City Management for Leipzig - Functions and Tasks
Retail, gastronomy, hotels, the art and culture scene, residents, owners: they all develop new ideas for Leipzig's city center every day. City management helps to make something of it. We are the contact and interface to the city administration and politics.
We promote exchange and knowledge transfer, also with Leipzig's business street management. We maintain an active network of actors and take over success monitoring.
Inner city development can only be achieved together. This is the only way to create the diversity and multifunctionality that will make Leipzig's inner city even more attractive and sustainable! Do you have a new idea for a project, a concept, or an initial question? Let us get in touch - directly, easily and preferably as quickly as possible!
Questions about the topic? Robin Spanke is happy to help!
Like other urban areas, our city center and many of our district centers are facing structural problems. Business activities are increasingly being conducted digitally. The effects of the corona pandemic are changing the social behavior of residents and visitors. The needs of modern cities have changed. In the future, short distances, a high quality of stay and a mix of retail and alternative offers for leisure and work will be in demand.
The city of Leipzig sees this change as an opportunity for a new direction. With funding from the federal program "Sustainable inner cities and centers" amounting to 6,1 million euros, twenty-two pioneering urban projects are to revitalize Leipzig by August 2025. The projects will promote civic engagement in the neighborhoods and create creative scope. With every new idea and impulse, Leipzig continues to grow - into a lively, dynamic and sustainable city that is prepared for all problems.
The Promenadenring plays an important role for Leipzig. It has characterized the city since the Middle Ages. It was the scene of the Peaceful Revolution and is Germany's oldest urban landscape park. Even in the 21st century it is a central location for Leipzig. It is more than just a road that takes you from A to B. The Promenadenring of tomorrow combines many different needs. It offers open spaces for activities and recreation. It radiates into the surrounding areas. And it shapes our paths in the future.
Leipzig has nine district centers. They are diverse and have developed remarkably in recent years. However, the corona pandemic and online commerce have had an effect on this development. Therefore, the previous urban development goals for the district centers must be reviewed. The study examines the questions: What comes after commerce? What profile should our (district) centers have in the future? And what is the relationship between the city center and this? Can the recommendations of the action plan be pursued further?
Promoting sustainability and revitalizing free retail space - these are the two pillars on which the idea for a zero-waste department store is based. Possible usage concepts are currently being developed under the direction of the Leipzig municipal cleaning company. One thing is certain: the circular economy will really come into its own in this department store. It is conceivable that converted and repaired products could be sold, for example from the recycling centers of the Leipzig municipal cleaning company. This saves resources and revalues goods. Craftsmen, artists, designers and retailers work together under one roof, alongside clubs and associations. However, customers will find more than just recycled products: it is about practical services, advice, culture and education. Together with residents, cultural providers and companies, Leipzig wants to educate people in the department store on the topics of "Reduce, Repair, Rethink". With this department store, Leipzig is also pursuing an important goal decided by the city council: Leipzig wants to become a "Zero Waste City" and strategically avoid waste. The city cleaning service is currently developing the concept, and implementation is scheduled to begin in 2024.
A feasibility study will examine new working environments for the city administration with a modern, innovative office landscape on a pilot site. This is intended to increase the attractiveness of the administrative locations in the city center. A side effect: unused inner-city areas will be revitalized.
It is necessary to clarify what effect the planned educational campus on the southern edge of the city center can have. This will examine whether a detailed analysis is necessary for all individual factors. In addition, answers are sought to the following questions: How high will the occupancy be? Will regular events make the place more attractive and can new opportunities for meeting people be created? The result of the potential analysis will serve as the basis for further planning with regard to the specific construction measures.
The change in the age structure in individual district centers such as Mockau and Georg-Schumann-Straße requires new forms of information and advice for senior citizens. A mobile advice center is to be set up for this purpose. A suitable vehicle must be rented. A person or organization is also needed who can flexibly and appropriately advise and provide concrete support to the elderly locally.
In future, a local association will operate the information center at Georg-Schumann-Straße 126 as a cooperation partner. A commercial street management will be used to pool the interests of entrepreneurs and property owners, tenants and civil actors. Appropriate cooperation will then ensure that vacancies are avoided, the cultural offering is expanded and local retail and service providers are strengthened. A digital networking and self-help system will be created at the same time. The information center is to become a place of diversity and serve as a meeting place and work space for volunteers. This can create a new anchor point for urban society.
The city wants to improve the attractiveness of Mockau and bring new life to the district. To this end, it is promoting dialogue between local companies and new ideas. Individual usage concepts are intended to fill vacant spaces and increase the variety of offers. This requires holistic ideas and image campaigns to improve the district.
Waste should be reduced in all areas of life. To this end, the amendment to the Packaging Act, which affects the catering industry, came into force on January 1, 2023. The law requires restaurateurs and food retailers of a certain size to offer their customers reusable tableware for eating out. Smaller businesses are obliged to fill customers' own containers upon request.
The project "All sorts of things to go" The Leipzig municipal cleaning company and the BUND Leipzig regional group offer advice to restaurant owners, canteen operators and retailers in the city. If you have any questions, please contact Mirko Schimmelschmidt (BUND Leipzig) on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at 0151 56806972.
