Manchester (Great Britain)
Twin town since 1983
Manchester is located around 300 kilometres north-west of London. The cradle of the Industrial Revolution is now a legendary cultural centre with a legendary live music scene, over 90 museums and art collections of international importance.
The city is home to two universities, the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the city's economic structure changed. Trafford Park, the world's first purpose-built industrial estate, was opened in 1910. The once dominant heavy and textile industries are of little importance today. The most important economic sector is the service sector, particularly financial services and the media and communications industry, as well as high technology.
The cityscape is characterised by buildings from different stylistic periods, from Victorian architecture to modernism. Outside the city centre, factories from the cotton industry have been preserved and are now used as flats or offices. In 2003, the EU awarded Manchester the prize for the best structural transformation of a major European city.
Manchester is also known for the two football clubs that play in the English Premier League: Manchester City and Manchester United.
The town twinning between Chemnitz and Manchester provides the framework for cultural and sporting exchanges as well as work with senior citizens. There are particularly close contacts between the industrial museums. Joint participation in EU projects is also lively.
An updated version of the town twinning agreement was signed in 2003.
Population: | 520.000 |
Area: | 116 km² |
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The partnership between Chemnitz and the twelve partner cities is brought to life by projects organised by associations, initiatives, institutions and citizens. The City of Chemnitz supports this exchange with an active funding policy >>more
40 years of town twinning
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. In the evening, the two attended the opening of an exhibition at Wirkbau. This was part of an artist-in-residence programme that was held in both cities to mark 40 years of twinning.
On Saturday, Yasmine Dar and Dagmar Ruscheinsky, Mayor of Culture of the City of Chemnitz, planted a twinned tree in Moritzpark. The chestnut tree now symbolises the 40-year town twinning between Chemnitz and Manchester. Finally, Yasmine Dar and Dagmar Ruscheinsky met with representatives of the city for tea and coffee. They discussed existing collaborations as well as potential future links between the two cities.