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Dresden Activates Winter Shelter Plan as Night Cafés Reopen Nov. 1

City capacity now exceeds the number of people registered without housing.

Overview

  • Municipal services have ten hostels and 28 apartments in operation for cold-weather housing, according to social services chief Kristin Kaufmann.
  • Seven church congregations will run rotating night cafés daily from 20:00 to 07:00 with a low-barrier offer of food and a place to sleep for €1.
  • The rotation includes sites such as Zionskirche in the Südvorstadt, Dreikönigskirche on the Hauptstraße, and Christophoruskirche in Laubegast, with some locations offering showers and laundry.
  • The Salvation Army will deploy a cold patrol to provide soup and sleeping bags to people on the street.
  • Officials ask residents to call 112 if someone appears to be in a health emergency or is unresponsive.