Chemnitz

Since August 2016, the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Centre Chemnitz has brought forth more than 320 internal and external forums, theme days and workshops for more than 14,000 participants, and about 35 implementation and transfer projects for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Revolution Chemnitz, established on September 11, aims to attack foreigners and political opponents.

Chemnitz, in former communist Saxony state, was flung into the spotlight as far-right protesters went after foreign-looking people in violent demonstrations last week against the fatal stabbing of a man, allegedly by an Iraqi.

Chemnitz has become a flashpoint for the debate about foreigners in German society after the fatal stabbing of a 35-year-old man on August 26.

The concert was initiated by Kraftklub, who came to fame with a hymn to their hometown of Chemnitz.

The German news agency dpa reported that Chemnitz police acknowledged having mobilized too few officers for the demonstration.

Over a thousand leftist protesters massed near a giant statue of Karl Marx in Chemnitz on Monday evening to protest attacks on foreigners that occurred during an impromptu demonstration on Sunday after reports spread on social media about the stabbing of a 35-year-old German man.

2015 will be a successful year for the Chemnitz site

In Chemnitz a protective margin, patrolled by police, is created by a landscaped forecourt and pool around the synagogue which guides visitors to the entrance where they are inspected from a security office window.

On Sunday and Monday evening, right-wing extremists marched through the eastern German city of Chemnitz. The ringleaders of the movement have well-established links to the local football hooligan scene, as DW explains."Our city -- our rules," began the Sunday morning Facebook post from Kaotic Chemnitz, a football hooligan group categorized as "extreme right-wing" by Saxony state authorities, and banned by fourth-division side Chemnitzer FC since 2012.