haamit heimaten

Searching for, finding, making a home - how do we make a Heimat (German for home)? As a member of the heimaten network, initiated by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, Chemnitz 2025 is organising the haamit heimaten festival. The main projects European Workshop for Culture and Democracy and Living Neighbourhood bring a wide range of positions to the understanding of home in Chemnitz and the Capital of Culture Region. Saxony was and is home for many people. The term "haamit", the Saxon variant of "home", meets the actively conceived verb "heimaten". The programme invites you to search for traces in allotment gardens and neighbourhoods, to engage in dialogue with one another and presents performances, poetry and music.

haamit heimaten is part of the decentralised heimaten festival from September to December 2025, organised by Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin. Numerous partner institutions in German-speaking countries are taking part in the festival to highlight plural democracy. The starting point is that a home is understood as a process of creation by many. The programme understands heimaten as a verb, as home is something that is actively shaped and constantly recreated in the moment of creation. Heimaten is in the plural, as in Germany people in loose associations and institutions, initiatives and clubs shape what is currently referred to as German society and culture.