A beautiful piece of Rostock

For the fourth time the four town quarters Groß Klein, Schmarl, Dierkow and Toitenwinkel in the North West of Rostock celebrated their programme days 'A beautiful piece of Rostock'. With the help of local financing and regional programmes like'The Social City'these quarters have developed into attractive areas for living. Green yards, renewed sidewalks, new playgrounds are the visit card of these areas.

On 23 September - 9 October a lot of activities took place. The exhibition 'The Social City' of the Ministry of Construction of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was shown in the city hall. The organizers offered guided bus-trips for interested citizens. During the sport festival 'Stadtteile in Bewegung'(City Quarters in Motion) teams and individuals were fighting for the WIRO Cup donated by the local housing company 'Wohnen in Rostock'(WIRO). Autumn festivals, book bazaars, discussion rounds, children's educational parcours, flower planting, cinema evenings, contest for self-made paper boats, 'The North East Sings', Kite Festival and much more brought together the citizens and showed them all beautiful places of their living environment through this funny, peaceful and beautiful action.

The city quarter managers play a key role in these activities - they explain the city's policy, they know very well all what has been done in their areas and their promote the wishes and concerns of the citizens to the right place. This resulted to be a very successful system. The experience shows that a friendly environment and a friendly neighbourhood contribute substantially to a safe living in the cities.