The project aims to establish more reusable products together with partners. A competition will reward special commitment and new ideas. It is important to show everyone that each and every individual can make a contribution to avoiding packaging waste in the form of disposable cups and boxes.
Leipzig's city center has many well-visited shopping streets. But there are also areas where more needs to happen, for example in the south of the city center. Since Karstadt left, people have been looking for new offers here.
In the Petersbogen, the Cultural Office has tried out a new concept together with Leipzig cultural institutions: Culture and local culture should enter into dialogue and use the space together. Offers from the Leipzig online marketplace "locally happy" and Leipzig cultural institutions are combined here. Readings and exhibitions are planned, and local products are to be presented at the same time. It is important to have the opportunity to create experiences, but also to be open to networking, event and presentation formats that offer an experimental field for art, culture and regional products.
www.locally-happy.de/vendors/leipzig-04
In April 2023, the concept store “leipzig 04_ showcase for culture and local” opened in Petersbogen
Outdoor sports are trendy and need new impetus, especially after the corona-related restrictions. In order to provide more opportunities here, two new, freely accessible sports facilities are to be built. With a street ball court and a street workout facility, not only the body and mind but also neighborhoods will be revitalized and desolate urban areas will be used sensibly for sports and exercise.
The Salzgäßchen is being redesigned to be climate-friendly and adapted to the effects of climate change in the highly dense and sealed city center. This will create a place that can be visited without restrictions even on hot summer days. The planting of trees, the construction of a play snail and additional seating will improve the quality of the stay.
The Schwanenteich area at the back of the opera house is to be redesigned in accordance with landscape protection regulations to create a publicly accessible area with attractive offerings. A competition for urban and landscape architecture is being announced for this purpose. In the future, changes to the planting, playgrounds and a catering offer are to make the small park more attractive. The former opera casino roof will be developed into a public space with a catering offer.
Between the busy shopping streets of the city center and the Museum of Fine Arts there is a kind of "buffer zone": the inner courtyard between the museum and the corner buildings. The city now wants to use parts of this zone for a year with installations, performances or productions. The inviting place is intended to create a kind of bridge between the street and the museum. A two-stage competition is currently underway for the concept. The idea is to bring people together, inspire them and be open to everyone. The Karree M2plus should then open up into the city and fill it with life.
On May 22.05nd, the Department of Culture invites municipal and independent cultural actors to address the current challenges facing urban society and to help solve them. The format is also intended to promote mutual understanding between the city administration and cultural actors. Conflicts of objectives are reduced and recognition and appreciation are conveyed. The cooperation of urban society is necessary in order to bring about lasting change. This dialogue format is committed to this.
www.leipzig.de/welttagkulturnachrichten
The cooperation between twin towns is diverse and varied. People come together across borders. They meet and support each other. They work together on solutions and learn from each other or work towards common interests.
Leipzig has 15 twin towns, two district partnerships, cooperation partnerships and many other contacts all over the world. The "International Twin Town Days" make this diversity accessible to everyone. This is ensured by public formats such as concerts, outdoor exhibitions, educational, creative and informational offers or typical local gastronomy from the twin towns.&60;
In a one-week event format in 2023 and 2025, the Burgplatz at the New Town Hall will be revitalized as a gateway to the city center. It is intended to be a particular attraction for children and families. Leipzig's internationality will be visible and tangible in public space in the middle of the city center.
Contact for the project:
Rosa Goldfuß
Department of International Cooperation
Mobilephone: + 49 341 123 2144
Email: rosa.goldfuss@leipzig.de
Leipzig's city centre is to become more attractive for residents and tourists. To achieve this, new digital and analogue experiences are being created.
The project "Leipzig loves regional products" puts food and arts and crafts in the spotlight. Products "Made in Leipzig" are promoted through various media.
The "Explore Leipzig" app offers locals and tourists interactive city tours with lots of information and visual impressions. It will be available in the app stores at the end of June 2023.
The aim of the projects is to enrich the visitor experience and increase the length of stay of guests.
Do you have an exciting idea and need our support? The City Fund is another project of the “Sustainable City Centers and Centres” funding programme.
Meeting up, feeling good, experiencing something, eating, shopping and strolling - the city must invite people to do this. But online trading is putting pressure on local retailers and business owners. The effects of the pandemic are visible: public meeting places are visited less often, the shops are empty. The city must think anew. Smart ideas are needed if the city center and centers want to remain attractions for tourists, locals and investors.
Leipzig residents and companies are invited to be creative: pop-up stores, events, or civic engagement - anything is possible. If the projects are approved by an independent jury, there will be support for their implementation from the City Fund.
The fund covers up to 80 percent of the costs of a project. The applicants must contribute the remaining 20 percent as their own contribution. There is around one million euros in the funding pot, and the money can be made available until 2025. If you have any project ideas, please feel free to contact us.
We look forward to your ideas and contact via email to r.spanke@ltm-leipzig.de or cityfonds@leipzig.de.
