Past news

On March 21, the Praxisforschungsstelle (PFS) für Lebensmodelle im Alter auf dem Land was opened in the Heinersdorfer Kulturzentrum. It is a partner in the "Alterperimentale" transfer alliance between BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin. The aim of the practical research center is to support older people in staying in their home village for as long as possible and actively shaping their lives in old age. The aim is to conduct research together with them and develop suitable living models for the region.

The family center in the MehrGenerationenHaus MIKADO at Franz-Mehring-Straße 20 will be running a six-week "Educational Cooking" course for children aged six to ten from April 2024. The aim is not to achieve the perfect cooking result, but to allow children to get to know lots of different foods and taste sensations and to help decide what they want to try and process.

With the podcast "Abgeholt – Wissenschaft in vollen Zügen", the presence center offers a new science format to go. It meets scientists on the ODEG train on the RE1 line and talks to them about their research and their view of the region.

On February 14, 2024, the first think tank of the Fürstenwalde office took place on the premises of GeoClimaDesign AG. Climate managers, scientists, utilities, landlords, energy consultants, regional developers and citizens came together to discuss the heating transition in the region.

From Sunday, April 7, 2024, the first exhibition of the season will be on display in St. Marienkirche: "Love or Burden? – Construction Site Monument" is the name of the interactive and multimedia traveling exhibition of the German Foundation for Monument Protection (DSD). It takes an unusual look at the controversial topic of monument protection and is suitable for all age groups. The exhibition will be opened on Saturday, April 6 at 6 p.m. with music and words of welcome.

At last! Spring is fluttering its blue ribbon through the air again and the desire for exercise in the fresh air is increasing! The spa town offers, among other things, the ascent of the four Bad Freienwald towers, which are open again from Good Friday, March 29 and invite you to an Easter egg hunt on March 31.

After years of intensive work by many stakeholders, the steering and budget committee (StuBA) of the federal and state office for lignite remediation made a decision last week that was not only fervently hoped for in Frankfurt (Oder). According to the decision, the federal mining rehabilitation company, Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbh (LMBV), will be responsible for the rehabilitation of Lake Helene near Frankfurt (Oder), which has been closed as a bathing area for almost four years.

On Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 8.30 p.m., people all over the world will symbolically switch off the lights for one hour. Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice are also taking part in this "Earth Hour". The lights on the buildings of the European University Viadrina and the Collegium Polonicum will be switched off.

On Thursday, March 21 at 5 p.m., the exhibition "Frankfurt Underworlds: Photographic Discoveries by Hartmut Kelm" opens. Here, Frankfurt photographer Hartmut Kelm shares his view of all kinds of hidden places in the Oder city and arouses curiosity about an eventful history.

Applications open until April 7: This summer, a joint delegation from Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice will once again set off to represent the Hanseatic twin city at the most important Hanseatic meeting of modern times. Interested citizens from both cities are invited to join the travel group and become part of the Hanseatic togetherness in the middle of the historic old town of Gdansk.