January to March

January to March

Review of the year 2025

At its January meeting, the City Council decided that two administrative locations of the City of Chemnitz will move into the former Galeria department stores': the Moritzhof and Alte Post locations. Alte Post. On 1 October, the city of Chemnitz concluded a rental agreement with the concluded a lease agreement with the Krieger Group. In 2028, the leases for both the Moritzhof administrative centre and the Alte Post the Alte Post site will expire in 2028. expire. The concept for the former department stores' on Neumarkt offers a modern and sustainable administrative location on the upper floors, which also brings a range of municipal services even closer to the city centre. The two lower floors will house catering and retail outlets. Picture: b-var - beier virtual architecture, Braunschweig
The concept for the former department stores' on Neumarkt offers a modern and sustainable administrative location on the upper floors, which at the same time brings a range of municipal services even closer to the city centre. The two lower floors will house catering and retail outlets. Picture: b-var - beier virtual architecture, Braunschweig
During the annual reception, Lord Mayor Sven Schulze presented honorary talers to Christiane Fiedler (photo), Dr Jürgen Nitsche, Edeltraud Höfer, Norbert Engst, Janice Schmelzer and Volker Lange for their voluntary work. Picture: Uwe Meinhold
Hundreds of people from Chemnitz came together for Peace Day on 5 March, to set an example for peace. The "Kältebus Chemnitz" initiative received the Peace Prize. Picture: Kristin Schmidt

Long-distance bus terminal opens

The long-distance coach terminal on Dresdner Straße has been in operation since January. In the early hours of 15 January, the first long-distance bus, a Flixbus from Prague on its way to Amsterdam, arrived at the terminal at 1.15 am. On the opening day, a total of 18 long-distance coaches travelled to the terminal. The long-distance bus terminal was built to efficiently link public long-distance, regional and local transport at the main railway station. The facility complements the future central bus station, which is to be built on the main station forecourt after 2025. The transport systems will be connected via a new pedestrian tunnel with access from the main railway station. The terminal has four bus platforms, which have been constructed as angled bus stop islands. Directly adjacent, 33 car parking spaces have been created, including two disabled parking spaces, four taxi parking spaces, two charging spaces for electric vehicles, a car-sharing parking space specifically for shared vehicles and three Kiss+Ride parking spaces. In addition, twelve bicycle boxes with charging facilities for e-bikes have been installed, supplemented by 48 further bicycle parking spaces.

Budget 2025/2026

In March, the City Council passed far-reaching resolutions for the finances of the City of Chemnitz. In addition to a medium-term consolidation package, the city council members approved the budget for this year and the coming year. The state authorities approved these budgets in mid-June.

Fossil of the year

The fossil of the year 2025 comes from Chemnitz: The Palaeontological Society has chosen the fossil shark egg capsule "Fayolia sterzeliana" from the Lower Carboniferous of Chemnitz-Borna and Chemnitz-Glösa as the fossil of the year. The shark eggs, which come from two different species of freshwater sharks, are the oldest finds of this type.

In March, the pupils of the Altchemnitz school returned to their completely renovated school building, including an extension. The construction measures cost around 15.2 million euros. Picture: Philipp Köhler
The city council elected new members in February: Petra Liebetrau is the Inclusion Officer, Franziska Herold is the Equal Opportunities Officer, Dina Norberger is the Children and Youth Officer and Etelka Kobuß is the Migration Officer (from left to right). Picture: Matthias Nowak