On Friday, 27 February, from around 9.30 a.m., the colourful peace banners will once again be displayed on the façade of Chemnitz Town Hall to promote the Chemnitz Peace Day on 5 March. At around 10 a.m., the caretakers of the town hall will be seen carrying out the final touches.
Gerald Richter from the citizens' initiative Aktion © will also be available to answer questions on Neumarkt at around 10 am.
"As Capital of Culture 2025, we were able to present our banner project extensively. 250 banners were hung on the school on Hartmannplatz for eight weeks and in the Hartmannfabrik until the end of the year. At the last minute, a number of schools joined the banner project to take part in the world record attempt as the largest youth art project. At the ImagineFestival on 26 June 2025, we were then able to announce the proud length of 3,601 metres of all banners and posters, far more than we had aimed for.
The 2025 banners from the Förderzentrum Georg Götz, the Förderzentrum F.H. Pestalozzi, the Europäisches Gymnasium Waldenburg, the Oberschule am Hartmannplatz and the Unteren Luisenschule will now be presented once again at the town hall, in the Roter Turm gallery, at the opera house and in the Jakobi church. They speak in favour of a tolerant and cosmopolitan Chemnitz and for a youth that deals with the problems of our time and develops ideas for a fairer society," says the initiator of the art project, Gerald Richter.
"Peace XXL" - film screening for the Chemnitz Peace Day on 5 March
On Thursday, 5 March at 2 p.m., the Chemnitz Peace Banners project will be shown on film in Chemnitz Town Hall in the City Council Chamber. The Chemnitz Filmwerkstatt team accompanied the highlights of the banner project with young people over the course of 2025. This resulted in the half-hour film "Peace XXL", which reports on the workshop at the school on Hartmannplatz, the hanging of the banners at the school and the ImagineFestival and gives the participants a chance to have their say.
After the film screening, the young people and the staff of the Chemnitz film workshop will be available to answer questions.
Chemnitz Peace Day
On 5 March, Chemnitz Peace Day commemorates the bombing of the city 81 years ago and all victims of the Second World War. Every year, numerous people from Chemnitz declare their support for peace, democracy and against right-wing extremism and xenophobia. The main event on 5 March 2026 at 6 p.m. is entitled "Staying Peaceful".
Further information can be found at
www.chem nitz.de/friedenstag
www.chemnitzer-friedenstag.de
www.chemnitzer-friedensbanner.de
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