Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on people to discover Chemnitz at the opening of the Capital of Culture year. "Anyone who has not yet seen Chemnitz, who has not known it, has already missed a lot," said Steinmeier at the official ceremony. The Saxon city is this year's European Capital of Culture alongside the twin city of Nova Gorica - Gorizia in Slovenia and Italy.
Chemnitz has already mastered a number of challenges and upheavals, said the Federal President. "The double renaming alone - Karl-Marx-Stadt for 37 years, then Chemnitz again - all of this symbolizes the shattering of certainties, breaks and new beginnings."
