Here you can find projects that will either be carried out in the coming months or will be repeated over the years.
Written information, often including press reports, is available from Department V - Health and Consumer Protection for all the events listed.
National Cancer Prevention Week is a joint initiative of German Cancer Aid, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the German Cancer Society. This year, it will take place from September 1 to 7, 2025. The aim of the initiative is to raise public awareness of the importance of cancer prevention.
The Ludwigsburg Health Department is taking National Cancer Prevention Week as an opportunity to draw attention to the topics of bowel cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer with a variety of campaigns from the beginning of September to mid-October 2025. The aim is to sensitize different population groups to the importance of cancer prevention and early detection and to motivate them to take an active approach to their own health.
Cancer in Germany - facts & figures:
- The number of new cases each year is around 510,000 (and rising).
- With over 230,000 deaths per year, cancer is the second most common cause of death in Germany.
- Up to 50% of all cancers are considered preventable if risk factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, lack of exercise, an unhealthy diet and certain infections are consistently avoided and early detection examinations are carried out.
Free PSA measurement for men aged 45 and over!
Please note:
There are currently no free appointments available for PSA measurement.
Here you will find important information that you should consider before a PSA examination.
The examination will take place on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Health Department, Hindenburgstraße 20/1, 71638 Ludwigsburg.
In order to ensure a smooth and fair organization, advance registration by telephone is required. Appointments are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested men can register by calling the health department on 07141 144-2520.
The PSA measurement, in which blood is taken from a vein, is an uncomplicated examination that provides valuable information about changes in the prostate. If the values are abnormal, further clarification by a urology specialist is recommended. The campaign takes place in cooperation with the MVZ Labor Ludwigsburg.
Dates | Action | Event description |
13.09.2025, 9:30 to 20:00 | Colorectal cancer: Walk-in colon model and information stand in the Marstallcenter for all interested parties (free of charge) |
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23./24.09.2025 | Cancer in general: Prevention event for pupils in Years 7 & 8 at Bönnigheim secondary school |
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01.10.2025 | Breast cancer: Information event on site for LRA employees after registration |
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09.10.2025 | Lung cancer: Walk-in lung model and panel discussion for pupils from the Berufliches Schulzentrum Bietigheim-Bissingen and an additional guided tour for all interested parties (time to follow) |
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CW 36-38, 03.09.2025
| Prostate cancer: Telephone campaign
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For further information and questions, please contact
Dr. Uschi Traub
Email: Uschi.Dr.Traub@landkreis-ludwigsburg.de
Health Promotion, Health Planning
Health and Consumer Protection Department, Ludwigsburg District Office
Hindenburgstr. 20/1, 71638 Ludwigsburg
On the Wegweiser Aktiv Bleiben Internet platform, you will find health-promoting exercise programs for adults from the entire district of Ludwigsburg. You can easily find offers according to various criteria (e.g. types of sport, communities, days of the week) that suit your interests and your schedule.
Would you like to:
- get and stay active
- do something for your health
- try out a sport
- feel what you are made of
- improve your fitness
- get to know new people
... then click on:
www.wegweiser-aktiv-bleiben.de
Our offer includes six interactive game boxes on six different sexually transmitted infections and a DVD with an interview with an HIV-positive woman and her husband. each box contains a game guide with background information on the respective disease. Experience has shown that two to four games can be played in 60 minutes.
1. HIV - domino game
2. hepatitis B - crossboule (similar to boccia)
3. HPV (human papillomavirus) - skittles game
4. syphilis - puzzle game
5. crabs - board game
6. chlamydia - flash spit game
The games were designed and created by pupils from Friedrich-Hölderlin-Schule, Asperg. This project was supported by teachers and the Ludwigsburg Health Department.
Target group: Pupils from the 8th grade onwards
Time: Appointment by arrangement
Every day, an average of around eight people in Germany are infected with the HI virus. We have more infected people than ever before. As prevention is the only protection against HIV infection and a later AIDS disease, intensive educational work must continue to be carried out.
The Health Department's "Aids course" provides information on the Aids problem without pointing a finger. At five game stations, pupils can discuss the topics of love, sexuality, contraception and Aids in small groups and test their knowledge.
Interested schools in the Ludwigsburg district can make an appointment for the Aids course with the health department.
Under the motto "Let's talk about sex", young people are trained as multipliers (peers). In the seminars, which build on each other over three afternoons and a weekend, interested young people are offered training on various topics such as love, sexuality, partnership, contraception, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, sexual orientation, norms and values in sexuality, project planning and group dynamics.
In cooperation with Caritas Ludwigsburg (specialist advice center for eating disorders), we offer the prevention project "Is(s) was?!" for girls from grade 7. The creative and experience-oriented workshop lasts approx. 4-5 hours and is held on site at the respective institution. We work on the topics of beauty, media, feelings and food, diets, eating disorders, counseling and self-strengthening. Please refer to the flyer for more information. In addition, further training is offered for educational professionals on the topic of eating disorders so that they can independently carry out prevention programs on the above-mentioned topics with the help of a "toolbox" full of practical methods.
Period: Appointment by arrangement
Nutrition is a very important part of a child's development. The first tendencies towards malnutrition are often set at a young age. But what is healthy? How many sweets are good for a child? What ingredients do different foods contain? These and many other questions are answered in a playful way on the nutrition trail. Participants can test their knowledge at 5 play stations. All the senses are involved and stimulated.
The course is suitable for pre-school children, schoolchildren and adults and is adapted to the respective age group.
Consists of four stations on the following topics:
The Yellow Pages: Getting to know the vaccination card, basic immunization, booster vaccinations
Vaccination roulette: answer general vaccination questions by playing roulette numbers
Mix & match symptom puzzle: match patient pictures of vaccine-preventable diseases to the names of diseases and symptoms
Wanderlust without frustration: identify countries from pictures and answer travel medicine questions
Takes 1.5 hours
Target group: Pupils from the 8th grade, adults
The topic of "sun protection and skin cancer" is still highly topical. For years, we have been offering campaigns in outdoor swimming pools with an information stand, sun hat painting campaign for children, wheel of fortune, throwing game, etc.
Events for children, parents and multiplier training courses for nursery school teachers can also be requested.
Every rape is a medical emergency!
At the RKH Clinic in Ludwigsburg you will receive help - confidentially.
In the flyer Immediate help after rape you will find all the necessary information and find out how you can get help.
