Partners of the project “Our World Heritage” met on 20 March 2018 in Ústí nad Labem to discuss draft of work sheets designed to support the education about the Ore Mountains’ cultural heritage in schools. The mountainous landscapes are hoped to be officially recognized as World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.... read more
Topic: Education
Partners of ChemMultimodal and the Joint Secretariat of the Interreg Central Europe programme met on 7 & 8 March 2018 in Bratislava for the project’s mid-term review. In all participating regions, members of the consortium together with chemical industry and their logistics service providers succeeded to identify real opportunities for more... read more
Topic: Transport
After two years of construction the new Info Centre of the Mining Landscape of Krupka opened its doors on 14 March 2018. The info centre is hosted in a historic building which was refurbished within the „ArchaeoMontan 2018“ project. The building now hosts spaces for exhibitions and events as well as the town’s tourist information. One can... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
When the Monitoring Committee of the cross-border INTERREG cooperation programme between Poland and Saxony 2014-2020 met for the 8th time on February 27, 2018, its members took the decision to award funding from the programme for the project "Science as Adventure" that has been elaborated by core-consult. The project will be implemented in the... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
A citizen bus conducted by voluntary drivers will link remote parts of Osterburg town in Saxony-Anhalt to the public transport grid. The bus was presented to the public last week, leading to high media attention (including the regional TV; see link). This week, the bus is presented at several locations across town before starting scheduled... read more
Topic: Demographic change, Transport
The Archaeological Heritage Office of Saxony will host the international conference „The Ore Mountains in the focus of mountain archaeology”. The conference is the final event of the ArchaeoMontan 2018 project that terminates in summer. The event takes place on 23 and 24 August 2018 in Dippoldiswalde, Germany.... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
Partners of the MineLife project met on 11 January 2018 in Freiberg to plan their activities in 2018 together. During the course of the year, five joint excursions to visit active mining locations in Saxony and Lower Silesia are planned. In addition, workshops will be staged in Demnitz-Thumitz (DE) and Sulików (PL) to discuss approaches to... read more
Topic: Institutional capacitiesShort before the end of 2017 constructions in Krupka (CZ) were finished and a refurbished building is now ready to get equipped to host an info-centre about the mining cultural landscape of the Ore Mountains. Meanwhile the exhibition to be hosted in a new museum in nearby Dippoldiswalde (DE) takes form as most design concepts were finalised. The... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
A number of work meetings were held by partners of the Saxon-Polish cross-border project KOM(M)ANDO “ZUR HILFE! / NA POMOC”. Representatives of Löbau municipality, Luban district, the voluntary fire brigade from Löbau and the fire brigade of the Luban district discussed joint activities including trainings and guidelines for deployments to... read more
Topic: Civic protection
On 16 November 2017, the first joint conference of the Saxon and Polish mining authorities took place. During the conference i.a. the need for cooperation between the neighbours was strongly emphasized. For centuries, both in Saxony and Lower Silesia, mining has been an engine of economic development. Even today, this sector is very important for... read more
Program: Saxony-Poland