German-Russian house

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German-Russian House ( Russian Немецко-русский дом , Nemezko-russki dom) is the name of several comparable locally organized cultural institutions , funded by the German Society for International Cooperation , in the Russian cities of Kaliningrad , Moscow , Novosibirsk , Tomsk , Omsk , Smolensk and Barnaul . The institutions work regionally and have branches in the respective territorial units (the Russian oblasts ). The German-Russian Houses are important institutions for the exchange of German-Russian civil societies (see German-Russian relations ). They are also important meeting places for Germans from Russia . The German-Russian Houses contribute to the preservation of the cultural identity of the Russian-Germans.

The German-Russian House in Kaliningrad

The German-Russian House in Kaliningrad in 2005 with a group from the Königsberg municipal community . Photo from the collection of the Königsberg Foundation .

The German-Russian House in Kaliningrad , the former Koenigsberg , was located from 1993 to January 2017 in the Ulitsa Jaltinskaja near the Sackheimer Tor .

The Königsberg Foundation, founded in 1990 by Herbert Beister , Friedrich von der Groeben and Dietrich Wilhelm von Menges , decided to build a German-Russian house in Kaliningrad in 1991. She received support from the Federal Ministry of the Interior , whose State Secretary Horst Waffenschmidt was able to inaugurate the house in March 1993. Initially the house was supported by the foundation, later the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) took over 90% of the sponsorship and the association "Eintracht" also joined the sponsorship. In 2012, the Königsberg Foundation and GIZ left the sponsorship of the house. Apparently in the same year the Society for National Cultural Autonomy of Germans in the Kaliningrad Region joined the sponsorship instead.

The facility saw itself as a meeting place for the population living in the Kaliningrad Oblast with special consideration of the Russian- Germans resident there . German language courses, clubs and working groups of all kinds, a library and cultural events such as concerts, readings, exhibitions and theater evenings were offered. The house also had a conference room.

The house was financed by the International Association of German Culture based in Moscow, which in turn receives funding from the Federal Republic of Germany and the Russian Federation. The host organizations of the house were the Kaliningrad regional social institution Society of German Culture and the Russian-Germans "Eintracht-Soglassije" and the social organization National Cultural Autonomy of Germans in the Kaliningrad Region . The house had the Russian legal form of a non-commercial partnership (ru. Некоммерческое партнёрство).

In 2014, in the garden of the German-Russian House, the epitaph , which was found a year earlier in the former Schönbruch , was set up, depicting Georg von der Groeben with his wife Dorothea, née von Lehndorff .

In 2016, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation judged the facility as a "foreign agent" because the German-Russian house in Kaliningrad received funding from Germany and was also engaged in political activity. The house was then closed in January 2017.

German-Russian House in Moscow

The German-Russian House in Moscow, Malaya Pirogovskaya Street, №5

The German-Russian House in Moscow was opened in 1997 by Federal President Roman Herzog . It houses the offices of all federal umbrella organizations and associations of Russian Germans and is located in Malaja Pirogowskaja Uliza in the district of Khamovniki near the Frunenskaya metro station .

The aim of the house is to support the interests of the German minority in Russia and the other countries of the former Soviet Union and to promote friendly relations between Germans and Russians. At concerts, painting and photo exhibitions, discussions, youth and senior citizens' meetings, the focus is on the culture, traditions, history and present of the Germans from Russia. As a sign of the common political will of both states, it is under the auspices of the governments of both states. The house receives funding from the Federal Ministry of the Interior. GIZ is responsible for the program of the German-Russian House in Moscow. In addition to commercial institutions and the GIZ, the Helmholtz Association , the International Association of German Culture , the youth ring of the Russian Germans and the Moscow German newspaper are represented by offices in the house .

German-Russian house in Novosibirsk

The German-Russian House in Novosibirsk, Jadrinzewskaya Street №68

The German-Russian House in Novosibirsk has existed since 1990 and, together with the 34 supervised meeting centers in the Novosibirsk Oblast, has over 150 employees. The focus of the work is on supporting the culture and traditions of Russian Germans as well as language training. In addition to educational and cultural events, the offer also includes humanitarian aid. Group activities include multiple dance and folklore groups, a choir, and a singing group.

German-Russian house in Tomsk

The German-Russian House in Tomsk, Krassnoarmeyskaya Street, No. 71

In the German-Russian House in Tomsk almost all social organizations of the Russian Germans are the Tomsk Oblast combined. The house has 13 branches in the Rajonen of the Oblast and works with institutions for education and culture, with many universities in the city of Tomsk, as well as with international organizations and the Goethe Institute . The German-Russian House was visited several times by representatives of the former Society for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the German Ambassador in Moscow .

German-Russian house in Omsk

The German-Russian House in Omsk was opened during the meeting of the 21st German-Russian Government Commission for the Affairs of Russian Germans on May 24, 2016. Hartmut Koschyk , Federal Government Commissioner for Repatriate Issues and National Minorities , announced that around 50,000 Russian-Germans in the Omsk region will now receive a suitable property for representative and cultural work. The house is located at ulitsa Lenina, 14 in Omsk.

German-Russian house in Kazan

The building of the German-Russian House in Kazan

German-Russian House in Kazan (also German House of Tatarstan) is located in the building of the ancient Luetian Church of Salvation. Katharina, which was built by Russian Germans in 1771. The church was closed to services under Soviet rule in 1929 and nationalized by the Soviet government. December 11, 1996 the church was returned to the German-Luteran community. Address: Kazan, Karl Marks-Straße, 26.

German-Russian house in Barnaul

German-Russian house in Barnaul, Gogol Street, № 44

A German-Russian house has also existed in Barnaul since 1998 . The house was built as the fifth German-Russian house in Russia and the third in Siberia . Every year it realizes several large projects in the context of cultural and educational funding. Barnaul and the nearby German National District Halbstadt are still a settlement center for the Russian Germans .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung of December 6, 2003 ( Memento of the original of January 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.webarchiv-server.de
  2. ↑ http://www.klgd.ru/city/history/almanac/a5_56.php
  3. ↑ Protocol of the departure of the Königsberg Foundation at www.giz.de ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.giz.de
  4. ↑ Minutes of GIZ's exit at www.giz.de ( memento of the original from August 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.giz.de
  5. ↑ This can perhaps be concluded from the fact that it was not represented when the Königsberg Foundation left on August 1, 2012, but was then represented when GIZ left on December 31, 2012.
  6. ↑ Russian: Общество немецкой культуры и российскух немцев «Айнтрахт Согласие».
  7. ↑ Russian: Региональная национально-культурная автономия немцев Калининградской области.
  8. ↑ Julian Hans: World of Watchtowers. Sueddeutsche Zeitung, February 15, 2017, accessed on April 23, 2017 .
  9. ^ Gesine Dornblüth: Vortex around the German-Russian house. Deutschlandfunk, May 2, 2016, accessed on April 23, 2017 .
  10. ^ German-Russian government commission for the affairs of the Russian Germans. (No longer available online.) Federal Ministry of the Interior, May 25, 2016, archived from the original on April 24, 2017 ; Retrieved April 23, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bmi.bund.de
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