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New Year’s Eve Revelers Break Shop Windows

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021

This New Year’s Eve was different than previous ones. The sale of fireworks was forbidden across Germany this year in order to keep people from congregating and overwhelming the emergency services and the health system. The curfew in Saxony was … Read more

Categories Crime, History

Vaccination Center Planned in Löbau for District of Görlitz

December 11, 2020December 8, 2020

Vaccines in Saxony most likely won’t begin to be distributed until next year. There are plans to have a vaccination center in each district. Having a central location will allow for storage of the vaccinations at minus 70 degrees, which … Read more

Categories Health

Bundeswehr Brought in to Help Combat Virus

November 20, 2020

84 soldiers, most of them from Weißenfels in Saxony-Anhalt, have been sent to the district of Görlitz to lend a helping hand for the next four weeks. The German armed forces were called to help in the five hospitals throughout … Read more

Categories Health

A New Police Chief for Görlitz

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020

The Görlitz police have a new head – 39 year-old Susanne Heise. Heise began her career as a patrol officer in 2006 and studied at the Hochschule der Sächsischen Polizei in Rothenburg. Beginning in 2012 she was the press spokesperson … Read more

Categories Crime, People

City Councilor Kicked out of AfD Faction for Congratulating Holocaust Denier

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020

Görlitz city councilor Jens Jäschke has been kicked out of the AfD faction in the city council for a post he made on Facebook congratulating the Holocaust denier Ursula Haverbeck on her release from prison. Ursula Haverbeck was sentenced to … Read more

Categories Politics

Demonstrators Protest the Demolition of Two Villas

November 13, 2020

Around 150 demonstrators gathered in front of the City Center on Friday night to protest the proposed demolition of two villas behind the post office in Görlitz. Private investor Winfried Stöcker, who purchased the Kaufhaus in Görlitz in 2013 with … Read more

Categories Business, Politics

African Swine Fever Reaches Görlitz

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020

African swine fever is a disease that affects domestic pigs and wild boar. The disease is highly contagious and although it represents no danger to humans, it is a danger to pig farmers. There are more than 3000 farmers that … Read more

Categories Health

Three Christmas Trees for Görlitz

November 13, 2020November 12, 2020

Although the city of Görlitz just received the news that its traditional Christmas Market, the Schlesischer Christkindelmarkt, won’t be taking place this year in its traditional form due to the pandemic, the town is still hoping to maintain some of … Read more

Categories Events, Uncategorized

Events Observing November Pogrom to Take Place Despite Pandemic

November 7, 2020

Each year on November 9th the city of Görlitz commemorates the November pogrom of 1938 – coordinated attacks carried out against Jews throughout Nazi Germany in which their homes, businesses and synagogues were looted and destroyed and many Jews were … Read more

Categories Events, History

A New Bridge Over the Neisse

November 7, 2020November 6, 2020

The Görlitz city council decided this week to move forward with a feasibility study for a possible bridge location north of the city in cooperation with Zgorzelec. The bridge would be both for cars and cyclists/pedestrians. A new bridge over … Read more

Categories History, Politics
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