Appen makes music

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Appen makes music
The venue, the Distelkamp sports hall
The venue, the Distelkamp sports hall
General information
place 25482 Appen
genre mixed (including German hits and pop music)
Website appen-musiziert.de

Appen musiziert was a voluntary benefit event in Germany that was founded in 1990 by Rolf Heidenberger. The event took place on the sports grounds of TuS Appen - in Appen , a municipality in the Pinneberg district in Schleswig-Holstein . All proceeds were donated to children with cancer and other seriously ill children. The last event of this kind for the time being took place on the 25th anniversary on September 20, 2015. In the process, all visitor numbers were broken, so for the first time more than 14,000 paying visitors came to the charity event and a total of around 30,000 to the event site, where World Children's Day was taking place at the same time .

General

The initiator of "Appen musiziert" Rolf Heidenberger

The organizer of the “Appen musiziert” benefit event was the Appen volunteer fire department . All proceeds from the event were donated to children with cancer and other seriously ill children in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Hamburg , North Lower Saxony and North Brandenburg . The participating artists are on a voluntary basis and therefore do not receive any fee.

The radio stations NDR , R.SH , AlsterRadio and Radio Nora broadcast event announcements and some broadcast live. The NDR television magazine “ Schleswig-Holstein Magazin ” supported “Appen musiziert” with reports.

history

The first time "Appen makes music"

In March 1990, Rolf Heidenberger, at that time managing director of EDEKA-Fleischwerk Nord, an active member of the Appen volunteer fire brigade, longstanding chairman of the Appen fire brigade and founder of the Appen women's choir, had the idea of ​​initiating an event with hobby musicians from the Appen community . Rolf Heidenberger's volunteers and firefighters rounded off the event with coffee, cake and drinks. This was preceded by the leukemia of the daughter of a Fleischwerk employee, for which Heidenberger had an in-house typing campaign carried out in 1991.

Donation development

1990–2001, during the D-Mark era

year DM
1990 5,300
1991 17,200
1992 51,000
1993 93,000
1995 166,000
1997 250,000
1999 344,000
2001 324,000

After 2001, after the introduction of the euro

year Euro
2003 235.195
2005 353,452
2006 206,000
2007 518,000
2008 247,000
2009 534,000
2011 253,000
2012 314,000
2013 371,000
2014 379,000
2015 542,000

In addition, two unknown donors left around € 450,000. In total, “Appen musiziert” raised over 5.5 million euros for seriously ill children.

Artists who have performed at Appen musiziert (selection)

So far, the following artists have volunteered at Appen musiziert:

particularities

"Appen makes music"

  • was the largest voluntary benefit event in Germany
  • was the largest and most successful fire department event in favor of children with cancer in Germany
  • donated 100% of the proceeds
  • This is where the largest North German plant tombola took place for the gardeners and tree students from the Pinneberg district with around 15,000 plant and tree donations
  • had the largest cake buffet in northern Germany with around 400 cakes

Web links

Commons : Appen musiziert  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Appen musiziert: 534,000 euros for sick children . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , October 30, 2009
  2. ↑ NCO School of the Air Force supports Appen musiziert . Air Force NCO School, November 24, 2008
  3. ↑ Show of superlatives and record donations in Appen . shz, April 13, 2014