Award ceremony for CITY CYCLING 2022

The CITY CYCLING award ceremony during the final event in Saarbrücken
Photo: Jennifer Weyland

This year, the award ceremony to honour the winning municipalities from this year’s campaign was held in Saarbrücken on 30 November. Prizes were conferred in the two categories of the “Most active local parliaments” and the “Most active municipalities with the most kilometres cycled” in a total of five population groups, with the best newcomers honoured in each. The event was hosted in cooperation with the Saarland Ministry of the Environment, Climate, Mobility, Agriculture and Consumer Protection and the state capital of Saarbrücken.

Click here to view the statements from this year’s winning municipalities.
Read the press release on the closing event here.
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Prize categories

Most active local parliaments

Less than 10,000 inhabitants

1. Eschelbronn in Rhein-Neckar District

454.5 Parl.-km

2. Fleischwangen in Ravensburg District

358.5 Parl.-km

3. Ebenweiler in Ravensburg District

287.7 Parl.-km

Best newcomer: Schechen

164.3 Parl.-km

10,000 – 49,999 inhabitants

1. Gunzenhausen

149.3 Parl.-km

2. Bruckmühl

139.8 Parl.-km

3. Isny in Allgäu in Ravensburg District

120.6 Parl.-km

Best newcomer: Blaustein in Alb-Donau District

49.2 Parl.-km

50,000 – 99,999 inhabitants

1. Rheine in Steinfurt District

44.3 Parl.-km

2. Kleve in Kleve District

35 Parl.-km

3. Lippstadt

34.6 Parl.-km

Best newcomer: Lippstadt

34.6 Parl.-km

100,000 – 499,999 inhabitants

1. Augsburg

52.4 Parl.-km

2. Freiburg in Breisgau

45.3 Parl.-km

3. Fürth

39.3 Parl.-km

Best newcomer: Alb-Donau District

15.3 Parl.-km

More than 500,000 inhabitants

1. München

28.3 Parl.-km

2. Rhein-Neckar District

20.2 Parl.-km

3. Leipzig

19.5 Parl.-km

Best newcomer:

Most active municipalities with the most kilometres cycled

Less than 10,000 inhabitants

1. Altshausen in Ravensburg District

322,224 km

2. Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Obergünzburg in Ostallgäu District

227,532 km

3. Oettingen in Donau-Ries District

132,838 km

Best newcomer: Bonndorf in Schwarzwald in Waldshut District

93,197 km

10,000 – 49,999 inhabitants

1. Tuttlingen

611,506 km

2. Leer in Leer District

472,808 km

3. Borken in Borken District

400,047 km

Best newcomer: Soest

136,730 km

50,000 – 99,999 inhabitants

1. Rheine in Steinfurt District

633,898 km

2. Bocholt in Borken District

472,611 km

3. Lippstadt

463,215 km

Best newcomer: Lippstadt

463,215 km

100,000 – 499,999 inhabitants

1. Steinfurt District

2,678,347 km

2. Borken Distict

2,635,086 km

3. Ravensburg District

2,316,258 km

Best Newcomer: Tübingen District

930,662 km

More than 500,000 inhabitants

1. Berlin

4,325,861 km

2. Region Hannover

4,217,587 km

3. Hamburg

2,771,065 km

Best newcomer:

Impressions of the award ceremony 2022

Thank you!

We would like to thank the Saarland Ministry of the Environment, Climate, Mobility, Agriculture and Consumer Protection and the state capital of Saarbrücken for their support and for hosting the award ceremony for the 2022 CITY CYCLING campaign with us.