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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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