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The frauenorte sachsen project was initiated in 2016 by the Landesfrauenrat Sachsen e. V. (Saxony State Women’s Council). Its guiding objective is to make women publicly visible whose achievements have been outstanding across all areas of society. frauenorte sachsen and the Landesfrauenrat Sachsen e. V. work to establish women’s lives and achievements firmly in the history and culture of the state, in the culture of remembrance of Saxon cities and regions, and within the state itself.

Objectives

The project aims to raise public awareness of women’s history in the Free State of Saxony. Five women’s sites are inaugurated each year. Travelling exhibitions at different locations give people interested in history and culture access to the respective site and inform young people in particular about women’s history in Saxony. The project also seeks to encourage critical engagement with gender roles and stereotypical attributions in the present.1Schlehahn, Britt (2020): „Zu gleicher Höhe“. Zum 100. Todestag erinnern eine Gedenktafel und ein Namenszug an Henriette Goldschmidt. In: Kreuzer Online, Artikel vom 05.02. Online unter: https://kreuzer-leipzig.de/2020/02/05/zu-gleicher-hoehe (accessed 19 December 2025).

Implementation

To increase the visibility of the selected women, memorial plaques are installed at the places where they lived or worked. Using an image and a brief biography, these plaques provide information about the women’s achievements. In addition to the permanent plaques, a frauenorte travelling exhibition has toured Saxony since 2022, informing visitors at changing locations about the women being honoured.2frauenorte sachsen (n.d.): Ausschreibung. In: Website der frauenorte sachsen. Online unter: https://www.frauenorte-sachsen.de/ausschreibung/ (accessed 19 December 2025).

Advisory board

New nominations can be submitted throughout the year. The selection of new women’s sites is based on a catalogue of criteria and is made by the project’s advisory board.3frauenorte sachsen (n.d.): Der Fachbeirat. In: Website der frauenorte sachsen. Online unter: https://www.frauenorte-sachsen.de/der-fachbeirat/ (accessed 19 December 2025). The board includes representatives of various institutions, such as historians and scholars from the Louise Otto Peters Society, the Chair of Economic and Social History at TU Dresden, and the Dresden Women’s City Archive. Its members support the project with their expertise and help prepare the texts for the plaques.4Stadt Leipzig (2016): Vorschläge für neue „frauenorte“ in Sachsen gesucht. In: Website der Stadt Leipzig, Mitteilung vom 09.12. Online unter: https://www.leipzig.de/newsarchiv/news/vorschlaege-fuer-neue-frauenorte-in-sachsen-gesucht (accessed 19 December 2025).

Among the criteria for selecting women to be honoured with a frauenort are:

  • their lives and work must fall within the period up to the end of the twentieth century, and the person being honoured must have died;
  • they were born in Saxony and/or made their principal life achievement in Saxony;
  • they made political, economic, technical, scientific, cultural, social, educational, sporting or other achievements;
  • their professional fields and activities show the woman being honoured in her diversity and as an active agent;
  • they worked for women’s emancipation or equality.5Stadt Leipzig (2016): Vorschläge für neue „frauenorte“ in Sachsen gesucht. In: Website der Stadt Leipzig, Mitteilung vom 09.12. Online unter: https://www.leipzig.de/newsarchiv/news/vorschlaege-fuer-neue-frauenorte-in-sachsen-gesucht (accessed 19 December 2025).

There are currently 47 women’s sites in Saxony (as of December 2025).6frauenorte sachsen (n.d.): Die Frauen. In: Website der frauenorte sachsen. Online unter: https://www.frauenorte-sachsen.de/die-frauen/ (accessed 19 December 2025). The first women’s site in Saxony was opened in October 2016 and is dedicated to Ernestine Minna Simon, a Chemnitz textile worker regarded as the first woman in Germany to lead a strike in 1883.7Gläß, Heiderose (2016): Erster FrauenOrt in Sachsen eingeweiht. In: Website von Die Linke Görlitz, Artikel vom 26.10. Online unter: https://archiv.dielinke-goerlitz.de/politik/details/article/erster-frauenort-in-sachsen-eingeweiht/print.html (accessed 19 December 2025). 8Landesfrauenrat Sachsen e. V. (2023): frauenorte sachsen. Brochure. Online unter: https://www.frauenorte-sachsen.de/ (accessed 19 December 2025).

Project sponsor

Logo of the Landesfrauenrat Sachsen e. V.
Landesfrauenrat Sachsen e. V.

The Landesfrauenrat Sachsen e. V. is the sponsor of the frauenorte sachsen project. It is the umbrella and advocacy association for women’s associations, women’s clubs, women’s initiatives and women’s organisations, as well as equality initiatives, in the Free State of Saxony.

Together, Landesfrauenrat Sachsen and frauenorte sachsen work for equality in accordance with the constitutional principle of equality and equal rights enshrined in Article 3 of the German Basic Law and Article 8 of the Saxon Constitution. Their commitment applies to women in all areas of society, regardless of origin, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability. Equality policy expertise is brought together and made visible, and women are encouraged to become active themselves.9Landesfrauenrat Sachsen e. V. (2022): Satzung. In: Website des Landesfrauenrates Sachsen. Online unter: https://landesfrauenrat-sachsen.de/landesfrauenrat/satzung/ (accessed 19 December 2025).

The Landesfrauenrat Sachsen e. V. calls for substantive equality between women and men; women’s equal participation in society and parity in politics and business; the visibility of women in every area of society; equal opportunities and equal pay; an end to violence against women and girls; bodily and sexual self-determination; stronger support for single parents; and recognition and acceptance of diverse ways of life, among other objectives.10Landesfrauenrat Sachsen e. V. (n.d.): Selbstverständnis. In: Website des Landesfrauenrates Sachsen. Online unter: https://landesfrauenrat-sachsen.de/landesfrauenrat/selbstverstaendnis/ (accessed 19 December 2025).

The Landesfrauenrat Sachsen sets thematic priorities and works on current issues in women’s and equality policy. It operates as a women’s network in the interests of its member organisations. Their tasks include promoting links between women’s clubs and initiatives across all Saxon regions, throughout Germany and beyond national borders. The council prepares statements and recommendations on draft legislation and forwards them to the relevant bodies. It also represents women’s interests in public, before parliaments, governments and public administrations, and in civil society initiatives.

Funding

The Landesfrauenrat Sachsen e. V. and the project are funded by the Saxon State Ministry of Justice and for Democracy, Europe and Equality (as of November 2025).

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This article was created in cooperation with frauenorte sachsen and the Landesfrauenrat Sachsen e. V.

Machine translation: This article was translated automatically from the German original.

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