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Haus Neuland is an institution for political education , youth education and adult education in Bielefeld . The home folk high school is run by a non-profit association.
Recognized according to the further education law of North Rhine-Westphalia and funded by the state and federal center for political education , Haus Neuland conducts around 200 seminars and workshops annually. This makes Haus Neuland one of the largest institutions for political and vocational education in Germany.
The grounds of Haus Neuland are located in the Senne on the southern slope of the Teutoburg Forest, partly in the nature reserve Menkhausener Bachtal with Schopketal in the Bielefeld district of Sennestadt directly on the border with Oerlinghausen . In 2017, the Bielefeld-Sennestadt Roman camp was discovered near Haus Neuland .
Content focus
The focus is on political education, especially youth education. Haus Neuland wants to convey social values, sharpen democratic awareness and political judgment, strengthen interest in political and social contexts, expand professional skills and provide space for personal development.
Haus Neuland places a special focus on youth media education. As part of the JuMP (youth, media, participation) project, Haus Neuland has set up its own media center.
Haus Neuland is also a provider of advanced training for specialists in day-care centers and other educational fields of activity.
In addition to its own events, Haus Neuland is also open to external conferences, seminars and other encounters.
history
From the end of the 1920s, the first tent camps of the falcons and the socialist youth workers took place in the Bielefeld Senneland landscape . In 1932 a large youth camp based on the principle of the Socialist Children's Republic ( Kurt Löwenstein ) was organized on the present site. The camp was divided into two villages, one of which was called “Neuland”. The site and the barracks built on it were withdrawn from the Nazis' access in 1933 by means of a bogus lease agreement. During the Nazi era, the activists of the Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft der Kinderfreunde and the Socialist Workers' Youth withdrew and organized illegal meetings.
From 1947 the first tent camps were held after the war. Elfriede Eilers was present at the laying of the foundation stone of the "Purple House" and played a key role in the further development of Haus Neuland. The Lila Haus was inaugurated in 1949 . It is considered the parent company of Haus Neuland and is now operated as a self-catering establishment.
Today's Red House and today's Blue Hall were inaugurated as youth education and leisure facilities. They were financed with a grant from the government under the Social Democratic Prime Minister Fritz Steinhoff . This went back to the initiative of the SPD district chairman Emil Groß , who was also the publisher of the Free Press . The sponsor of this house was the association Kinderfreunde, whose first chairman in turn was Emil Groß.
Haus Neuland now consists of a large ensemble of buildings. The Yellow House , the Green House and the Red House together with an entrance area and a conference hall of around 300 m² form today's seminar and conference center. With 20 seminar rooms, around 187 regular beds and a cafeteria, Haus Neuland can accommodate several seminar groups in parallel and grades at the same time.
Board
The former NRW Economics Minister Axel Horstmann is chairman of the sponsoring association. He succeeded Ute Schäfer , who was chairwoman from 2001 to 2007. Other members of the board include a .: Marlies Stotz , Klaus Schäfer , Karl-Heinz Haseloh , Manfred Böcker .
Memberships
Haus Neuland works in and with the working group for democratic educational institutions, working group of German educational institutions, working group for educational institutions and academies in NRW, regional working group for democratic educational institutions, association of educational centers in rural areas, network for political education in the armed forces, society for media education and communication culture , Local media work NRW eV Haus Neuland is also the tourism partner of Teutoburg Forest Tourism.
Editing
- Workshop reports
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Self-presentation on the website of the working group of educational institutions and academies (folk high schools) in North Rhine-Westphalia
- ↑ Map service of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
- ↑ Lippische Landeszeitung: Unique find in Westphalia: Roman camp discovered in Bielefeld
- ↑ a b Presentation of the board of the sponsoring association
- ↑ History from 1930 to 1933
- ^ History from 1950 to 1959
Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 2.2 ″ N , 8 ° 38 ′ 5 ″ E