Exhibition of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
The exhibition Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation took place from August 28 to December 10, 2006 in the Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg and the German Historical Museum in Berlin as a group exhibition. With a total of over 440,000 visitors, it was the most successful history exhibition since 1981 (Prussian exhibition in Berlin). In Magdeburg the Middle Ages part of the imperial history From Otto the Great to the end of the Middle Ages was shown. This was seen by 248,800 visitors. In Berlin, the modern section of the Old Reich and New States could be seen, which was visited by 195,000 people.
The occasion of the exhibition was the 200th anniversary of the end of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation , which ended with the laying down of the imperial crown by Emperor Franz II on August 6, 1806.
Honorary title and patron
As the most important European history show of the year, the exhibition was awarded the honorary title of 29th exhibition by the Council of Europe . After the 27th exhibition of the Council of Europe “Otto the Great, Magdeburg and Europe” in 2001, the Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg was awarded the highly respected title for the second time. The German Historical Museum in Berlin had previously shown an exhibition of the Council of Europe with “Central Europe around 1000”. The Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Horst Köhler, took over the patronage . The Magdeburg part also bore the title of a state exhibition in Saxony-Anhalt .
Outstanding exhibits
The most outstanding exhibits of the exhibition included the Nuremberg Heiltumsschrein from the first half of the 15th century, in which parts of the imperial regalia were kept and which is now in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg , the Codex Manesse from the Heidelberg University Library , and the Barbarossa head the Cappenberg collegiate church , the ivory tablet Maiestas Domini from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Onyx von Schaffhausen from the Museum zu Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen .
Participating artists and correspondence locations
The Magdeburg part of the exhibition was accompanied by an extensive supporting program in which renowned artists such as Andreas Kuhnlein , the Capella Antiqua Bambergensis and Peter Maierhofer participated. Under the title "The Bold and the region - gloss of the Middle Ages in Saxony-Anhalt" hosted representatives of the eleven in Saxony-Anhalt location on the historic sites of memory Memleben, Naumburg, Merseburg, Halle, Wittenberg, Tangermünde, Magdeburg, Halberstadt, Quedlinburg, Tilleda and Falkenstein Castle Framework program items for the duration of the exhibition. Each of the locations emphasized its importance for the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and brought medieval history to life for visitors with events. Nine of these places are on the Romanesque Road . The Reich and Region project was initiated by the Magdeburg Cultural History Museum, planned in coordination with the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Economics and Labor of the State of Saxony-Anhalt and coordinated by the State Marketing of Saxony-Anhalt.
organization
The overall management of the Berlin part of the exhibition was held by Hans Ottomeyer , that of the Magdeburg part by Matthias Puhle . Berlin curators were Jutta Götzmann, Ansgar Reiss and Sabine Witt. Claus Peter Hasse (also project manager), Gabriele Köster (also loan service), and Alexander Schubert (also press spokesman) were responsible for implementing the scientific concept in Magdeburg . Other tasks in the Magdeburg part of the exhibition were carried out by qualified restorer Tilman Krause (conservational support), Heike Pöppelmann (catalog editor), Thilo Reichelt (marketing and museum education) and Cecilie Holberg (editor for essays).
Cooperations
Well-known commercial enterprises cooperated with the exhibition project. The toy brand Playmobil created its own version of the Magdeburg rider as the exhibition's mascot . The Hasseröder brewery put on a licensed beer glass that featured the main motif of the Magdeburg part of the exhibition, the singing Emperor Heinrich VI. from the Codex Manesse shows.
literature
- Matthias Puhle, Claus-Peter Hasse (ed.): Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation 962-1806. From Otto the Great to the end of the Middle Ages . Catalog and essay volume for the 29th exhibition of the Council of Europe Dresden 2006.
- Gabriele Köster, Alexander Schubert: Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation 962-1806. From Otto the Great to the end of the Middle Ages . Short guide to the 29th exhibition of the Council of Europe, Dresden 2006.
- Alexander Schubert: Europe and the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Thoughts on the 29th exhibition of the Council of Europe in Magdeburg in: Kultur Report. Quarterly issues of the Central German Cultural Council 46, 2006, pp. 8–11.
- Alexander Schubert: An Insight Into the 29th Council of Europe Art Exhibition: Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation 962-1806 in: The Journal of the Holy Roman Empire, Vol 1, Spring 2006, pp. 19-24.