the Schloßberg Museum in Chemnitz. The models were created as part of an inclusive collaborative project between the ASB, the TU Bergakademie Freiberg and the Georgius-Agricola-Gymnasium in Chemnitz.
Time and place: 3.00 pm, Schloßberg Museum, Schloßberg 12
(see press release 424)
Tuesday, 30 June
A Trabant 1.1 is being transported to the foyer of Chemnitz Town Hall. It forms part of the exhibition ‘Carl H. Hahn (1926–2023) – How he shaped Chemnitz and Saxony’ (3 July to 14 August) to mark the 100th anniversary of Carl Horst Hahn’s birth.
Time and place: 11.00 am, main entrance, Town Hall, Markt 1
(see press release 426)
Mayor Ralph Burghart will attend a reception hosted by the US Consulate-General in Leipzig to mark the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States of America and 200 years of US diplomatic representation in Leipzig and Central Germany.
Time and place: 3.00 pm, US Consulate General, Leipzig
The Inclusion Advisory Board for People with Disabilities is meeting.
Time and venue: 4.30 pm, Potpourri Culture and Community Centre, Rosenhof 14
The AGENDA Advisory Board is meeting.
Time and place: 4.30 pm, Botanical Garden, Leipziger Straße 147
Wednesday, 1 July
A delegation from the EU-Japan Festival Committee, led by its chairman Makoto Takashima, will meet the architect Kengo Kuma at the Garagen-Campus.
Time and place: 2.00 pm, Garagen-Campus, Zwickauer Straße 164
(see press release 432)*
The City Council is in session.
Time and place: 3.00 pm, City Council Chamber, Town Hall, Markt 1
Mayor Thomas Kütter and Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky are taking part in a joint meeting with the Chair of the EU-Japan Fest Committee, Makoto Takashima, and the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. – not open to the press –
Time and place: 12.30 pm, Villa Esche, Richard-Wagner-Straße 55
(see press release 432)
The Head of Cultural Affairs for the City of Chemnitz, Ferenc Csák, and the Chair of the EU-Japan Fest Committee, Makoto Takashima, will welcome guests to the international youth concert, which will be performed by pupils from the Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff-Gymnasium in Chemnitz together with a school band from Kagoshima (Japan).
Time and venue: 6.00 pm, Concert Hall, Chemnitz Municipal Music School, Gerichtsstraße 1
(see press release 428)
Thursday, 2 July
The Director-General of the Chemnitz Art Collections, Dr Florence Thurmes, and the Director of the Gunzenhauser Museum, Anja Richter, invite you to a press conference to mark the exhibition ‘Mahlzeit! Serving Gender’ (4 July to 1 November).
Time and venue: 10.30 am, Gunzenhauser Museum, Stollberger Straße 2
Dina Norberger, the City of Chemnitz’s Children and Young People’s Commissioner, will be taking part in the ‘Macht Chemnitz bunt!’ action day and running a hands-on activity for children.
Time and place: 2.00 pm, Schillerplatz
Lord Mayor Sven Schulze will welcome guests from the worlds of politics, business and society, including members of the Hahn family, who will sign the City of Chemnitz’s Golden Book to mark the 100th anniversary of Carl Horst Hahn’s birth. This will be followed by the opening of the exhibition “Carl H. Hahn (1926–2023) – How he shaped Chemnitz and Saxony” with invited guests (open to the public from 3 July to 14 August). The mayors will also be in attendance.
Time and venue: 3.00 pm, Grüner Salon, Town Hall, Markt 1
(see press release 429)
The Allotment Garden Advisory Board is meeting.
Time and place: 4.30 pm, Am Waldrand Allotment Association, Waldrand 31
Lord Mayor Sven Schulze is taking part in the classic car parade organised by the ‘Ferdinands Erben e. V.’ Beetle Club, which runs from Neumarkt to St Peter’s Church.
Time and place: 5.15 pm, starting from Neumarkt towards Theaterplatz
(see press release 429)
Mayor Thomas Kütter, Börries Butenop, Head of the City Planning and Property Office, Carina Kühnel, Head of the Environment Office, and representatives from the Economic Affairs Department will provide information on the Rabenstein Innovation Campus.
Time and place: 5.30 pm, Rabenstein Primary School, Trützschlerstraße 10
(see press release 405)
Lord Mayor Sven Schulze will attend the gala concert marking the 100th anniversary of Carl Horst Hahn’s birth.
Time and venue: 6.00 pm, St Peter’s Church, Theaterplatz 3
(see press release 429)
Mayor Ralph Burghart opens the Chemnitz Park Summer.
Time and place: 8.00 pm, Stadthallenpark, city centre
Friday, 3 July
Lord Mayor Sven Schulze will join Saxony’s Minister-President Michael Kretschmer at the opening of the ‘Praxiswelt’ at the Johanniskarree, run by Poliklinik gGmbH Chemnitz, and deliver a welcoming address.
Time and place: 9.30 am, ‘Praxiswelt’ in the Johanniskarree, Dr.-Frieda-Freise-Straße 3
Mayor Sven Schulze, together with Saxony’s Minister-President Michael Kretschmer and in the presence of the Hahn family, will officially open the Carl-Horst-Hahn Garden in the Stadtpark. Mayor Thomas Kütter will also be in attendance.
Time and place: 12.30 pm, corner of Händelstraße and Schumannstraße
(see press release 433)
Lord Mayor Sven Schulze will take part in the tribute organised by Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH as part of the birthday celebrations for Carl Horst Hahn.
Time and place: 1.45 pm, Motorenwerk, Kauffahrtei, on the corner of Johann-Esche-Straße
The Chairman of the EU-Japan Fest Committee, Makoto Takashima, his delegation and the Deputy Ambassador of Japan, Kunihiko Kawazu, will sign the Golden Book of the City of Chemnitz in the presence of Lord Mayor Sven Schulze and the Prime Minister of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer.
Time and place: 4.50 pm, Foyer, Town Hall, Markt 1
(see press release 432)
Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky will attend the opening of the exhibition ‘Mahlzeit! Serving Gender’ and deliver a welcoming address.
Time and place: 6.00 pm, Gunzenhauser Museum, Stollberger Straße 2
Saturday, 4 July
Mayor Knut Kunze will attend the summer festival and the ‘100 Years of Chemnitz Airport’ anniversary celebrations.
Time and venue: 11.00 am, green space on Dr.-Salvador-Allende-Straße, near house numbers 134 to 144
Please note
Lord Mayor Sven Schulze will be on holiday from 6 to 17 July.
Subject to change due to current circumstances.
* Amended on 29 June 2026