Salzgitter’s Mayor Stefan Klein welcomed the participants and thanked sponsor Nicole Mölling from Volksbank BraWo and sponsor Sven Strube from Radstudio Salzgitter —who was unable to attend the awards ceremony this time—as well as the organizing team, Katharina Migyu and Sebastian Vogt from the City of Salzgitter
He praised the cyclists’ achievements during the STADT- and SCHULRADELN weeks from May 24 to June 13. They had pedaled hard for Salzgitter and racked up many kilometers in total.
A total of 1,110 active cyclists participated in the 2026 STADTRADELN and SCHULRADELN events in Salzgitter as part of 77 teams. Together, they covered a total of 214,049 kilometers. By choosing not to drive or take the bus, a total of 35 metric tons of CO₂ emissions were avoided.
Stefan Klein, together with Nicole Mölling and the organizing team, presented the certificates and prizes to the winners of the cycling competition.
The following teams and participants in the STADTRADELN and SCHULRADELN events were honored:
For CITY CYCLING:
- Individual Gold: Leon Jonczy (Team Radeln im Namen des Herrn Caritas-Kath.Kirche-FABI) – 1,854.8 kilometers
- Individual Silver: Richard Köhler (Team ADFC Salzgitter) – 1,746.1 kilometers
- Individual Bronze: Fredi Sticka (Team Ortschaft Süd) – 1,614.8 km
- City Council and Local Council Members – Gold: Holger Dahms (Team: Die Grünen bewegen Salzgitter) – 1,153.7 kilometers
- Workplace Team Gold: MAN Truck & Bus SE – 468.1 kilometers per person
- Neighborhood Team Gold: Ortschaft Süd - 588.7 kilometers per person
- Recreational Team Gold: TC-SW-Steterburg – 840.1 kilometers per person
For SCHULRADELN:
- Boys' Gold: Manuel Deimling (Gymnasium am Fredenberg) - 848.94 kilometers
- Girls' Gold: Leonie Kottisch (Realschule Salzgitter-Bad) – 652.62 kilometers
- Boys’ Silver: Alexander Stammwitz (Gymnasium Salzgitter-Bad) – 752.91 kilometers
- Girls’ Silver: Finja Sophie Urbas (Kranichgymnasium) – 212.52 kilometers
- Boys’ Bronze: Max Kusack (Gymnasium Salzgitter-Bad) – 661.44 kilometers
- Girls’ Bronze: Emilia Schiel (Kranichgymnasium) – 138.27 kilometers
- School team with the most kilometers per active team member – Gold: Gymnasium am Fredenberg – 199.7 kilometers per person
- School team with the most total kilometers – Gold: Salzgitter-Bad High School – 4,802.4 kilometers
The winners received gift certificates for services offered by Bäder, Sport und Freizeit Salzgitter as prizes.
In addition, “Klima-Taler” were distributed for the first time. Anyone who collects Klima-Taler can redeem them in over 60 cities nationwide. In Salzgitter, winners can now redeem their Klima-Taler at the Stadtbad, the Thermalsolbad, the ice rink, at the Johanna Denecke eyewear shop, at the city library’s book flea markets, at the Salzgitter Tourist Information Office, at Neon Computer GmbH Salzgitter, and at the Braunschweiger Hof Morgentau (organic delivery service to Salzgitter).
