"Plane mit Arbeite mit Regiere mit!": town-hall banner, Königstein (Saxon Switzerland)
A long dark banner with white capitals hangs across the front of a town hall above a ground-floor row of windows, under the town's coat of arms: 'Plane mit Arbeite mit Regiere mit!'. Three verbs invite every resident to share in planning, work and government. The line names no plan, task or body; participation itself is the message.
- Date
- 1960
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Not named on the banner; displayed on the Rathaus of Königstein (Saxon Switzerland), GDR
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- East Germany
- Medium
- Signs and banners
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- German Democratic Republic
- Leader
- Walter Ulbricht
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Elections and party politics, Labor
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- Fortepan (donor: Kurutz Márton), retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 (Fortepan site footer, quoted in notes); covers the photograph only
Fortepan / Kurutz Márton, ID 11194 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Text on the object
PLANE MIT ARBEITE MIT REGIERE MIT ! [on the building: 'Rathaus'; on the neighbouring house: 'Ratskel[ler]' (partly cut off)]
PLAN WITH, WORK WITH, GOVERN WITH ! [on the building: 'Town hall'; on the neighbouring house: 'Ratskel[ler]' (partly cut off)]
Banner text read from the committed 1280 px image; the building lettering is background.
