Calw monastery summer in Hirsau

The Calwer Klostersommer in Hirsau is an annual open-air cultural festival in the northern Black Forest. It takes place between the end of July and the beginning of August in the cloister of the ruined monastery of St. Peter and Paul in the Hirsau district of Calw (northern Black Forest) and reached up to 15,000 visitors. In 2008 the event replaced the Hirsau Klosterspiele, which had been taking place at the same location since 1959 .

Emergence

The Calw Monastery Summer in Hirsau has existed since 2008, it replaced the Hirsau Monastery Games . It was a theater festival organized by the city of Calw from 1959 to 2007 at the same location. Declining visitor numbers finally led to the cessation of the monastery games. The organizer is the Calw concert agency concetera GmbH. The event title "Calwer Klostersommer in Hirsau" is protected as a trademark throughout Europe. Since then, the city of Calw has supported the annual Calw monastery summer from budget funds in the course of cultural funding, but has no influence on the program design.

Effect on the city of Calw

In 2011, the Calw monastery summer in Hirsau was the subject of a scientific investigation as part of a bachelor thesis. The author was able to prove that the Calw Monastery Summer (CKS) promotes the image of the city of Calw and stimulates tourism.

program

The program consists of ten to twelve evening events that take place almost daily during the event period. The offer is broad and ranges from classical music to folk music, hits, pop and comedy. The Hermann Hesse Festival of the Udo Lindenberg Foundation was announced for 2016 as part of the monastery summer.

Monastery summer programs since 2008

2008: Echoes, Nabucco , Füenf / Eure Mütter , Die kleine Tierschau , Marshall & Alexander , Gregorian , Roger Cicero , Barock & Fire
2009: Carmina Burana , Blackmore's Night , ABBA Night, Marc Marshall , Konstantin Wecker , Schandmaul , Die Prinzen , Rodger Hodgson , Kloster in Flammen, Helge Schneider
2010: Max Raabe and the Palastorchester, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Musicalgala, Rondò Veneziano , Die Zauberflöte, Die kleine Tierschau / Your Mothers , The Machine, Yamato , Al di Meola , Angelo Branduardi , Kloster in Flammen
2011: Doldingers Passport, Queen Revival Show, Peter Kraus , Topas, Aida, Sheketak, The 12 Tenors, Hansi Hinterseer , Kaya Yanar , Blackmore's Night , Kloster in Flammen
2012: Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson , Musical People, Konstantin Wecker , Carmen, Hubert von Goisern , Nigel Kennedy Quintett, Markus - I want fun !, Night of Voices, Umberto Tozzi , Marianne Rosenberg , Marshall & Alexander
2013: Haindling , Nabucco, Echoes, Ernst Hutter & Die Egerländer, Buena Vista Social Club , Roland Kaiser , GOCOO , Phantom der Oper , Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung , Kaya Yanar , Kloster in Flammen - Fireworks of the Tenors
2014: Konstantin Wecker , La Traviata, Niedeckens BAP , Marshall & Alexander , Comedy Gang Bang ( Füenf und Eure Mütter ), Blackmore's Night , Helge Schneider , Phil, Alan Parsons Live Project, Kloster in Flammen - Fireworks of the Tenors
2015: Albert Hammond , Tosca , Gocoo , Faun , Wolfgang Ambros , Roger Cicero sings Sinatra, Peter Kraus , Dodokay , Hansi Hinterseer , Michael Jackson Tribute Show, Kloster in Flammen
2016: SWR1 Pop & Poesie in Concert, Der Watzmann , Hermann Hesse Festival with Udo Lindenberg and the Panikorchester , Konstantin Wecker , Spider Murphy Gang unplugged, Milow , La Bohème, Marshall & Alexander , Queen Revival Show, Kloster in Flammen / Fireworks of the tenors , Kaya Yanar
2017: Anastacia , Phil, Saltatio Mortis , Vanessa Mai , Blackmore's Night , GOCOO , Rainhard Fendrich , Udo Jürgens Tribute Show, Christina Stürmer , Willy Astor Reim Time, Dodokay , Kloster in Flammen - Diva meets Tenors
2018: Marshall & Alexander , Vanessa Mai , Gregor Meyle , Radio Doria , Gipsy Kings , Alan Parsons , Füenf , Mr. Stumpfes Zieh & Zupf Kapelle , SWR1 Pop & Poesie in Concert, Johannes Oerding , ABBA Night, Kloster in Flammen

capacity

The capacity of the Calw monastery summer is 1465 seats and can be expanded to up to 2000 people (partially seated with standing room). Depending on the event, visitors come from Baden-Württemberg, from all federal states and even from neighboring countries.

Web links

official homepage of the Calw monastery summer in Hirsau

Individual evidence

↑ Alfred Verstl: "Kloster summer polished image on". Schwarzwälder Bote, January 15, 2013, accessed December 8, 2015 .
↑ Kristina Voß: Calwer Klostersommer: Image effects of a series of cultural events on a medium-sized center using the example of the district town of Calw. A multi-center study based on a survey of residents, professionals, companies and tourists in Calw SRH University of Economics and Media Calw from November 1st, 2011
↑ "Hermann Hesse Festival is getting smaller". Schwarzwälder Bote, November 4, 2015, accessed December 9, 2015 .
↑ Alfred Verstl: "Kloster summer breaks all records." Schwarzwälder Bote, August 13, 2014, accessed December 8, 2015 .
↑ Alfred Verstl: "Kloster summer: results speak for themselves." Schwarzwälder Bote, August 12, 2015, accessed December 9, 2015 .

[1] Alfred Verstl: "Kloster summer polished image on". Schwarzwälder Bote, January 15, 2013, accessed December 8, 2015 .

[2] Kristina Voß: Calwer Klostersommer: Image effects of a series of cultural events on a medium-sized center using the example of the district town of Calw. A multi-center study based on a survey of residents, professionals, companies and tourists in Calw SRH University of Economics and Media Calw from November 1st, 2011

[3] "Hermann Hesse Festival is getting smaller". Schwarzwälder Bote, November 4, 2015, accessed December 9, 2015 .

[4] Alfred Verstl: "Kloster summer breaks all records." Schwarzwälder Bote, August 13, 2014, accessed December 8, 2015 .

[5] Alfred Verstl: "Kloster summer: results speak for themselves." Schwarzwälder Bote, August 12, 2015, accessed December 9, 2015 .