Chemnitz, around 850 years old, is located in the centre of Saxony. With a population of 240,000, the city is the third largest in the new federal states and has a unique story to tell - of pioneering inventions in automotive engineering, mechanical engineering or the textile industry as well as courageous entrepreneurs such as Richard Hartmann, Carl Gottlieb Haubold or Louis Schönherr. As a modern industrial city, Chemnitz is one of the fastest-growing cities in Germany today. The city is a technology centre with a focus on the automotive and supplier industry, information technology and mechanical and plant engineering.

The "City of Modernity" impresses with its cultural and economic diversity, which ranges from a five-genre theatre and several prestigious museums such as the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, the SMAC or the Sächsisches Industriemuseum to the Technical University as an intellectual centre and research facilities such as the Fraunhofer Institutes.

Tradition and modernity are reflected in exciting urban contrasts, among other things. Unique examples of Bauhaus and New Objectivity or the Kaßberg, one of the largest contiguous Wilhelminian style neighbourhoods in Europe, delight architecture fans. Centrally located historic neighbourhoods such as the Brühl are developing into urban and young districts with a high quality of life. Famous far beyond the city borders: the 7.10 metre high bronze Karl Marx head by Lew Kerbel, popularly known as "Nischel", from 1971.

Chemnitz is on friendly terms with twelve twin cities from Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic) to Taiyuan (People's Republic of China) and Akron (United States of America) and holds the title of European Capital of Culture 2025.

More information can be found in The Tourism Magazine and on the website of the city.