Radebeul-Mitte development area

The funding decision for Radebeul's sporting and cultural centre has arrived!

Good news for Radebeul: The Radebeul-Mitte area is getting money for urban development! On 1 October 2025, Minister of State Regina Kraushaar presented Mayor Bert Wendsche and representatives of 16 other Saxon towns and municipalities with new funding decisions totalling 37.8 million euros at a ceremony in Leisnig. For Radebeul, this includes 1.43 million euros. Almost 15 million euros can be spent by 2039. The federal government, the Free State of Saxony and the city of Radebeul are each providing a third of the money. In January 2025, the Urban Development Office submitted the application for the "Vibrant Centres" funding programme - and Radebeul was accepted in the same year. The "SEKO" application document is based on the Radebeul-Mitte framework plan, which was approved by the city council on 12 February 2025. By developing the existing brownfield sites and converting vacant buildings, the centre is to become an urban development entity and at the same time a preferred traffic area for users of bicycles, S-Bahn, buses and trams. The vacant areas are to be redesigned for cultural and sporting uses together with the citizens. Everyone will be regularly informed and actively involved.

Framework plan and SEKO

At its meeting on 12 February 2025, the city council adopted the "Sportlich-kulturelle Mitte Radebeul"" urban development framework plan and the "Radebeul Mitte" urban development concept (SEKO) at the same time. The content of the two documents overlap to a large extent. The framework plan aims to coordinate future planning and construction and steer it in the direction of a "sporting and cultural centre" for Radebeul. In future, it will always play a role when specific construction measures are planned in the individual sections, for which it forms the "framework". The SEKO is a development area concept and part of an application for urban development funding in the federal-state programme "Vibrant Centres". If funding is granted, numerous individual measures in the framework plan are to be financed over the next 15 years.

Traffic analysis of Weintraubenstraße

The next step is to carry out a comprehensive traffic study in the Weintraubenstraße area. The aim is not only to remedy the existing deficiencies in cycling and pedestrian traffic, but also to analyse the effects of the framework plan on the area. The key measures of the framework plan in terms of traffic are the creation of a safe crossing for cyclists and pedestrians across Weintraubenstraße, the linking of Richard-Wagner-Straße from Weintraubenstraße and the creation of a central car park between Krokofit and the youth hostel. A town square without through traffic is to be created in front of the Weintraube S-Bahn stop.

First public event

At the first public event on 10 December 2024 in the auditorium of the Lößnitzgymnasium, around 60 citizens took the opportunity to find out more about the framework plan and the SEKO and to comment on it. The comments were incorporated into the SEKO together with those of the public interest organisations. However, these did not result in any changes to the framework plan, as it is not yet affected by specific objections and proposals in terms of the level of abstraction. However, these will be taken into account in the implementation planning. Essentially, framework planning consists of the formulation of objectives that can always be realised in one way or another. As soon as concrete plans for the individual sections of the framework plan are initiated, citizens will be informed and involved again.