Monday, 5 October
The City of Chemnitz’s Economic Affairs Department will be exhibiting at Expo Real 2026, the international trade fair for property and investment, which takes place in Munich from 5 to 7 October.
Time and venue: all day, Messe München, Hall A2, Stand 320
(see press release 643)
Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky will attend the handover of the Pantelosaurus saxonicus fossil (‘Freital dinosaur slab’) to the Chemnitz Museum of Natural History by the Saxon Minister of State for the Environment and Agriculture, Georg-Ludwig von Breitenbuch, and the President of the Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology, Heinz Bernd Bettig.
Time and place: 10.00 am, 1st floor, TIETZ, Moritzstraße 20
Mayor Thomas Kütter will open the refurbished communal urn facility, known as the ‘Monopteros’, at the Municipal Cemetery.
Time and place: 11.30 am, Monopteros in the columbarium, Municipal Cemetery, Reichenhainer Straße 104
(see press release 641)
Lord Mayor Sven Schulze will welcome the participants of the children’s conference on the theme ‘Participation and Respect – your ideas for Chemnitz’, to which the Children and Young People’s Commissioner for the City of Chemnitz, Dina Norberger, has invited pupils from Chemnitz’s primary and special schools, as well as after-school care centres. Time and place: 1.00 pm, City Council Chamber, Town Hall, Markt 1
(see press release 635)
Swimmers Julia Ackermann, Yara Fay Riefstahl and Lise Seidel sign the Golden Book of Sport in the presence of Mayor Dagmar Ruscheinsky.
Time and place: 4.00 pm, Stadtbad, Mühlenstraße 27, 1st floor
(see press release 637)
The Mittelbach Local Council is in session.
Time and place: 7.00 pm, meeting room, Mittelbach Town Hall, Hofer Straße 27
The Kleinolbersdorf-Altenhain Local Council is in session.
Time and place: 7.00 pm, consultation room, Altenhain Town Hall, Zum Spitzberg 5
Tuesday, 6 October
Mayor Sven Schulze will attend the CVAG symposium on ‘Autonomous Driving in Public Transport’ and deliver a welcoming address.
Time and venue: 9.00 am, Garagencampus, Zwickauer Straße 164
Mayor Sven Schulze will receive a delegation from the twin town of Kiryat Bialik (Israel). – not open to the press –
Time and venue: 2.30 pm, Mayor’s Office, Town Hall, Markt 1
Mayor Ralph Burghart will attend the opening of the sports hall at the Stefan-Heym-Gymnasium and deliver a welcoming address.
Time and place: 4.00 pm, sports hall of the Stefan-Heym-Gymnasium, Seumestraße 2–6
The Youth Welfare Committee meeting will take place.
Time and place: 4.30 pm, City Council Chamber, Town Hall, Markt 1
The Cultural Advisory Board meets.
Time and place: 4.30 pm, Room 118, Town Hall, Markt 1
Mayor Ralph Burghart will attend the industry reception at the 31st Schlingel International Film Festival.
Time and venue: 6.30 pm, Art Collections on Theaterplatz, Theaterplatz 1
The Euba Local Council is in session.
Time and place: 7.30 pm, Euba meeting room, Hauptstraße 50c
Wednesday, 7 October
The Town Council is in session.
Time and place: 3.00 pm, City Council Chamber, Town Hall, Markt 1
Thursday, 8 October
Lord Mayor Sven Schulze will attend the meeting of the Saxon State Government’s Interministerial Working Group (IMAG) on Chemnitz 2025 – European Capital of Culture. Time and venue: 11.30 am, Hartmannfabrik, Fabrikstraße 11
Lord Mayor Sven Schulze and the mayors invite the people of Chemnitz to a residents’ meeting. Time and venue: 5.00 pm, Town Hall, Markt 1
(see press release 590)
Friday, 9 October
Mayor Ralph Burghart will attend the matriculation and opening ceremony at Chemnitz University of Technology.
Time and venue: 5.00 pm, Central Lecture Theatre and Seminar Building, Chemnitz University of Technology, Reichenhainer Straße 90
Katrin Günther, Coordinator for Child and Youth Participation, welcomes the children’s jury of the 31st Schlingels International Film Festival.
Time and venue: 11.00 am, Grüner Salon, Town Hall, Markt 1
(see press release 642)
Saturday, 10 October
The Head of the Sports Department, Roger Rabenhold, will attend the German Boxing Federation’s annual conference and deliver a welcoming address.
Time and place: 10.00 am, Hotel am Europark, Schulstraße 33
Mayor Ralph Burghart will present the awards at the 31st Schlingel International Film Festival and deliver a welcoming address. Etelka Kobuß, Chemnitz’s Migration Officer, will also be in attendance. Time and venue: 4.00 pm, Carlowitz Congress Centre, Theaterstraße 3
Subject to change due to current circumstances.