15/05/2025
From train station to educational campus
The following news article is part of our new series: “Using The Existing. Shaping Leipzig”. In this series, we present projects that show how new urban qualities can be created with historical substance. In the first part of our series, we look at a former railroad station site in the east of Leipzig. Students will soon be learning where trains once stopped: the site of the former Eilenburg railroad station is being transformed into a modern educational campus with new school buildings, a sports hall and a daycare center. At the heart of it all: a listed building that will continue to be used and reinterpreted.
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08/01/2025
denkmal meets... PaX
We raised three questions to Oliver Koch-Kinne, Head of Online Marketing at PaX AG, one of the exhibitors at denkmal 2024. Among other things, Koch-Kinne is responsible for the company's own portal fenster-im-baudenkmal.de. The specialist portal for windows in half-timbered houses, old buildings and monuments bundles the knowledge that building owners, architects and monument conservators need in practice. The idea was born 20 years ago and today the portal is a complete success with development potential.
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08/01/2025
denkmal presents... First aid for cultural heritage
From a global perspective, it is a novelty that was presented at denkmal in Leipzig. The German Association of Conservators (VDR) provided initial insights shortly before the completion of its Operational Manual for Cultural Property . Whether paint on canvas, photos, ceramics or plastic: the manual describes specific recovery and initial care measures in the event of damage. The entire manual was available online at the end of November 2024.
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08/01/2025
denkmal looks back... on a successful anniversary
denkmal 2024 in Leipzig, Europe's leading trade fair for the preservation, restoration and old building renovation, impressively demonstrated its position as a central platform for the preservation of cultural heritage this year. From November 7 to 9, 2024, the Leipzig exhibition grounds were the meeting place for experts, institutions and interested parties from all over the world. On the 30th anniversary of the trade fair, 499 exhibitors from 26 countries met 13,400 visitors (denkmal and MUTEC). Their response - consistently positive.
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09/11/2024
denkmal & MUTEC 2024: Large number of visitors at anniversary
The leading European trade fair denkmal, together with the parallel MUTEC, has once again proven itself to be the central international platform for the preservation and communication of cultural heritage. With 13,400 visitors, the trade fair duo continued its strong development and experienced noticeable growth - this was also evident in the two exhibition halls. 499 exhibitors from 26 countries met numerous interested, enthusiastic and innovation-hungry visitors.
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09/11/2024
At denkmal anniversary - 14th Presentation of denkmal Gold Medals to 10 Winners
They are an integral part of the 30-year denkmal tradition: the much wanted gold medals of the leading European Trade Fair for Monument Conservation, Restoration and Old Building Renovation. This year, for the 14th time, they were awarded to ten denkmal exhibitors for their outstanding achievements in the preservation of historical monuments in Europe.
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