"Volunteers are the heart and soul of our urban society," said Lord Mayor Frank Klingebiel in his opening speech at the 16th Volunteer Day, which took place on Wednesday, December 12, at the Hotel am See.

On Tuesday, December 18, the ceremonial handover of the certificates to the newly trained integration guides of the city of Salzgitter took place in the council chamber of the town hall in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt.

The city and state education authority are once again pulling together in the context of school social work. They have agreed on a joint framework concept "School social work and social work in school responsibility".

Cultural conferences, online surveys, discussions and much more: Head of Cultural Affairs Eric Neiseke and his team launched a diverse participation process for the Kulturentwicklungsplan.

What should Salzgitter look like in 2040? How do citizens want to live and work then? In the "Im/mobile Cultures - Salzgitter 2040" workshop, ideas will be collected and future scenarios developed.

On the evening of November 19, around 150 participants accepted the city administration's invitation to the Kulturscheune to take part in the discussion about the further development of Salzgittersee.

The future of Salzgittersee is the subject of a public participation process that will be presented on Monday, November 19, at 6 p.m. in the Kulturscheune in Lebenstedt.

On September 26, the Salzgitter City Council passed a resolution against hate speech, violence and extremist activities.

The Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour, Transport and Digitalization is funding two projects in Salzgitter as part of the 2019 annual construction programme to improve traffic conditions in the municipalities.

The city of Salzgitter is looking for volunteers who are committed to helping children and young people and are to be awarded the "Salzgitter-Brief" for their efforts.

Salzgitter has inaugurated a unique project with the "Arche 4": those responsible from the church, advisory council, local council and administration all agreed on this.

The Bäder, Sport und Freizeit GmbH of the city of Salzgitter intends to lease an area for the construction of a beach bar on the eastern shore of Salzgittersee, near the pirate playground, on a seasonal basis from 2019.

Sabine Petter has been the new head of the Salzgitter music school since October 1. "I have already had very positive experiences here in the cultural department."

Former Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel will be reading from his new book "Zeitenwende in der Weltpolitik" on Wednesday, November 14, at 7 p.m. in the Fürstensaal of Salder Castle in Salzgitter.

Radicalization is a social problem in Germany. One example is the 83 people who left Lower Saxony for Syria and Iraq to fight for the so-called Islamic State.

Diana Graf and Sabine Naats are the contact persons in the Steterburg neighborhood management, which began its work on August 1. The social networking work is to be strengthened with greater involvement of the citizens.

At its meeting on Wednesday, September 26, the Salzgitter City Council unanimously passed a resolution in favor of the Festival of Democracy on October 6 and against violence, hate speech and extremist activities of any kind.

On Sunday, September 23, Lord Mayor Frank Klingebiel hosted a very special event.

In October last year, the Salzgitter City Council commissioned the administration to draw up draft plans for the construction of a lakeside promenade.

From 01.10.2018, Wohnbau Salzgitter will take over the function as operator of the "Ratskeller" hotel and restaurant in Salzgitter-Bad.

Once the defects have been rectified, seating will be built next week. A water play area is not feasible due to the water quality. As an alternative, this is planned for the neighboring playground "Im Teiche".

The "Soziale Stadt Steterburg" neighborhood management team was restaffed in August and is intensifying its work for citizens.

The cultural life of the city of Salzgitter is broadly based. It is decisively shaped by the cultural activities of the citizens and the groups and associations they support.

The many guests inaugurated the new football pitch in Steterburger Brotweg in a very practical way with a goal wall shoot-out: Lord Mayor Frank Klingebiel brought along footballs for the occasion, which the youngsters tested with enthusiasm.

On Tuesday/Wednesday, August 28/29, 2018, Frank Klingebiel, Mayor of the City of Salzgitter and Vice President of the Association of Cities and Towns of Lower Saxony, welcomed the Executive Committee of his municipal umbrella organization to Salzgitter.

Umweltdienste Kedenburg GmbH from Hildesheim has applied to the Braunschweig State Trade Supervisory Office for planning approval for the construction and operation of an AURA mineral landfill.

Every year in the summer months - with the start of the barbecue season or just in time for the first summer party in the garden - they reappear, the black and yellow and sometimes very defensive insects.

On Wednesday, August 29, the Salzgitter City Council will decide on the installation of path lighting and the implementation of public Wi-Fi at Salzgittersee.

"At all levels of the administration, we are working hard to create the additional 470 nursery places needed in Salzgitter to enable all children to attend nursery and fulfill the legal entitlement."

Mayor Frank Klingebiel obtains a further 21 million euros from the federal government for the Salzgitter Fund.

On August 1, 19 junior employees began their training at the City of Salzgitter.

