Lommatzsch –

where energy is growing

numbers & facts:

Lommatzsch: one little town + 38 village

•area: 6646,5 ha 6.200 ha of this are agricultural ground

• inhabitants: 5.300

• average age: 48,5 Jahre

• location: „Lommatzscher Pflege“ is a very good fruitful and hilly soil in the centre of Saxony, Lommatzsch is not far from Meißen and Dresden

• Traffic lines: crosses the highways, that means good connections to Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz, also best traffic roads to the airports Leipzig-Halle, Dresden

structure of economy

• very old countryside of civilization, which is traditionel coin of agriculture

• the farmland has a high value (80/90 points) – it has named „grain chamber“ of Saxony • the reformer Martin Luther has named the farmers „velvet-farmers“ because of their prosperity• examples of this affluent society in the 17.-19. century are the big churches and the enormous farms with houses on 3 and 4 sides• also today the farmers are important taxpayers

• since the end of the 19. century Lommatzsch is also a location of production from tools for the farmers and of the tins-factory‘s for fruits and vegetables

• today there are 3 medium-sized firms with round 100 employees Scholl Glastechnik, Elbtal Tiefkühlkost GmbH (a part of Frosta AG), LST GmbH

Children:Creche (1-3 years), kindergarden (3-6 years), Hort (afternoon care of the basic students) primary school (6-11Jahre) middle school (11-16 years) Gymnasium/High school (11-18 years) in Meissen, Nossen, Riesa schoolbus guaranteed Youth Open House (sponsored church)  two self-governing youth clubs

Seniors: Several houses with elderly homes Assisted Living (5 WE) Day care Elderly care home (90 seats) Senior different offerings in the public houses in Lommatzsch, Wuhnitz, Neckanitz and Dörschnitz

social infrastructure

renewable energies

local electricity:

consumption in Lommatzsch: 42.452,6 MWh (megawatthours)

Production of renewable energies in Lommatzsch: 35.514 MWh

1. biomass systems: 5.187 MWh

2. photovoltaic systems: 1.087 MWh

3. wind power: 26.370 MWh

4. Combined heat and power systems: 2.870 MWh

statistical = 84% of our electricity consumption is produced in our city

new opportunities

Search for implementable approaches and technologies:

1.Biogas: from straw and crop residues

2. Wind power: Power-to-gas

for the Connection with energy consumers

and for the city council

3. energy savings through energy-efficient street lighting

street lighting

Development of costs:

In spite of switching off of street lights increase the cost!

the following activities are planned:

1.replacement of light sources (preferably LED) (investment is only possible with funds from the EU and from a private partner – the owner of wind turbines)

1.deconstruction of lamps in the city

3. blow-up distances of lamps if we build a new road (German DIN specification provides small distances)

We are still at the beginning of a long road!

Thank you for your attention!