About us

The Subbotnik building is a former school canteen of the Dr. Theodor Neubauer School.

In 2015, we came up with the idea of establishing a socio-cultural center in the canteen, which had been empty for many years. With a 35-year leasehold contract, we have also created the basis for long-term planning since 2024. What began with cold winter evenings in a very small group at a makeshift bar has now developed into a weekly solidarity kitchen, which on good summer evenings sometimes has to be frantically re-cooked because too many guests come. People also meet here on other days of the week for workshops, political groups, cultural and educational events. There are also regular dance events and our open children's and youth club, as well as the Friday bar. Since 2024, the Sub Terra Studio and the intervention space behind the Subbotnik have also been open here.

The neighboring Dr. Theodor Neubauer School, to which the building and grounds of the Subbotnik once belonged, was completely demolished in autumn 2020 after years of vacancy and is now the Marianne Brandt Secondary School in Chemnitz.