Excitement before the OB elections 2025: Pforzheim and Bruchsal in focus!

In 2025, important events and developments are due in the Karlsruhe, Pforzheim and Baden-Baden area. The city of Pforzheim is preparing for the mayor elections, which are scheduled for May 4, 2025. The incumbent Peter Boch from the CDU is currently the only known candidate, while the SPD and the Greens consider a common candidate. AfD boss Diana Zimmer is also planning to run for the Bundestag.

A central date for the region will be February 23, 2025. On this day, the destruction of Pforzheim marks the 80th anniversary in World War II. For this purpose, an annual torchlight station from neo -Nazis is expected, while the city has given a special appreciation of the anniversary with a performance of the War Requiem by Benjamin Britten.

planned projects and celebrations

The merger of local public transport (public transport) in Pforzheim with the Karlsruhe Verkehrsverbund (KVV) is to be carried out by the end of 2025. There is also progress in the spa crisis in Pforzheim, where the construction of a new indoor pool in Huchenfeld and the renovation of the outdoor pool on the Wartberg are planned with a total of 80 million euros. The opening of these systems is planned for 2027.

for the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT is facing a special anniversary in 2025: It will be 200 years old, which is to be celebrated with a ceremony on February 20, 2025. The return of the indoor meeting to the Europahalle Karlsruhe for a comprehensive renovation for 30 million euros will also take place in February 2025. In 2025, while the festival in Karlsruhe from July 24th to 27th, 2025, with a price increase of 5 euros per ticket, will take place.

In Baden-Baden there will be celebrations for Pierre Boulez's 100th birthday. The large projects in the region, such as the central clinic in Rastatt and the railway tunnel, are still in the planning phase. In Rastatt, the tunnel drilling machine in the railway tunnel was recovered, while the costs for the central clinic increase considerably, but still pose a political decision.

In addition, important topics were discussed in the municipal council meeting on November 12, 2024. This includes the determination of the election day for the mayor election in Pforzheim, which will shape the framework conditions for the upcoming elections. The application deadline for the mayor's office ends on April 7, 2025, while the public presentation of the approved applicants is planned on April 16, 2025 in the Pforzheim Congresscentrum.

The next steps in memory of the destruction of Pforzheim will be implemented in 2025, whereby the feasibility is still uncertain due to the early Bundestag elections. At the session, the approval of language support in Pforzheim's daycare center was also discussed, as part of the state program "Language day care center".

For more information about the plans in the region, reference can be made to the corresponding reports: SWR and ibb enzkreis Pforzheim.