On Saturday, 29 November, both the European Mountain Parade and the finale of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 will take place. Traffic restrictions in Chemnitz city centre are essential for both events.
Around 1,100 miners and numerous visitors are expected along the route for the European Mining Parade from 2 pm to around 4 pm. The mining parade starts at 2 pm on the theatre square and ends with a final concert at around 3 pm on the theatre square.
The finale of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 will begin at 8 pm with the public event "Feierabend" on the stage next to the Karl Marx Monument, which will then turn into a rave on Brückenstraße at around 9 pm.
Various stopping restrictions and closures will be necessary to ensure that both events run smoothly. The events themselves will be secured by the Chemnitz Police Department with operational measures.
Stopping bans
From Tuesday, 25 November, stopping restrictions will be put in place on Brückenstraße in order to secure the set-up work for the final event.
On Saturday 29 November, stopping restrictions will also be in place along the route of the mining parade. The route runs via Theaterplatz - Richard-Tauber-Straße - Straße der Nationen - Brückenstraße - Brückenstraße/Mühlenstraße junction - turning in the Brückenstraße stump and back to Theaterplatz.
It is imperative that the stopping restrictions are adhered to in order to ensure that everything runs smoothly.
Closures
Due to the stage construction and the final event, the following closures will take place on the following days:
From Tuesday, 25 November, 6 a.m. to Thursday, 27 November, 6 p.m. and
from Monday, 1 December, 6 a.m. to Tuesday, 2 December, 6 a.m:
Closure of the right-hand lane of Brückenstraße from the direction of Straße der Nationen in the direction of Theaterstraße (the left-hand lane in this direction will remain open to traffic)
From Thursday, 27 November, 6 p.m. to Monday, 1 December, 6 a.m:
Complete closure of Brückenstraße between Straße der Nationen and Theaterstraße
On Saturday, 29 November, from approx. 1 pm to approx. 4 pm, the route of the Bergparade will be fully closed.
On Saturday, 29 November, Richard-Tauber-Straße and Karl-Liebknecht-Straße between Richard-Tauber-Straße and Georgstraße will also be set up as one-way streets for the arrival and departure of the miners. Residents are requested to use the access road via Mühlenstraße.
Bypass options
It is possible to bypass the traffic closure for the European Mining Parade via Bahnhofstraße - Theaterstraße - Hartmannstraße - Bergstraße - Schloßteichstraße - Müllerstraße - August-Bebel-Straße - Dresdner Straße - Waisenstraße.
It is possible to bypass the traffic closure for the closing event via Straße der Nationen - Georgstraße - Mühlenstraße - Theaterstraße - Bahnhofstraße - Brückenstraße.
Parking facilities
Public car parks and multi-storey or underground car parks can be used to get to both events. An overview can be found at www.chemnitz.de/parken and www.chemnitz.de/verkehr.
City park and ride facilities can also be used. For current capacity utilisation and accessibility, see www.chemnitz.de/parken and www.chemnitz.de/verkehr
The underground car park under the Terminal 3 building complex is not accessible during the full closure of Brückenstraße. The underground car park under Theaterplatz, the underground car park under Galerie Roter Turm and the Rathauspassagen multi-storey car park can be accessed as usual.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
The affected companies CVAG, CBC GmbH and RBM GmbH will announce the changes to local and regional transport services due to the traffic closures on their websites www.cvag.de, www.city-bahn.de, www.regiobus.com.
Further information: