Laying the foundation stone - for a new school without fossil fuels

The symbolic foundation stone for this innovative primary school building in Leipzig Thekla was ceremoniously laid on September 16, 2024 by Mayor Vicki Felthaus, Mayor Thomas Dienberg and Mayor Torsten Bonew together with the school management Katja Harzer and Karen Rammelt. It will be the first school in Leipzig to be heated entirely without fossil fuels. The building at Tauchaer Straße 188 was designed by Leipzig architects KHM Architekten. The building is supplied with heat and hot water via an air-heat-water pump.

The new school is designed as a four-form entry elementary school with after-school care and a three-court sports hall for up to 448 pupils. The building is due to be completed in fall 2026.

The City of Leipzig is implementing the construction project with total construction costs of around 30.2 million euros. The Free State of Saxony is contributing around 20 million euros of this through subsidies.

MVD is responsible for the structural design work phases 1 to 6 and 8