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Voting for the 2025 Homecoming Prize officially commences for citizens

Essen's Homeland Award Advances: 68 Local Projects Compete in Public Voting for a Share of €15,000 Prize Fund. For the very first time, Essen residents will have the power to choose the recipients of the cash rewards, distributed across the top three projects.

Voting Initiated for Homecoming Prize 2025: Participate as a Citizen
Voting Initiated for Homecoming Prize 2025: Participate as a Citizen

Voting for the 2025 Homecoming Prize officially commences for citizens

The Essen Heimat Award 2025, organised by our city portal, is back for its sixth edition. This prestigious award aims to honour innovative and exemplary projects that showcase the outstanding commitment of people in Essen who are dedicated to shaping their home city.

For the first time, citizens can vote to decide who will be among the top three projects. Each participant can only vote once, and voting can be done directly on our website. The results of the jury and the voting will be equally weighted in the final decision.

A total of 68 volunteer projects from across the Essen city area are participating. Project profiles are published at www.our website/buergervoting-heimat-preis. After voting, an expert jury will evaluate the submitted projects.

The top three projects will share a total of 15,000 euros. The first prize for the Heimat Award is 7,000 euros, the second prize is 5,000 euros, and the third prize is 3,000 euros. The prize money of 15,000 euros for the Heimat Award is provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Local Government, Building and Digitalization of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).

The Essen Heimat Award 2025 is currently in its next round. The our city portal aims to highlight the outstanding commitment of people in Essen who are dedicated to shaping their home city through the Heimat Award.

For more information about the Heimat Award, please visit www.our website/heimatpreis. If you have any queries, you can reach out to the Press and Communications Office of the our city portal at Rathaus, Porscheplatz, 45121 Essen, Telephone: +49 201 88-0 (ServiceCenter Essen), E-mail: presse@our website, URL: www.our website/presse.

Voting closes on Sunday, September 28. Don't miss your chance to make a difference in your city by voting for your favourite project today!

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