The profile with further information can be found here:
Concerts at the Bach Monument: Discover more!
The most beautiful city center location, the finest selection of music: Since 1979, the concerts at the Bach monument have delighted their regular audience. Every Monday in July and August, the famous St. Thomas Church courtyard becomes an evening stage: for Leipzig and international artists and orchestras. Now the modernized program is also intended to reach a younger tourist and domestic audience.
School on the move: This is how education works.
They still go to school. Or have been teaching there for a long time. They study for it, do research on it, are parents or are artistically involved with school education. And they all want a real educational revolution: against old patterns and for new realities. They share the goal of quality education with UNESCO. And with the RealLabor they now have a central point of contact for this new beginning.
Suebidou: Special for the little ones!
Suebidou is a small and fine specialty store for children's products. Right in the middle of Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, with a clear focus: things that are created with a lot of heart, attention to detail and a sense of the special. Parents, grandparents and anyone who wants to surprise babies, toddlers and children will also find a lot of local and regional products here. Personal advice, a select range and the alternative to fast fashion - that can only do Leipzig's economy good!
Street Theater Days: Culture for All!
Three days full of theater, acrobatics, puppetry, improvisation, pantomime, animation, magic, dance and artistry: all in the middle of the city, everything for everyone. The Leipzig Street Theater Days come directly to the people, low-threshold, surprising, full of joy. A great offer - even for those who otherwise have little to do with culture, "just shopping" or strolling through the city on a visit!
Nicer neighborhood: Le Caphe and Patisserie Hart & Herzlich
The idea: spruce up the outdoor areas of two neighboring restaurants! With stylish, durable seating for everyone. For customers, for nursing mothers, the elderly and people with disabilities - regardless of opening times. Add climate-friendly greenery and sun protection. Voilà, dear Georg-Schumann-Straße, that's how it can be done!
Moving ideas: TicToys.
TicToys stands for "New Toy Culture" - and there's something to that: For 13 years, the products developed (and produced) locally in Leipzig have been getting children and adults moving. A lot of work and innovation went into the reduced design of the toys made from natural materials. At Christmas time, there will be a pop-up store in the middle of Leipzig!
Bonjour, quality! 28th French Film Days
Two years of pandemic-related break, then the somewhat hesitant return - now the renowned festival for Francophile cinema fans is starting up again. To attract additional attention, the Passage Kinos are teaming up with the Schaubühne Lindenfels: This is an even better way to reach the French-speaking community!
What's on the Pan: The Pancake Olympics
Enjoy your meal and have at least as much fun: The first Pancake Olympics took place at the Leipzig Market Days 2023. The disciplines? Tossing, turning - and skill. The starting conditions? Everyone works with the same dough and on the same stove (you can bring your own pan). The special feature? Fillings and decorations come from the participants - which, for once, include both amateurs and professionals.
Pop-up store: From here and in the middle.
4 weeks, 1 pop-up store, everything local: In the best city location and in the run-up to Christmas, there are handcrafted items from small factories and workshops. Stylish rental furniture makes you want to go shopping, everything is professional and of a uniform design. For lots of people walking around and buying. And more inner-city variety!
The City Fund enables, among other things,
MZIN: 1 new location, 10 events.
That's a move: In its new home, the Museum of Fine Arts, there are great opportunities for the (art) bookshop MZIN. For example, through an additional tourist audience with a great interest in local and regional works. 10 events in 5 months revolve around book art, design and pop culture. Attractive, interactive, right in the middle of things.
The City Fund enables, among other things, the financing of
Leipzig Future Day: Everyone join in tomorrow!
How do we make the city of the future climate-friendly and livable? We can all do something to get there - now, concretely, in our daily lives, even just by changing our behavior. Leipzig is tackling it: together, as an active urban society. The Leipzig Future Day offers plenty of inspiration for exactly this.
The City Fund enables, among other things,
In the shadow of the pentagon: 1-0 for the women.
“In the shadow of the pentagon” shows that female football and fan culture is anything but a replay of men’s football. It features national stories and regional tales from East and West, a lot of yesterday, a lot of today. With the first Leipzig women’s team, BSG Chemie Leipzig, founded in 1969, at the center.
The City Fund enables, among other things,
The Cockpit Collective: Speaking to History.
"Why did what happen?", "And what would you do today?" The Schaubühne Lindenfels - a renowned theater and cultural center of the independent scene - enables dialogue with historical figures with the "Cockpit Collective". Old telephone booths with modern video telephony serve as a connection to 8 actors. They embody people who, in some cases, still shape Leipzig today. A fascinating connection between yesterday, today and tomorrow.
The City Fund enables, among other things,
Fête de la Musique: Vive la musique!
The Fêtes de la Musique are a French institution - and have long been in Leipzig too. At the beginning of summer, the city becomes a stage, with celebrations, dancing and laughter everywhere. New in 2023: On the "Stage of the Twin Towns" you can experience music from Thessaloniki, Lyon, Kiev, Krakow and Brno - right in the center, right on the Burgplatz, which has been brought back to life. Alors, en danse!
The City Fund enables, among other things, the financing of
