Title: Regional Profile Report - Central Europe

Innovationsregion” that accentuates industrial topics. While this project is controlled by the
“Tourism Association Wittenberg”, the “Glück Auf - Tour” itself was established by the miners
association “Interessenverein Bergbau e.V.” in 1994. Important objects advertised under this
label are:
• Mansfeld Museum in Hettstedt (incl. replica of the first German Watt’s steam
engine)
• Mining Railway between Klostermansfeld and Hettstedt
• Röhrigschacht near Sangerhausen/Mining museum
• Bergschulmuseum Eisleben (mining school museum)
• Thematic hiking trail.
Two other projects aiming at the region’s development are currently taking place in the
region. Their aims are not directly linked to the mining legacies, but they underline the
project-based approach of the Mansfeld-Südharz region.
One project runs under the label „Demographic change – future of services of general
interest in rural regions” 23 . It is funded by the Federal Ministry for Regional Development
(BMVBS) and examines the problem of how to ensure the quality of living in regions with
negative demographic development. The region “Südharz/Kyffhäuser” is one of two pilot
projects in this national programme. The project establishes and tests several strategies and
initiatives handling outcomes of demographic change. The duration was determined from
July 2007 to June 2009. The actions in the region Südharz/Kyffhäuser take place under the
heading “Impulses in (from) centres”. 20 projects are established covering 6 fields of activity:
• Regional job market and education initiatives
• Regional economy
• Traffic infrastructures and mobility
• Services of social interest, services for families
• New forms of housing (and living together)
• Cultural and regional identity.
The second project MAGWELD is linked to an initiative called NEMO (Netzwerkmanagement
Ost) financed by the German Ministry for Economic Affairs (Bundesministerium für
23 www.region-schafft-zukunft.de
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