Neighborhood work in Neuplanitz: New sociocultural offerings planned

This week, the “Engagiert im Quartier” (Committed to the Neighborhood) project was once again active in the Neuplanitz district. Together with Lichthaus Zwickau e.V., neighborhood work in the district was further advanced. For around a year, Alte Gasometer e.V. has ...

Conscious and tactful – communication in life and in associations

The training and networking of volunteers form an important cornerstone of the “Engagiert im Quartier” (Committed to the Neighborhood) project. Over the past few months, a series of practical workshops has been used to impart knowledge and promote exchange. The ...

Committed to the neighborhood: Coffee klatch promotes exchange in Zwickau

The creation of meeting places in Pölbitz and Neuplanitz is a central concern of the “Committed to the Neighborhood” project. The project aims to strengthen local cohesion and facilitate exchange between different population groups. Since the fall, the project has ...

Committed to the community: Zwickau says thank you for volunteer work

Recognizing volunteer work is a pillar of democratic participation and promotes social and cultural diversity in Zwickau. The “Engagiert im Quartier” project recently held its second open evening for volunteers. This time, the gathering provided an opportunity to say thank ...

Future for Zwickau: Mayor talks to winners of ideas competition

At the youth café in the Old Gasometer, the four winners of the “Die spinnen, die Zwickauer” (The crazy people of Zwickau) ideas competition, which was launched as part of the Viele Wege Festival 2026, presented their projects to Mayor ...

City of Zwickau receives award – Saxon Democracy Award

On Thursday the city of Zwickau was awarded the Saxon Prize for Democracy as a municipality. As long-standing cooperation partners, we were happy to travel to the Staatsschauspiel Dresden theater and congratulate them in person. The nomination was submitted by ...

What We Must Learn from the NSU Story: School Cinema Puts Radicalization in Focus

On November 4, as part of the November Days, the school cinema event took place at Alter Gasometer. The film “The Perpetrators – Today Is Not All Days” was shown, shedding light on the radicalization of the NSU core trio. ...

Dignified Remembrance of the Victims of the NSU

On November 4, 2011, the so-called National Socialist Underground (NSU) revealed itself following a failed bank robbery and the explosion of an apartment in Zwickau. In the days, weeks, and months that followed, the full extent of the crimes became ...

Neighborhood time in Pölbitz: From coffee klatches to Christmas magic

Yesterday, interested residents of Pölbitz met again for the second neighborhood meeting in the club room of the “Neue Welt” concert and ballroom. After the welcome, the first item on the agenda was to evaluate the first neighborhood event, the ...

New in Pölbitz – the first coffee party was so cozy

Some things just happen by chance. Like this morning, when the clubhouse of the “Hermann Duncker” allotment garden in the Pölbitz district of Zwickau opened its lovingly crafted doors for a very special premiere: the first Pölbitz coffee party. As ...

Crowdfunding for associations – a big hit at the GGZ Arena!

Yesterday afternoon, the third workshop in the “Workshops for Volunteers” series took place in the impressive setting of the GGZ Arena Zwickau. The topic “Financing projects close to your heart with crowdfunding for associations” attracted interested and motivated participants from ...

What matters to me? What matters to us? And how free is our opinion really?

These questions were explored by young people from the Zwickau region during a workshop for participants in the Voluntary Social Year (FSJ). In an intensive full-day format, they reflected on their personal values, developed shared group values, and critically engaged ...

Finance rocks in volunteer work

Yesterday was workshop time again for volunteers in Zwickau. The second round of the “Workshops for Volunteers” event series got down to brass tacks. For four intensive hours, representatives from Zwickau-based associations delved deep into the subject matter of financial ...

Gratitude and commitment – Commemoration of German Unity Day in Zwickau

On 3 October 2025, citizens gathered at the Freedom and Unity Monument next to the Old Gasometer to celebrate the 35th anniversary of German reunification. The event was organised by the Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance in the Zwickau Region, ...

Small steps in neighborhood work in Neuplanitz

Yesterday, the second neighborhood meeting took place at the Lichthaus e.V. premises on Neuplanitzer Straße. It was an exciting meeting with committed citizens who live and work in Neuplanitz and want to actively promote greater participation and community spirit in ...

Full house, full minds – workshops for volunteers start in Zwickau

Yesterday, the first workshop in the new series “Workshops for Volunteers” took place in the Barterre of the Old Gasometer in Zwickau. The response was very positive: 16 enthusiastic participants took advantage of the four hours of intensive training to ...

Engaged in the neighborhood at the Neuplanitz Pond Festival

Today, the popular Pond Festival took place in Neuplanitz. Once a year, the Geleit pond in this district becomes a magnet for the neighborhood and many guests. In addition to a musical stage program, this year there was also an ...

Engaged in the neighborhood kicks off with neighborhood barbecue in Neuplanitz

The smell of barbecue, conversation, and children’s eyes shining with excitement—that was the neighborhood barbecue in Zwickau-Neuplanitz. Between the high-rise blocks, where many different nationalities live in a small space, the popular “village square” around the corner was transformed into ...

Last, but definitely not least: last VW project days in 2025

Summer is just around the corner – and with it, the last VW trainee group and thus the 6th group of 2025 visited the socio-cultural centre ‘Alter Gasometer’ in Zwickau. A total of 17 apprentices from the VW Mosel plant ...

VW project days with special animal guest

Yes, it was warm. Yes, the days ran from Wednesday to Friday. And yet the VW trainee group was fully involved. But let’s start at the beginning. Unlike usual, this time the project days started on Wednesday and not on ...

A bag of volunteering please!

Engagiert im Quartier invites you to the first open garden for volunteering Last Friday, the garden of the Old Gasometer in Zwickau experienced a premiere: the first ‘Open Garden for Volunteering’ opened its doors. This event brought together volunteers, interested ...

In memory of Theodoros Boulgarides. He would have turned 61 today

Finally, Theodoros Boulgarides’ memorial tree also has a sponsoring organisation. This year, the youth advisory council of the city of Zwickau has taken over the commemoration of NSU victim Theodoros Boulgarides. To mark his birthday, home-made cranes were hung on ...

VW visits for the 4th time this year

It’s June, summer is just around the corner and apprentices from the VW Mosel plant are once again at the old gasometer. For the fourth time this year, 18 trainees took part in the project days. Accompanied by intensive discussions, ...

In Memory of Abdurrahim Özüdoğru

Today, a small but committed group of members from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Zwickau North gathered to commemorate Abdurrahim Özüdoğru. He would have been 72 years old today and was murdered by the right-wing terrorist NSU on 13 June ...

Wissen machtZ! about german-russian relationship

On May 21, 2025, the Alter Gasometer in Zwickau hosted an insightful lecture as part of the “Wissen machtZ!” series: “Berlin and Moscow – Forever in Conflict?” The event shed light on the profound changes in German-Russian relations since 2014, ...