Stiftung Lebendige Stadt - Foundation For Vibrant Cities
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The Foundation supports projects based on creative concepts that serve as models for other municipalities and that enhance the urban living quality of towns and cities in the long term.
     
     
   

"Lebendige Stadt" Foundation funds "Note Wall" on the "Leipzig Music Trail" project

 

The "Lebendige Stadt" Foundation is making 10,100 euros available for the construction of the "Note Wall". The Note Wall is part of the Leipzig Music Trail which will soon connect the most important places of residence and work of Leipzig's famous composers. The Note Wall is being built directly next to Music Trail station no. 8 – the "Graphic Quarter – Music Publishing Houses". With the friendly cooperation of the Pentahotel in Leipzig, the 2x3 meter Note Wall is being built in the hotel grounds.
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Information on the project "Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurs' Initiative – Castle in Focus"

 

A new illumination concept is being developed for Schwerin Castle, the landmark of the state capital of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. The "Lebendige Stadt" Foundation is funding this future-oriented illumination scheme to the tune of 20,000 euros.
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Restoration of the "bourgeois gardens

 

In Arnsberg, the "Lebendige Stadt" Foundation is supporting the redevelopment of the "bourgeois gardens" as a best practice model for the revitalization of "garden gems".
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Modernization of the Dom-Schule schoolyard

 

In Lübeck, the "Lebendige Stadt" Foundation is supporting the modernization of the schoolyard at the "Dom-Schule" grade school
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Invitation for entries to the competition organized by the "Lebendige Stadt" Foundation

Coolstes Rathaus  

"The Coolest Town Hall"
A contribution to sustainable climate protection and the reduction of energy costs in town halls by implementing an energy-efficient lighting concept
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Krupp-Park Essen –
one of the biggest inner city revitalization projects

Coolstes Rathaus  

 A new leisure and recreational landscape has been created on the site of the former Krupp cast iron works in Essen. The “Lebendige Stadt” Foundation sponsored the wooded area in the northern area of the Krupp-Park with funding totaling 150,000 euros.
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Joining forces for more green areas

   For Lord Mayor Helmut Himmelsbach, the "Day of the Vibrant City" was a highly satisfying day. "From our point of view, everything is heading in the right direction", said a happy Lord Mayor.
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Erkrather Strasse underpass Worringer Platz - Light Concepts

Worringer Platz is one of the most disputed locations in the Düsseldorf city centre. It suffers from problems such as excessive traffic volume, over-furnished, drug trafficking etc. At the same time it serves as a stage for many different kinds of artistic events.  
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"Monument of Questions" in Hannover

 "If your child asks you tomorrow ..." is the motto of the art project to mark the 30th German Protestant Kirchentag event in Hannover.
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Illumination concept for Uelzen

Übersicht Uelzen Smaller towns can also profit from the know-how of the "Lebendige Stadt" Foundation
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Cologne - Rhine Romanticism

The bank of the Rhine will soon be showing its attractions in a new light.
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"The artistic prefab" in Hoyerswerda

A monolithic, five-storey, cement-slab building (one of the renowned east German "Plattenbau" highrises) that has been slated for demolition is gradually becoming a unique work of art.
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The Nikolaikirche church in Leipzig

The plans to re-design the courtyard of the Nikolaikirche as well as to install a fountain and project a light design will create a new focal point of attraction for tourists and local people alike.
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Project support – showcasing the attractions of Salzburg

An illumination concept has been created for the quay district in Salzburg with the help of the "Lebendige Stadt" Foundation. The first elements in the masterplan drawn up by light designer Michael Batz have already been implemented.
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Redevelopment of the "Jungfernstieg" boulevard

Jungfernstieg
Picture: Peter Wels
From August 2005, the "Jungfernstieg" – the formerly elegant boulevard on the bank of the Alster – should once again be a "calling card" for Hamburg at the heart of the inner city.
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Illumination of the “Speicherstadt” warehouse district in Hamburg

The illumination concept for the “Speicherstadt” designed by artist Michael Batz in Hamburg is a model project in the field of innovative civic development.
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The blast furnaces in Neunkirchen

The blast furnaces of the former ironworks, a central feature in the town of Neunkirchen through to the present day, have been given a new – and highly attractive – lease of life.
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