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Königstein Fortress in Saxon Switzerland received slightly fewer visitors last year. With almost 426,547 guests, 5.8 percent fewer came than in 2024, according to the administration, due to the rainy July, the full closure of the bridge in Bad Schand ..
The tuning fork and the composer's manuscripts: Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) will be duly honored this year at his former place of work, Dresden. Many events are planned 200 years after the death (July 5) of the former court conductor. The Saxon ..
The Greens in the Saxon state parliament are surprised about cuts in the current budget for culture and are demanding clarification. Culture Minister Barbara Klepsch (CDU) announced this in a video conference last week, said parliamentary group leade ..
Following the sensational discovery of previously unknown Bach works at the end of last year, further historical sources relating to Johann Sebastian Bach's church music period have come to light in Leipzig. Around 60 previously unknown files with ma ..
A good 50 monuments in Saxony were restored and renovated last year with funding from the German Foundation for Monument Protection. More than 1.2 million euros were contractually committed accordingly, as the private foundation announced in Bonn. Th ..
Plauen is starting preparations to host the "Day of the Saxons" in 2027. The Vogtland city has experience in this, said Lord Mayor Steffen Zenner (CDU) at the presentation of initial plans. After all, Plauen had already hosted Saxony's largest folk a ..
The Greens in the Saxon state parliament want to improve the conditions for voluntary services. "The demand for voluntary services in Saxony remains high. Thousands of applications for the Voluntary Social Year (FSJ) and the Voluntary Ecological Year ..
Faith dies last: With its new production of the opera "Dialogues des Carmélites" ("Conversations of the Carmelites") by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), the Semperoper Dresden gives the audience plenty of reason to suffer and at the same time encourages ..
During an opera premiere in Chemnitz, a singer suffered health problems and was taken to hospital. The performance could still be completed on Friday evening - because a bass-baritone who happened to be sitting in the audience stepped in and took ove ..
The writer Ingo Schulze will take over the 39th Bamberg Poetry Professorship in the summer semester of 2026. This was announced by the University and the City of Bamberg. The 63-year-old will succeed prominent guests such as Jenny Erpenbeck and, most ..
Brandenburg is increasing its funding for the culture and language of the Sorbs/Wends. The funds for the Foundation for the Sorbian People have increased from 3.9 million euros last year to almost 4.9 million euros this year. This was decided by the ..