Twin cities
12 twin towns - near and far
Chemnitz is on friendly terms with twelve twin cities. While Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic) can be reached within 90 minutes by car, Taiyuan (People's Republic of China) and Akron (USA) are almost 8,000 kilometres away from Chemnitz. Regardless of the geographical location, large or small distances and different cultures, every partnership is a great enrichment for Chemnitz.
City | Country | Twin city since |
|---|---|---|
USA (Ohio) | 1997 | |
Düsseldorf Germany | 1988 | |
Slovenia | 1966 | |
Israel | 2022 | |
Poland | 1974 | |
Great Britain | 1983 | |
Mulhouse France | 1981 | |
China | 1999 | |
Finland | 1961 | |
Mali | 1968 | |
Czech Republic | 1970 | |
Russia | 1988 |
Project funding
The partnership between Chemnitz and the twelve partner cities is brought to life through projects organised by associations, initiatives, institutions and citizens. The City of Chemnitz supports this exchange with an active funding policy.Funding is primarily provided for initial contacts and anniversaries with associations from the twin cities. Special consideration is given to projects that deal with the topics of youth, education and work with young people.>>more
40 years of town twinning with Manchester
Lord Mayor of Manchester, Yasmine Dar, visits Chemnitz
The cities of Chemnitz and Manchester have been twinned for 40 years. This anniversary was celebrated in Chemnitz on 3 and 4 November 2023 together with the Lord Mayor of the City of Manchester, Yasmine Dar.
Among other things, there was a city tour on a historic tram, including to the "Stadtwirtschaft", an intervention area for the European Capital of Culture 2025. In the presence of Lord Mayor Sven Schulze, Yasmine Dar signed the Golden Book of the City of Chemnitz on Friday afternoon.
Chemnitz twinned with Kiryat Bialik
Kiryat Bialik is Chemnitz's twelfth twin city. On Wednesday, 26 October 2022, Lord Mayor Sven Schulze and Mayor of Kiryat Bialik, Eli Dukorski, signed a joint "Agreement on twinning between the City of Chemnitz and the City of Kiryat Bialik".
Afterwards, Mayor Eli Durkorski signed the city's Golden Book.
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Chemnitz celebrates 60 years of partnership with Tampere
The city of Chemnitz has maintained friendly relations with the Finnish city of Tampere since 1961. In 2022, it was finally possible to celebrate the 60th anniversary of this town twinning. There were numerous opportunities to do so at the end of September. The highlight was the Finnish afternoon in Stadthallenpark on 1 October 2022 under the motto "Mölkky, Music, Makarra".
There was also an exhibition at the adult education centre, a Finnish film evening at Metropol, a sauna festival at Zietenaugust and a reading at the city library.
From 30 September to 1 October 2022, a delegation from the Finnish twin city of Tampere also visited Chemnitz. Among others: Aleksi Jäntti, Deputy Mayor of Tampere. He was accompanied by the Director of Culture and Education Lauri Savi and staff from Visit Tampere. more
Stele on the Neumarkt informs about twin cities
On 24 April 2022, Lord Mayor Sven Schulze inaugurated a stele about Chemnitz's twin cities together with twinning associations and the Chemnitz Guides' Association.
The information board on Neumarkt square provides an overview of Chemnitz's twin towns. Anyone looking at the information stele will find out, for example, where the twin towns are located, how long the partnership has existed and how far the towns are from Chemnitz.
The stele was financed from the city centre fund at a cost of around 3,500 euros. It is the first stele in Chemnitz to include a Braille plaque so that visually impaired people can also recognise the eleven city names. more
Conference of the twin cities 2019 in Chemnitz
The city of Chemnitz hosted the first conference of twin cities on 10 and 11 April 2019. Under the title "Town twinning in challenging times", delegations from Chemnitz's twin cities Düsseldorf, Ljubljana, Lodz, Manchester, Mulhouse, Tampere, Timbuktu, Usti nad Labem and Volgograd were guests over two days in April. The twin city conference focussed on urban development, culture, civic participation and the Capital of Culture bid. more