Two weeks of free stay
Eisenhuettenstadt proposes 14-day free test stay in the city, for potential new residents. The City Council announced that selected people will be able to live free of charge from 6 to 20 September in the furnished apartment. “The project is targeted at anyonewho is interested in moving to Eisenhuettenstadt, e.g. for people commuting, qualified employees or people who run their own business, who are looking for a change in the environment. They will have the opportunity to get to know life, work and community ” – we read in the cities' communication. The call for applications will last until the beginning of Julyand the whole will be implemented as part of the “Innovative Immigration Project” Make Plans Now “.
There will be trips and interviews
Eisenhuettenstadt does not intend to fund free people vacationtherefore he will stay for potential residents of the city organized a number of activitiesthat will allow you to feel the atmosphere of cities like Factory visiting And other different trips. The city will also encourage program participants to stay permanently, local companies are to offer internshipsability to observe work and interviews.
City history
Eisenhuettenstadt founded in 1950, which is explained as a metallurgical city, was the first fully planned city built by socialist row former GDR. Earlier it was known as Stalinstadt (i.e. the city of Stalin), but after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 this name was changed. City It lies just off the border with Poland120 km from Berlin. Since then, however, Eisenhuettenstadt is deserted, like many other eastern cities in Germany. From the unification of the country The number of inhabitants has dropped from 50 to 24 thousand That's why the city is looking for ways to attraction of new permanent residents, especially qualified employees.
It distinguishes Eisenhuettenstadt
In Eisenhuettenstadt works The largest integrated steel mill stood in Germany, which is a place of employment for 2.5 thousand people. Many buildings from the time of socialism is located on the list of monumentsa Open layout of the city attracts tourists Those interested in architecture, we read in CNN. For one of the new residents, which speaks in the recording on the Instagram of the City Council, it was the architecture of Eisenhuettenstadt that was an impulse for moving.
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Sources: CNN