Since 1992, an official commemorative medal made of precious metal has been linked to the festival . The mayors of the host cities, a project manager and the Saxon Numismatic Society with its President Rudolf Reimann are responsible for the design of the medal . The medal can be acquired by visitors before, during and after the festive events.
The day of Saxony of Trustees supported Day of the Saxons , the representatives belong to 80-Saxon associations and clubs. The office of President of the Board of Trustees was taken over on June 7, 2010 by Matthias Rößler, President of the Saxon State Parliament (as the successor to his predecessor Erich Iltgen ).
history
Already from July 4th to 6th 1914 there was the Saxon Day in Dresden : The local writer Adolph Ziesche is considered the founder and organizer of this regional festival, which - as it was called in the press in 1914 - "Wenden and Vogtländer, Oberlausitzer and Altenburger, Meißner and Erzgebirglers united to form a huge family ”. 36 delegations from all parts of Saxony presented their homeland with colored pictures during a parade .
The Saxon state government, which was re-established with German unification , continued this tradition in 1992 and decided to hold this event and the procedure every year.
The celebratory medal with an edition of just 300 is available in fine silver (sale price 59.00 euros ), gold-plated copper (19.00 euros) and imperial pewter (15.00 euros). Each is in a case and the buyer receives a medal pass . The medals have a high collector's value. The first edition from the first day of the Saxons in Freiberg cost 25 euros (converted) and is already trading at 200.00 euros. In addition, ejection groschen are produced, which are thrown from the floats among the people during the parade . These are small copper coins that are more of a souvenir value, but have a long historical tradition.
In addition to Grimma, Schwarzenberg and Pirna were also applicants for the 2008 event . Pirna waived because the city wanted to focus on the city anniversary (775 years) in the same year. Schwarzenberg declared his decision not to do so because, with Marienberg and Reichenbach in Vogtland, two cities in the region had already hosted Saxony's Day in 2006 and 2007.
For 2009, Mittweida was the only applicant to be confirmed as the host by the Board of Trustees. Since the city celebrated the 800th anniversary of its first documentary mention, other interested parties had withheld their applications in favor of this anniversary. Mittweida had already been a candidate alongside Riesa in 1999.
Since Grossenhain withdrew his application on Whit Monday 2010 because of the damage caused by the tornado , Freiberg stepped in at the request of the “Tag der Sachsen” board of trustees. In 2012 Freiberg celebrated the settlement of the region with a festival year "850 Years Freiberg". The Day of the Saxons was thus one of the many highlights in the anniversary year.
The host city had my: uniquate GmbH from Chemnitz create an image video for the Day of the Saxons: In four minutes a cross-section of city life is shown, including the symbolic figures of blue paint workers and bathing girls . The video was created over a long period of time at clubs, festivals, companies and businesses in various locations and can be viewed from January 2020 at www.tds.de.
canceled on April 9, 2020 due to the corona pandemic
Wurzen - Day of the Saxons 2015 . Issue 3/2015 as an expanded edition of Sächsische Heimatblätter , magazine for Saxon history, monument preservation, nature and the environment, 61st year, A4 format, 321 pages, Niederjahna / Meißen 2015
Welcome to the Day of the Saxons from September 4th to 6th 2015 in Wurzen . Publishing supplement of the Leipziger Volkszeitung , August 28, 2015, 28 pages, A3 format
↑ a b Press release from the city administration of Aue-Bad Schlema from December 12, 2019: Invitation to a video presentation and presentation of the medal for the Day of Saxony 2020 in Aue-Bad Schlema.
↑ Idea and concept. In: tds.sachsen.de. Saxon State Chancellery, accessed October 1, 2019 .
↑ Additional press information the city council of 18 December 2019 , the festival medal the day of Saxony in 2020 in Aue Bad Schlema and eject penny a "Day of Saxony" .
↑ The motto for “Day of the Saxons” in Freital in 2021 is fixed . In: Stadtverwaltung Freital (ed.): Freitaler Anzeiger . Linus Wittich, September 27, 2019, p.20 ( freital.de [PDF; 5.4MB ]).
