Chemnitz was the industrial heartbeat of East Germany. In 1953 Chemnitz was in-fact renamed to: Karl Marx Stadt by East Germany's communist leadership. Chemnitz was supposed to become the model city of a communist working society, as we now know that plan didn't come to materialise.
Chemnitz is still today struggling massively from the economic collapse that happened to East Germany after the collapse of the country. The population has declined with more than 20% since 1990 and young people are still leaving on mass.
In 2025 Chemnitz has been named European Capital of Culture so I went to explore how Chemnitz is doing and to find out what happens to a city post economic collapse?
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GM Nostr! Here is another one of my favourite photographs and the story behind it.
It is moment like these that make me love hiking and camping in the wild. The solitude and time to reflect. Just myself alone with nature. It is raw, at times it is tough, just as tough mentally as physically, but most of all it is beautiful. This photo is taken at sunset by my camp for the night on the shores of Lake Cochrane in the heart of Chilean Patagonia.
