Track record
Since 2006, Frank Klingebiel has carried responsibility for Salzgitter as Mayor. This track record summarises documented developments from that time – from industry through city finances to education, the city centre and solidarity.
This track record cites only publicly documented facts. Further concrete figures (budget, school and day-care places, renovation sums) will be added by the campaign team with sources.
In numbers
Publicly documented numbers from almost two decades at the helm of Salzgitter and from the city's transformation.
20 years
in office as Mayor
considered the longest-serving Mayor in Lower Saxony
3
election wins in a row
2006 · 2014 · 2021, each in the 1st round
≈ 2,7 Mrd. €
SALCOS investment
low-CO₂ steel, start 2027
≈ 30 Mio. €
integration fund
period 2017–2022
Fields of action
What has shaped the city under Frank Klingebiel's leadership – sorted by topic.
Salzgitter is an industrial city. Klingebiel publicly takes a stance for the employees and the sites.
Clear public commitment to the Volkswagen and PowerCo sites in Salzgitter.
Site debate 2024
Firm statement for the employees in the VW site debate (11.09.2024).
Press release 11.09.2024
Salzgitter sees itself as the "transformation capital" of industrial change.
SALCOS: conversion of Salzgitter AG to low-CO₂ steel production, around 2.7 billion € investment, start 2027.
Salzgitter AG / public
Hydrogen campus in Lebenstedt as a future project for research, application and future-proof work.
City of Salzgitter
Through the Lower Saxony Association of Cities, Klingebiel advocates for fair funding of municipalities.
Vice President of the Lower Saxony Association of Cities – voice of the cities towards the state and federal government.
NST, since 09/2024
Call for a reorganisation of municipal financial relations and a reform of the debt brake (13.01.2025).
Press release 13.01.2025
Guiding vision of the "child- and family-friendly learning city" – investments in day-care centres and schools.
Salzgitter pursues the guiding vision of the "child- and family-friendly learning city".
City of Salzgitter
Concrete figures on day-care and school places as well as renovations: to be added by the campaign team.
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Revitalising the city centre and urban development across the polycentric city.
Rebuilding the Marktstraße and measures to revitalise the city centre.
City of Salzgitter
Infrastructure: among other things, renovation of the thermal brine baths, construction of the professional fire brigade and fire stations.
City of Salzgitter
Salzgitter has invested considerable funds in integration and solidarity.
Integration fund of around 30 million € in the period 2017–2022.
City of Salzgitter
Support for clubs, volunteer work and solidarity in the districts.
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This track record is the foundation for the coming years. Let's talk about the future of your city.
