1. Superblock in Hessen

In 2025, the “Sunday Formats” will launch—a traffic experiment in the Rheingauviertel of Wiesbaden, where a street section is temporarily transformed into a lively public space. The area will be used for conversations, cultural activities, movement, or communal “breakfast on the street.”

The project tests what a future-ready, climate-resilient, and socially equitable street space can look like. On 6–10 Sundays, residents, associations, local businesses, children, seniors, and actors from culture, education, and environmental sectors actively participate. Together, they design activities “in front of their own doorstep” around public space, mobility, climate, community life, and inclusion. Urban space allocation is negotiated and shaped collectively, making democracy tangible in everyday life. Insights from 2025 will inform the planned permanent redesign: the first Superblock in 2026. The 14-member core group of the cross-party citizen initiative “Superblock Rheingauviertel” organizes the project in cooperation with the local advisory council, municipal offices, political representatives, and civil society partners.