House of the Netherlands

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The House of the Netherlands in the Krameramtshaus (right) (2005)

The House of the Netherlands in Münster houses institutions that deal with the Netherlands and Flanders in research, teaching and scientific services .

Facilities in the House of the Netherlands

The Center for Dutch Studies is the only academic institution in Germany that is dedicated to teaching, research and services in the Netherlands and Flanders across disciplines. The aim of the facility is a deep understanding of the Dutch- speaking area and its relations with Germany. The center was founded in 1989 and is affiliated with the Westphalian Wilhelms University . Among other things, you can obtain a Bachelor's or Master's degree in regional science there in the Netherlands-Germany Studies course.

The Institute for Dutch Philology , as an institution of the University of Münster, is dedicated to the common language of the Netherlands and Flanders in research and teaching. With more than 300 students, the institute is the largest Dutch language institution outside the Netherlands and Flanders. Different bachelor and master degrees are available: the 2-subject bachelor, bachelor vocational college or bachelor HRGe in Dutch studies and in addition to the master of education, the future Dutch teacher also trains the master of arts Dutch-German: literary translation and cultural transfer.

The library houses the most extensive collection of publications on the Dutch culture in the German-speaking world. With around 65,000 volumes from the Dutch Cultural Area as a collection focus, as well as around 30,000 volumes from the Institute for Dutch Philology and the Center for Dutch Studies, the library offers unique conditions for Dutch research in Germany. It is also a branch library of the University and State Library of Münster .

The State Commissioner for North Rhine-Westphalia -Benelux promoted relations between the universities of North Rhine-Westphalia , the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg . After the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2005 , the position of the state commissioner was abolished.

The Dutch Professional Association , the largest Dutch association in the world outside the Dutch-speaking area, is based in the House of the Netherlands.

Krameramtshaus

The building known as the Krameramtshaus has existed since 1589 and was the meeting place and warehouse for the Kramergilde. During the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia , which ended the Thirty Years 'War and the Dutch Eighty Years' War for independence from the Spanish, it served as accommodation for the Dutch ambassadors. The negotiations took place from 1646 to 1648 alternately in the quarters of the ambassadors involved. On January 30, 1648, the Spanish-Dutch treaty - the Peace of Munster  - was finally signed in the Krameramtshaus. On May 15, 1648, the ratifications were exchanged and peace was sworn in a solemn ceremony. The Spanish ambassador, Count Peñaranda , requested the council chamber on the ground floor of the town hall , which was later called the Peace Hall . To the left of the Krameramtshaus was the Hülshoff'sche Hof, which was demolished at the end of the 19th century and was owned by the Droste zu Hülshoff family from 1677 to 1816 .

Between 1909 and 1993 the house housed the Münster city library . Since May 15, 1995, after the university's facilities moved in, it has been called “House of the Netherlands in the Krameramtshaus”. On the fireplace is the famous saying: Ehr is Dwang gnog d. H. "Honor is compulsion enough" is shown.

“Münster is a city in whose coat of arms you want to write the words; standing above the chimney in the guild hall of the shopkeeper's office: Honor is dwang nog - honor is compulsion enough. The free, and according to the view of the time, the noble, does not tolerate compulsion, but he compels himself. "

- Ricarda Yikes

Before the destruction in World War II, the sentence was on a banner that was wound through laurel and oak branches and a wreath in the middle. Today the motto of the merchant's office can be seen as a fresco on the masonry in the hall inside the Krameramtshaus, which is sometimes used for exhibitions related to the Netherlands.

See also

literature

  • Markus Wilp (ed.): 25 years of the Center for Dutch Studies (= yearbook of the Center for Dutch Studies, vol. 25/26). Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2016, ISBN 978-3-402-14208-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcus Weidner: Landadel in Münster 1600–1760. City constitution, claim of status and royal court . Aschendorff, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-402-06641-6 , p. 754 f.
  2. ^ Wilderich von Droste zu Hülshoff 900 years Droste zu Hülshoff . Verlag LPV Hortense von Gelmini, Horben 2018, ISBN 978-3-936509-16-8
  3. ↑ Ricarda Huch: In the old kingdom. Images of life in German cities . Ullstein, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-548-37008-X , pp. 84-85.

Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 47 "  N , 7 ° 37 ′ 47.5"  E