Since Monday, July 2, Hartmut Schölch has been head of the City of Salzgitter's cultural department. The 53-year-old cultural educator previously headed the cultural department of the town of Waldshut-Tiengen in southern Baden-Württemberg.

The city of Salzgitter has announced that the basic renovation of the Salzgitter-Ringelheim bus station to improve local public transportation will begin on Monday, July 2.

Salzgitter, 20.06.2018: "After a long and controversial debate, the Salzgitter City Council has today wasted a unique opportunity for sustainable structural development as an industrial location," explains Lord Mayor Frank Klingebiel.

On Tuesday, June 26, the Ritterburg playground in Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen was inaugurated by the First Mayor Stefan Klein and the local mayor Annegrit Grabb.

Joy, relief and great anticipation for the future at St. Elisabeth Hospital: the state of Lower Saxony is providing 24.5 million euros in funding for a new replacement building at the existing site in Salzgitter-Bad.

The outdoor pool in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt is to be closed, according to Bäder, Sport und Freizeit GmbH (BSF). The city council will decide on this on June 27.

Opponents of the project stereotypically claim that its implementation has already been decided. With the current draft resolution, Lord Mayor Frank Klingebiel clarifies the actual status of the project.

On 28.05.2018, the Board of Trustees of Endlager Konrad Stiftungsgesellschaft mbH met under the chairmanship of Lord Mayor Frank Klingebiel.

The "Wir helfen Kindern" association is once again offering a prediction game for the World Cup in Brazil. Anyone of legal age can take part until 2 p.m. on June 10.

Following the completion of the first construction phase of the modernization measures of the former indoor outdoor pool, the new Stadtbad building was opened after a construction phase of around two years.

Joint commercial and industrial area is feasible - on a smaller scale and subject to conditions

This year's Sportmeisterehrung took place on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at the Hotel am See in Lebenstedt for a total of 110 successful athletes.

Final spurt! The first construction phase of the modernization measures at the Stadtbad am Salzgittersee is in full swing and is in the final phase.

The Lord Mayors of the cities of Braunschweig and Salzgitter, Ulrich Markurth and Frank Klingebiel, invite you to the presentation of the results of the feasibility study on the planned Braunschweig-Salzgitter commercial and industrial area.

The "Osterholz, Südholz, Kassebusch" area is to be declared a landscape conservation area by order of the City of Salzgitter.

Actively shaping culture in Salzgitter: That was the aim of the citizens who took part in the fourth and final cultural conference in the auditorium of Gebhardshagen secondary school. A varied supporting program with the hip hop dance formation "Beat Explosion" and a raffle rounded off the event.

On the evening of March 8, 2018 (Thursday), the city hosted the third cultural development conference in the canteen of the Salzgitter-Thiede secondary school.

At its meeting on March 15, the council unanimously decided to honor 14 people for special services to the city of Salzgitter. They will receive honorary citizenship or medals.

These were two evenings characterized by music, conversation, palpable enthusiasm and a common cause: the first two in a series of four public cultural development conferences.

On March 13, the Salzgitter City Council approved by a majority a purchase program for the acquisition of residential properties in Salzgitter-Watenstedt in order to remedy the lack of urban development there.

The completion of the Konrad repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste in Salzgitter will be delayed by four and a half years, according to the Federal Company for Final Storage (BGE).

The Innerste Valley and Kanstein nature reserve (NSG) offers natural treasures that have become rare: For example, kingfishers and red-breasted mergansers, a duck bird, find a unique habitat on the Innerste.

On Thursday, March 8, the city of Salzgitter invites you to the next "Cultural Conference" from 5 to 7 pm. It will take place in the canteen of the Thiede secondary school at Panscheberg 56.

On May 25, 2018, the Salzgitter campus celebrates its 25th birthday with the fifth "Night of the Profs".

What should the playground on Danziger Straße look like? The children at Steterburg elementary school came up with many answers: a ship to climb on, lots of sand and a slide are among their wishes.

On Tuesday, February 27, the city of Salzgitter invites you to the next "Cultural Conference" from 5 to 7 pm. It will take place in the Kulturscheune, Thiestraße 22, in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt.

Construction work on a new service station at the train station in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt is expected to begin in March 2018. The costs for the project amount to around 970,000 euros.

What makes culture in Salzgitter special? What ideas, visions and wishes are there for the cultural programs? These and other questions are the focus of the cultural conferences that are now starting.

The "UNESCO Global Geopark Harz . Braunschweiger Land . Ostfalen" has been certified for a further four years.

The Schacht Konrad Working Group is holding an exhibition in the Salzgitter-Bad City Library from 17.01.2018 to 24.03.2018 to mark its anniversary "30 years of the Schacht Konrad Working Group - Resistance in the future too".

Lord Mayor Frank Klingebiel: "We are making consistent progress at full speed. The city is positioning itself for the future, but we urgently expect further support from the state."