Art competition for children
"What Peace Means to Me" 2025 by Mayors for Peace
"What Peace Means to Me" 2025 by Mayors for Peace
Since 2006, the city of Chemnitz has been a member of the Mayors for Peace initiative, which is committed to the abolition of nuclear weapons and lasting global peace.
In order to further promote peaceful coexistence in the minds of children in the member cities, Mayors for Peace is once again organising an art competition for children this year on the subject of "What Peace Means to Me". The current global political situation shows us that peace unfortunately cannot be taken for granted. Let us therefore set a good example together for a peaceful world.
Mayors for Peace called on schoolchildren between the ages of 6 and 15 to engage with the topic of "peace" and to creatively depict what peace means to them. The pictures could be handed in or sent to Chemnitz City Hall until 15 October 2025.
Mayors for Peace
The city of Chemnitz has been a member of the "Mayors for Peace" organisation since 2006.
The network now includes over 7,500 cities and municipalities from 163 countries. In Germany alone, over 550 mayors have joined the alliance.
The "Lead City" in Chemnitz is the city of Hanover.
moreTen-year-old from Chemnitz wins special prize in the international painting competition Mayors for Peace 2025
On 5 March, Lord Mayor Sven Schulze presented ten-year-old Marius*, a pupil at the Chemnitz Cooperation School, with the special prize in the international painting competition organised by Mayors for Peace.
The international competition was organised in 2025 on the theme of "Peaceful Towns". Children and young people of different ages were invited to submit self-painted works of art that addressed the theme.
In Chemnitz, 43 children and young people from several schools took part with creative contributions. A total of 8,079 pictures from 153 cities in 19 countries were submitted. 52 winners were honoured worldwide.
In 2019, the city of Chemnitz took part in the initiative's annual painting competition for the first time. In 2022, Collien Gröber from Chemnitz won first prize in the painting competition.
The Mayors for Peace initiative is committed to a world free of nuclear weapons and peaceful coexistence in society. Chemnitz has been a member of the initiative since 2006.
* Marius has asked to give only his first name.