Cittaslow

Cittàslow (slow city; Italian città "city", English slow "slow") is a movement and a network. The internationally active association based in the municipality of Orvieto was founded in Italy in 1999 .

The association is inspired by the slow food movement. The main goals are to improve the quality of life in cities and to prevent the unification and Americanization of cities where franchise businesses dominate. Supporting and emphasizing cultural diversity and the own and special values of the city and its surroundings are also central Cittàslow goals. In a broader sense, Cittàslow can be added to the so-called slow movement (see deceleration ).

Notice board on Cittàslow networks

From January 2006, Cittàslow networks were established in Germany , Norway , Great Britain and Spain . In other countries, too, villages and towns are working towards the accreditation of the Cittàslow organization.

Membership and its requirements

Like Slow Food, Cittàslow is a membership organization. Full membership of Cittàslow is only allowed in cities with a population of less than 50,000. To qualify for membership, a city typically has to meet at least 50% of the criteria in a self- assessment process; only then can she apply to the national Cittàslow network. The criteria extend to the seven subject areas of environmental policy, infrastructure policy, urban quality, upgrading of local products, hospitality, awareness and quality of the landscape. Membership also requires an annual contribution to the organization.

In addition to the Cittàslow membership, there is the category of Cittàslow supporters. This possibility was created in 2005 and is intended for institutions, companies and cities that support the goals of Cittàslow, but cannot qualify for full membership.

Members

The following locations are members (as of September 2017):

Italy

Germany

Bad Essen ,
Lower Saxony
Bad Schussenried ,
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Bad Wimpfen ,
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Berching ,
Bavaria
Bischofsheim in the Rhön ,
Bavaria
Blieskastel ,
Saarland
Deidesheim ,
Rhineland-Palatinate
Hersbruck ,
Bavaria
Lüdinghausen ,
North Rhine-Westphalia
Maikammer ,
Rhineland-Palatinate
Meldorf ,
Schleswig-Holstein
Michelstadt ,
Hesse
Noerdlingen ,
Bavaria
Penzlin ,
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Schneverdingen ,
Lower Saxony
Spalt ,
Bavaria
Schwetzingen ,
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Ueberlingen ,
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Waldkirch ,
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Wirsberg ,
Bavaria
Zwingenberg ,
Hesse

Schwarzenbruck ,
Bavaria (until the end of 2010)

Austria

Enns ,
Upper Austria
Hartberg ,
Styria
Horn ,
Lower Austria

Switzerland

Mendrisio ,
Ticino

Belgium

Denmark

Mariagerfjord
Svendborg ,
Fyn

Finland

Kristinestad (Finnish Kristiinankaupunki ),
Österbotten (Finnish Pohjanmaa )

France

Ireland

Clonakilty ,
County Cork

Iceland

Djúpavogshreppur ,
Austurland

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

in the Warmia-Masurian Voivodeship (German names in brackets):

Barczewo ( Wartenburg )
Bartoszyce ( Bartenstein )
Biskupiec ( Bishop's Castle )
Bisztynek ( Bischofstein )
Dobre Miasto ( Guttstadt )
Działdowo ( Soldau )
Górowo Iławeckie ( Landsberg )
Gołdap ( Goldap )
Jeziorany ( Seeburg )
Lidzbark (also Lidzbark Welski , German Lautenburg )
Lidzbark Warmiński ( Heilsberg )
Lubawa ( Löbau / WPr. )
Nidzica ( Neidenburg )
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
Olsztynek ( Hohenstein )
Orneta ( Wormditt )
Pasym ( Passenheim )
Reszel ( Rößel )
Ryn ( Rhine )
Sępopol ( shovel ax )

Other areas of Poland:

Głubczyce ( Leobschütz ),
Opole Voivodeship
Kalety ( Kalet ),
Silesian Voivodeship
Murowana Goślina ,
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Nowy Dwór Gdański ( Tiegenhof ),
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Prudnik ( Neustadt OS ),
Opole Voivodeship
Rejowiec Fabryczny ,
Lublin Voivodeship

Portugal

Lagos ,
Algarve
São Brás de Alportel ,
Algarve
Silves ,
Algarve
Tavira ,
Algarve
Viana do Castelo ,
Northern Region
Vizela ,
Norte Region

Sweden

Falköping ,
Västra Götalands lan

Spain

Spanish names in brackets

Balmaseda ( Valmaseda ),
Basque Country ( País Vasco )
Begues ( Begas ),
Catalonia ( Cataluña )
Begur ,
Catalonia ( Cataluña )
Lekeitio ( Lequeitio ),
Basque Country ( País Vasco )
Morella ,
Valencian Community ( Comunidad Valenciana )
Mungia ( Munguia ),
Basque Country ( País Vasco )
Pals ,
Catalonia ( Cataluña )
Rubielos de Mora ,
Aragon ( Aragón )

Hungary

Hódmezővásárhely ,
Csongrád-Csanád county

Turkey

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Lefke ,
Güzelyurt district
Mehmetçik ,
İskele District
Yeniboğaziçi (Yeni Boğaziçi),
Gazimağusa District

United Kingdom

Aylsham ,
Norfolk ,
England
Berwick-upon-Tweed ,
Northumberland ,
England
Llangollen ,
Denbighshire ,
Wales
Mold ,
Flintshire ,
Wales
Perth ,
Scotland

Australia

Taiwan

United States

Sebastopol (California)
Sonoma (California)

Individual evidence

↑ Cittaslow - Rete Internazionale delle città del buon vivere
↑ Art. 1 Charter. (PDF) Cittàslow, accessed on May 30, 2020 .
^ City of Schneverdingen - Cittàslow. Retrieved March 29, 2017 .
↑ The messenger for Nuremberg-Land from September 9, 2010: Cittaslow Schwarzenbruck is history ( Memento from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Cittaslow International
Cittaslow Germany
Study "Local Qualities, Criteria and Success Factors for the Sustainable Development of Small Cities - Cittaslow" , special publication by BMVBS, 2013
Article about the Cittàslow concept using the example of the city of Waldkirch : " Slow cities: The discovery of slowness " by Birgit Schmidt in Jungle World No. 50, December 11, 2008
Radio report on the Cittàslow concept using the example of the city of Orvieto : " Orvieto - the cradle of deceleration " by Manfred E. Schuchmann on Bayern 2 radioReisen, March 15, 2015 ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

[1] Cittaslow - Rete Internazionale delle città del buon vivere

[2] Art. 1 Charter. (PDF) Cittàslow, accessed on May 30, 2020 .

[3] City of Schneverdingen - Cittàslow. Retrieved March 29, 2017 .

[4] The messenger for Nuremberg-Land from September 9, 2010: Cittaslow Schwarzenbruck is history ( Memento from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive )