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Recurring event · Annual

Bundeskongress Nationale Stadtentwicklungspolitik (German National Urban Development Policy Congress)

Germany

Participatory urbanism and placemakingUrban commons and municipalismConferenceNational

Annual congress of the Nationale Stadtentwicklungspolitik, Germany's federal urban policy shared by the federal ministry, the Länder and the two main associations of municipalities. It moves to a different city each September (Rostock in 2025, Cologne in 2026, Chemnitz in 2027) and gathers around a thousand people to discuss neighbourhoods, housing and the common-good city. It is the reference meeting of German public urbanism; the tension is that it is a ministerial showcase where citizen participation is discussed more than practised.

Organised by
Ministerio federal de Vivienda, Desarrollo Urbano y Construcción (BMWSB) con la Bauministerkonferenz de los Länder, el Deutscher Städtetag y el Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund
Frequency
Annual · usual months: September
Continuity
Still held
Usual venue
Germany
Languages
German
Website
www.nationale-stadtentwicklungspolitik.de/NSPWeb/DE/Termine/Bundeskongress/bundeskongress_node.html ↗
Last reviewed
21 October 2026

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Editions announced by the organiser are recorded. What is expected is deduced from the frequency and the usual months, and marked as an estimate.

15 to 16 September 2027Participatory urbanism and placemaking

20. Bundeskongress Nationale Stadtentwicklungspolitik

Chemnitz · Germany

Twentieth congress, announced for 15 and 16 September 2027 in Chemnitz.

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