Creative pupils from Kassel shine at the youth competition Real Digital!

Creative pupils from Kassel shine at the youth competition Real Digital!

What an exciting day for the young artists from the Kassel district! On July 6, 2025, the award ceremony of the 55th international youth competition "Jugend Creativ" was celebrated in the Kassel Airport departure hall. The organizer of this inspiring event was Raiffeisenbank Hessennord eG, which not only promotes the creativity of the students, but also contributes to social discussion. Landkreis-kassel-kassel-kunstwerke-ausklicken-93818683.html"> HNA reports that this year's motto was "really digital" and the participants in creative ways with the topic of digitalization deal with.

A total of 390 primary school children submitted their ideas, from which the jury, consisting of representatives of schools, municipalities, presses and Raiffeisenbank, received 22 particularly outstanding work. Board member Martin Thöne warmly welcomed the participants, parents and teachers. A highlight of the event was the flight simulator of the historic Fieseler Storch, which offered the children an exciting way to immerse themselves in the world of aviation.

The winners

The prices were awarded in different age groups, whereby the following talents from the region shone:

• class 1:
  • Zsolt Zakel (Grebenstein Burgberg School)
  • nele Fernandez Martinez (Grebenstein Burgberg School)
  • Charlotte Schatzinger (Grebenstein Burgberg School)
  • Greta Kämmerer (Grebenstein Burgberg School)
  • Philip Nowak (Helfenstein School Ahnatal)
  • Marie Ludolph (Grebenstein Burgberg School)
• class 2:
  • Klara Winter (Grebenstein Burgberg School)
  • Eleni Streiber (Helfenstein School Ahnatal)
  • Matti Josa Mittelbach (Helfenstein School Ahnatal)
  • Jannis Stumpf (Braunsberg School Breuna)
  • Tahir Jajja (Grebenstein Burgberg School)
• class 3:
  • Malte Ammer (Grebenstein Burgberg School)
  • Jakob Fischer (Grebenstein Burgberg School)
  • Leon Uhlemann (school in the Erlenhof Habichtswald)
  • Evolin Rehrmann (elementary school Diemelaue Trendelburg)
  • Emma-Elina Radtke (Diemelaue Trendelburg primary school)
• class 4:
  • Henry Thorin Decker (School in the Erlenhof Habichtswald)
  • Martha Lemke (Grebenstein Burgberg School)
  • Emilia Liebermann (Dörnberg primary school)
  • Fiona Hofer (Grebenstein Burgberg School)
  • Daniel Albrecht (Helfenstein School Ahnatal)
  • Emilia Mißler (Grebenstein Burgberg School)

A special success also came from Malte Ammer from Grebenstein, who took the 4th place at the state level of Hesse and also won a special prize at the federal level.

A look into the future

The “Jugend Creativ” competition not only supports the creativity of children, but also offers a deep insight into contemporary social issues such as digitization. The young people should experiment and reflect on how digital tools influence their learning, working and communicating. Jugend Creativ in this round has established the cooperation with "Dein Spiegel" and other partners in order to offer the young participants a platform for creative examination of these topics.

Overall, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) supports numerous student and youth competitions that aim to promote the curiosity and creativity of the young generation. Every year there are over 900,000 children and adolescents from their best side and take part in the diverse challenges. BMBF, explained how important such competitions are to ask for and new people Finding solutions.