Green Zitty project theme weeks: City, country and rivers

How do we shape Zittau's future? The Green Zitty project is taking shape.

Begin 11. May 2025 - Ganztägig
End 01. June 2025 - Ganztägig

From May 11 to June 1, 2025, the General Association of Entrepreneurs of Zittau and the Surrounding Area e.V., Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, and the Saxony Association for Garden, Landscape, and Sports Field Construction, with support from the Zittau Municipal Museums , will host a theme week featuring an exhibition, discussions, and expert presentations on the topic of “Green Zitty 2032+,” the vision for the future of sustainable urban development in Zittau.

Venues
  • School of Construction - Theaterring 1
  • Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Building XV – Lander 3 Natural Fiber Center - Hochwaldstraße 14
  • Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Building Z XII – Mandauhöfe – Äußere Oybiner Straße 14/16
  • Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Building Z IV – Large Lecture Hall – Theodor-Körner-Allee 16
Permanent exhibitions


School of ArchitectureMay 11–June 1, 2025
City, Countryside & Rivers. How Do We Shape Zittau’s Future? – Green Zitty2032+
Hours: Thursday through Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and during events

Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Building Z IV, Theodor-Körner-Allee 8
Roll-up Exhibition Traveling exhibition by the Heinrich Böll Foundation: “Everything Flows!? Water in Crisis”

Opening of the theme weeks

Location: Baugewerkeschule
Speakers: Franziska Schubert (MdL), Lord Mayor Thomas Zenker, Thomas Krusekopf

Workshop/lecture: Garden experience - inner-city/private green spaces

Location: Baugewerkeschule
Speaker: Manfred Hansel - spokesperson for the "Green in the City" initiative

Kinder Academy "Shaping Zittau together - What do we need for a liveable city of the future?" - from the perspective of young people

Location: Baugewerkeschule
Speaker: Axel Keul, Sächsischer Galabauverband. Please register at i.hirt@zittau.de

Workshop for adults "Shaping Zittau together - What do we need for a liveable city of the future?" - from the perspective of the citizens

Location: Baugewerkeschule
Speaker: Axel Keul, Sächsischer Galabauverband

Lecture with discussion "Sustainable heat supply - challenges, solutions and examples"

Location: Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Building Z IV
Speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kunick

Workshop/lecture: Sustainable building

Location: Baugewerkeschule
Speaker: Daniel Neuer, architect

Workshop/Panel Discussion: Public Expert Exchange on Sponge City Concepts and Blue-Green Infrastructure BDZ Leipzig, HTW

Location: Baugewerkeschule

Speakers:

  • Prof. Dr. Jakob Hildebrandt, HSZG
  • Rainwater Agency Berlin Hybrid connected
  • Dr. Jakisch, Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
Workshop/lecture "A look over the garden fence"

Location: Baugewerkeschule
Speakers: Jens Freiberg and Jan Rohleder

Guided tour: trees - traffic safety - monument protection

Location: Grüner Ring, meeting point at the Baugewerkeschule
Speaker: Bernd Heinrich, Zittau Municipal Services Corporation

Workshop: Renewable raw materials - what can our Upper Lusatia region achieve

Location: Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Building XV – Lander³ Hall
Speaker: Matthias Tirsch, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences

Please register at i.hirt@zittau.de

Workshop: Renewable raw materials - what can our Upper Lusatia region achieve

Location: Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Building XV – Lander³ Hall
Speaker: Mathias Tirsch

School laboratory "Neisse, Mandau, Eckartsbach - How good is our water?"

Location: Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Z XII-Mandauhöfe
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Fester, for students in grades 5–12.
Please bring water samples
Please register at i.hirt@zittau.de

Presentation of Zittau area concept for energy generation

Location: Baugewerkeschule
Speaker: Matthias Matthey, Head of Urban Planning Zittau

Excursion and discussion

Location: Treffpunkt Baugewerkeschule

Zittau in the climate focus: Adapting to a new reality
Speaker: Jakob Maercker, THINK - Thüringer Institut für Nachhaltigkeit und Klimaschutz GmbH

Data and analyses on climate development and its locally noticeable effects
Moritz Dieterich, Zittauer Stadtentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH

Central exhibition event

Location: Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Building ZIV, Audimax

Closing event of the theme weeks featuring Conrad Clemens, Saxon State Minister of Culture; Mayor Thomas Zenker; Thomas Krusekopf; and the following presentations:

  • Climate Change and Its Implications for the Use of Trees in the City of the Future
    Prof. Hartmut Balder, Berlin Technical College
  • Urban Trees as Habitats—A Refuge for Bees and Other Wildlife
    Dr. Susanne Böll, Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture
  • Trees and Shrubs in the Context of Climate Change and Biodiversity
    Mayor Thomas Zenker
    Klaus Körber, Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture
Lecture The emergence of the Zittau ring promenade as an urban ensemble

Location: Baugewerkeschule
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jos Tomlow

Photo: M.A. Antje Pfitzner
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Antje Pfitzner
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