German House of the Republic of Tatarstan

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Entrance area of ​​the German House

The German House of the Republic of Tatarstan ( Russian: Немецкий Дом Республики Татарстан ) has been a public institution in Kazan , the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia , since 2000 . The German House deals with the history and preservation of German culture and its communication across language barriers. The German House is used for the central coordination of German-Russian relations for the Volga and Ural regions .

The pearl necklace as a youth club associated with the German House has existed since 2002.

The Deutsches Haus functions as part of the Education and Information Center (BIZ) in Moscow and, with five employees under the direction of Victor Georgewitsch Dietz, coordinates educational events such as German language courses, lectures on local history and history, youth work as well as publications and charity concerts, theater and Dance events. The German House of the Republic of Tatarstan also heads the meeting centers in Nabereshnye Chelny , Nizhnekamsk and Bawly .

history

St. Katharina's Church, in which the German House is located

The history of the German House is closely linked to the history of the St. Katharina Church , as the life of the Russian Germans has always taken place in the premises of the church and thus rose and fell with it. In 1767 the construction of the Lutheran Church in Kazan began, which was honored by the visit of Tsarina Catherine II . After a fire, the church was rebuilt from stone in 1777. Thus the foundation stone for the German community and the German house was laid.

The year 1806 is considered to be the founding year of the Kazan Evangelical Lutheran Church Community. However, there were not only church services - accordingly there was a German choir, a theater group and elementary school classes based on the Friedrich Froebel system . In 1860, 25 students attended this elementary school.

From 1904 to 1906 the membership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church reached 1,075 Germans. The First World War put an end to community life for the time being and this could only be sustained with the help of donations from wealthy community members. During the October Revolution , many Germans were expropriated, killed or emigrated. In 1929 the municipality was dissolved and the premises were transferred to the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan . From then on they were used as a sports hall.

Only on 4 November 1990, the German Lutheran community was re-established and joined with the Kazan German community together to the cultural life of the Germans from Russia Kazan to revive. Nevertheless, the rooms of the St. Catherine Church were only returned on December 11, 1996.

See also

literature

  • Victor Georgewitsch Dietz: From the history of the German Lutheran Church Community in Kazan , German House of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan 2005

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