Chemnitz Valley cycle path rest area
On 28 March 2025, Mayor Michael Stötzer, together with the Chemnitz-Nord citizens' platform, ceremoniously handed over the new rest area with the Fischweg bridge not far from the Chemnitz Valley cycle path on Chemnitztalstraße near Heinersdorfer Straße to the people of Chemnitz and their guests.
Beforehand, interested parties were invited on a cycle tour along the Chemnitz. This starts at the Klapperbrunnen fountain at the bus station and leads via "Helgoland" to the new rest area. Together with Mayor Michael Stötzer and tour guide Ramona Wagner, the participants explored further intervention areas by bike along the route to Draisdorf.
A new rest area was created on the city's longest cycle path near the Fischweg bridge in the north of Chemnitz. The historic, now unused bridge structure was relocated and incorporated into the design of the rest area as an impressive backdrop.
The search for a suitable location for the rest area and the former fishway bridge proved to be more difficult and protracted than expected, as environmental protection concerns (flood protection with flooding areas), nature conservation (FFH area) and available land had to be taken into account. As part of a public dialogue, the current location was finally found and the elements that could be implemented were selected.
Fishway bridge is moved to new rest area
On Thursday and Friday, 11 and 12 July 2024, a crane was used to move the old Fischweg bridge to its new location at the future rest area on the Chemnitz Valley cycle path.
A new public rest area with various seating elements, a pavilion, bicycle stands and a meadow orchard is being built on Chemnitztalstraße near Heinersdorfer Straße in the north of Chemnitz, not far from the Chemnitz Valley Cycle Path. The rest area on the Chemnitz Valley cycle path is the intervention area of the Chemnitz North Citizens' Platform for the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025. The redesign has already begun. The implementation planning was presented to the Citizens' Platform North and interested citizens on site on 4 July.
The old Fischweg Bridge, which is a technical monument, will be relocated with the design of the new rest area in Draisdorf so that the bridge structure flanks the new rest area. Once the planned renovation work has been completed, it will be possible to walk on it again, visit it and enjoy small-scale art performances. Completion is planned for the end of September 2024. The construction costs for the rest area and the realisation of the fishway bridge amount to approx. 328,000 euros. The work is being carried out by the company FUCHS Bau Ost GmbH, Hainichen. The planning office ibb Ingenieurbüro Bauwesen GmbH, Chemnitz, will supervise the construction work.
