On 2 December, the fifth expert workshop of the project “Eco-Energy in Action” took place at the premises of the Löbau Volunteer Fire Brigade. The participants – senior officers from fire brigades in Poland and Germany – received professional insights into possible response scenarios involving accidents with vehicles powered by... read more
Topic: Civic protection
Fire fighters from Löbau and the District of Lubań were invited to participate in a joint training and exercise to combat fires of electric cars and photovoltaic installations. The participants learned about the main causes of fires, how to address dangers of electic shocks, and appropriate fire combating strategies. In addition, a workshop was... read more
Topic: Civic protection, Climate protection
On 28 May 2025, volunteer fire brigade leaders from Poland had the opportunity to visit their colleagues on the other side of the border at a special location during the third cross-border specialist workshop of the ‘Eco-Energie in Aktion’ project. The meeting took place at the VSU Tunnel Königshainer Berge fire station by the A4 motorway.... read more
Topic: Civic protection, Climate protection
On Monday, 31 March 2025, the project partners of the German-Polish Interreg project ‘Fragiles Erbe/ Kruche dziedzictwo’ and the stakeholders of the project met at the State Office for Archeology of Saxony to get to know the project and to initiate an exchange on the project topics. “The diversity of archeological heritage in the context of... read more
Topic: Climate protection, Cultural heritage
On 26 March 2025, fire brigade teams from Poland and Saxony met for the second time as part of a cross-border specialist workshop for civil protection managers on the premises of the district administration office in Lubań. The meeting was attended by Zbigniew Zjawin, District Administrator of the District of Lubań, Albrecht Gubsch, Mayor of the... read more
Topic: Civic protection
Representatives of the fire brigades of Löbau and Luban met on December 12th, 2024, in Löbau for a first expert workshop in the framework of the project "Eco-Energy in Action". The workshops aim at identifying barriers to cross-border civic protection efforts and to find pragmatic solutions to ease the collaboration. The event was attended by 25... read more
Topic: Civic protection
Last Friday, 29 November 2024, the partnership agreement for the ‘Fragiles Erbe / Kruche dziedzictwo’ project was ceremonially signed by the project's lead partner – the State Office for Archaeology of Saxony. The document was signed by Dr Regina Smolnik, State Archaeologist of the Free State of Saxony and Managing Director of the State... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
As Löbau's Fire Brigade celebrated its 150th anniversary on June 14th, 2024, its Polish colleagues from fire brigades in the Luban district came to gratulate. At the same time, the highest representatives of the two project partners alongside dozens of members of both fire brigades met for a new project's kick-off meeting in Löbau and looked... read more
Topic: Civic protection
When a long line of fire trucks zigzagged its way to Löbau last Saturday (22/10/22) many residents asked themselves what might be happening. It was not just Löbau's fire brigade but trucks from a number of fire brigades from different towns in the Luban district in Poland who had come to Löbau for a joint exercise. The fire brigades practised... read more
Topic: Civic protection, Climate protection
How should the border region of Lusatia - Lower Silesia reposition itself in the light of the German coal phase-out? This was also the topic of intense discussion at the final conference of the TransGredio project in Boleslawiec (26.09.2022). On the Polish side in particular, there are strong fears of being left behind economically by the planned... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities, Urban and rural development