Intercultural weeks
20 September to 5 October 2025
Call for participation
The Intercultural Weeks in Chemnitz kicked off on 20 September under the motto "Home in the heart - diversity in Chemnitz" - a two-week series of events that has set an annual example for peaceful and good coexistence in our city since 1991. The Intercultural Weeks have been organised nationwide since the 1970s.
The series of events was opened with a colourful and intercultural programme, the Festival of Cultures, on the market square.
The opening was also part of the "haamit heimaten" festival in Chemnitz, which is being organised by the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 from 18 to 21 September 2025. After all, Chemnitz is home to people from over 140 nations. The "haamit heimaten" festival is a contribution to the German-language decentralised festival "heimaten", initiated by the House of World Cultures in Berlin.
In the two weeks that follow, a wide variety of events such as theatre performances, film screenings, dance classes and concerts, country evenings, sporting events, readings and discussions with authors, panel discussions, training courses, lectures, workshops and information events on a wide range of topics as well as exchanges between religions are intended to arouse interest in people and encounters and appeal to everyone in Chemnitz and encourage them to take part.
The Intercultural Weeks - the festival of cultures at the opening and the series of events themselves - fit seamlessly into the programme of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025, which was opened on 18 January 2025 with an all-day programme. We are following the motto "C the Unseen" and showing that Chemnitz is a cosmopolitan and diverse city and invite all Chemnitz residents to celebrate neighbourly togetherness with us. - says Etelka Kobuß, Migration Officer of the City of Chemnitz.
Programme
Impressions of the opening on 20 September
Background
In Chemnitz, the Intercultural Weeks are prepared and implemented by the Migration Officer in close cooperation with the Migration Advisory Board, the Social Welfare Office, the AGIUA e. V. Migration Social and Youth Work Association, the Lila Villa Women's Centre in the akCente e. V. association and with the support of numerous Chemnitz associations and initiatives.
The nationwide Intercultural Weeks are widely anchored with 5,000 events at more than 500 locations throughout Germany.
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