Chemnitz 2025: Capital of Culture with a diverse program

Designed by the region, for Europe

The program is special because it was created by the people of Chemnitz and the Capital of Culture region, explained program director Stefan Schmidtke. "It reflects their needs and wishes." Culture plays an indispensable role for peaceful coexistence in Europe and contributes to understanding, emphasized Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth (Alliance 90/Greens) in a statement. "The cultural program shows in an impressive way where the cultural heart of Europe will beat in 2025: in Chemnitz!"

In the final for the title of Capital of Culture for 2025, Chemnitz beat Nuremberg, Magdeburg, Hildesheim and Hanover in 2020. The program is entitled "C the Unseen". It not only alludes to the city's own underdog role among the big cities. The aim is to make the hidden visible in a variety of ways and at the same time address the "silent center" of the urban population, which has increasingly retreated into the private sphere in recent decades.