DINING AND DONATION PROGRAMME
| Date | Team | Donation recipient | Food |
| 28.11. | Saint Wenceslas Monastery (Sankt Wenzeslaus Stift) | Christian Children and Youth Association „einer für alle e.V.” (one for all) | Sweet potato and celery cream soup with nut topping and pumpkin seed oil, homemade bread, served with quark cream and pumpkin-mango purée |
| 29.11. | Charitable organisation Rotary Club Görlitz e.V. | Swimming classes for children (Görlitz) | orscht – by Romantik Hotel Tuchmacher |
| 30.11. | Kaiser Olli | Görlitz railway station mission | Legendary cheese spätzle and Kaiserschmarrn (peach/chocolate) with applesauce |
| 01.12. | Charitable organisation Wünsche von Herzen e.V. | Hans Fallada School Rietschen | Farmer’s pot |
| 02.12. | Medical Laboratory East Saxony | Animal shelter in Bischdorf | Chili con Carne & Chili sin Carne (vegetarian) |
| 03.12. | Wok Yourself Happy – Carolus cooks! | Association for Diakonia and Urban Mission Görlitz | Sweet-and-sour wok chicken with vegetables and rice |
| 04.12. | Team ADVITA | Mira Lobe Special Education Center | Kettle goulash with dessert |
| 05.12. | Children’s hospital elves | Expansion of aromatherapy in the Mother-Child Center (Görlitz Clinic) | Chili con carne & sweet potato soup (vegetarian) |
| 06.12. | The Mayors | Miejski Dom Kultury Zgorzelec – creative projects with children | Kapusta z Grochem – a hearty, meat-free Christmas dish (cabbage with split peas) |
| 07.12. | Support association ViaThea e.V. | 30th ViaThea Street Theatre Festival (2026) | Pear dumplings & solyanka |
| 08.12. | Team Quark & Tat | Animal Shelter Horka / Animal Shelter Bischdorf / Stray Animal Aid Zittau (Streunerhilfe) | Savory quark dumplings (tzatziki / diced ham) and sweet ones (fruit topping / fruit purée) |
| 09.12. | HOY-REHA – “the stomach is also a muscle” | Cyrkus (KulturBrücken Görlitz e.V.) | Chai pumpin soup with caramelised nut topping |
| 10.12. | GerHart al dente | Görlitz Food Bank Association (Görlitzer Tafel) | Älplermagronen / macaroons the alpine farmers’ way |
| 11.12. | Together for children (protection) | Cyrkus (KulturBrücken Görlitz e.V.) – visit of the little patients in the children’s clinic | Lasagna soup & vegetarian creamy corn soup |
| 12.12. | Team Michael Kretschmer | Görlitz Oldtimer Park Railway Association & Görlitz Animal Shelter Association | Kettle goulash |
| 13.12. | DDV-Lokal Team Görlitz | Janusz Korczak House in Görlitz | Pasta with cabbage |
| 14.12. | HOMECARE – the everyday helpers | Nikolai School Görlitz – care for children with type 1 diabetes | Potato soup – with and without Vienna sausages |
ALL 17 COOKING PLACES ARE CURRENTLY TAKEN
If you’re interested, we’re happy to add you to the waiting list — just send an email to 1717[at]fvks.eu.
This year is again about doing good during the Christmas time: acting together, for each other.
The principle is simple: between November 28. and December 14, a regional, national or international dish will be prepared daily at 5 p.m. by a team of chefs and served to Christkindelmarkt visitors for a donation. The donations raised will benefit charitable and community-building activities in the EuropeCity of Görlitz-Zgorzelec.
17 days ! 17 dishes ! five p.m.
Acting.Concretly.Jointly.
Participate ?
You would like to support this campaign “with full pots instead of empty words”? Form a cooking team ! For example, with your family members, friends, relatives, acquaintances, club or work colleagues.
Then motivate your personal environment to attend the “17-days tent” at Görlitz Untermarkt, encourage guests with your culinary work to make a generous donation. You decide who will receive your donations.
Let’s go !
- You form a cooking team, give it a name and state the contact person.
- Decide what you want to cook.
- Start a reservation request – exclusively by eMail – to: 1717[at]fvks.eu . See below for details.
- Buy the ingredients: about 30 to 50 servings is a good experience value, “more is always possible, of course”.
- On your day of service, please come to with the prepared ingredients in time for the “17-Days Christmas Pagoda” at Görlitz Untermarkt.
- The cooking tent at the market is available all day.
- At 5 p.m., the food will be prepared and ready for guests to enjoy for a donation.
Questions ?
- +49 (0) 3581 66 92 123 (Gerd)
- 1717[at]fvks.eu (Gerd, Matthias)
Reservation ?
Start your request for a reservation exclusively by eMail to:
1717[at]fvks.eu . This includes …
- Name of your team + contact person, preferably with eMail and phone number.
- Short description of what you want to cook, own creations are always possible.
- If you need any special equipment, please add it (e.g. giant pan, grill or similar).
- Please provide up to three preferred dates between November 28 and December 14. . We try “our best” and get back to you. Of course, the “recourse to legal action” is excluded.
important !
- In principle, reservations are possible as long as there are free time slots.
- On this page, we always publish dates that have already been booked in a timely manner.
- Please give us a small amount of time to get back to you.
What else ?
- It is about practicing solidarity, the 17-days campaign is not a competition for the “largest bills”, also “small” helps a lot.
- The campaign takes place at Christmas market, so on site … and not on the Internet. That’s precisely why “social media” is a small trifle compared to your commitment in and around the cooking tent.
- The 17-day action is apolitical, rather very personal! That is why there are no flags, national flags, banners or similar in the area of the cooking tent.
- Political and socio-political groups, associations with an agenda, and initiatives aiming for political goals are kindly invited to find another stage. At the cooking pot it’s simple: No politics on the menu!
- References to your personal engagement are welcome.
- Unfortunately, we cannot finance the ingredients for your cooking event.
Cooking ?!
- Crockery and cutlery are available. Please provide the necessary equipment for your cooking event, such as pots, pans and other tools.
- The cooking will be made fresh and together at the market, don’t miss this pleasure … . Therefore, “the warmed up” is really not an option.
- No time for cooking ? Then become a benefactor and sponsor of the cooking teams or the entire project. A certificate of donation is of course possible.
Organiser
Görlitzer Kulturservicegesellschaft mbH & FVKS e.V.
Görlitzer Kulturservicegesellschaft mbH
& FVKS e.V.
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Your support helps to ensure that the campaign can take place every year.
Thank you very much!
FVKS e.V. I Untermarkt 23 I DE-02826 Görlitz