House of the German East

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House of the German East

The House of the German East ( HDO ) is an institution of the Free State of Bavaria in Munich and serves to maintain and further develop the cultural heritage of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe . It was founded in 1970.

administration

The House of the German East is a non-incorporated public institution that is subordinate to the Bavarian State Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs, Family and Integration . It is headed by a director (including Horst Kühnel until 2001, from 2002 to 2012 Ortfried Kotzian ). An advisory board , consisting of twenty personalities from cultural, economic and political life, supports the director in his work. Andreas Otto Weber has been Director of the House of the German East since May 1, 2013 .

tasks

The facility fulfills various tasks within the framework of the Federal Expellees Act .

The HDO is supposed to

  • Maintain and develop the contribution of the former German settlement areas in Eastern and Southeastern Europe to German culture
  • Perform a bridging function for the relationship between the Free State of Bavaria and Eastern and Southeastern Europe
  • support German minorities in their home countries in maintaining their cultural identity
  • Conduct events
  • promote the transfer of knowledge about Eastern and Southeastern Europe in the field of education
  • support relevant associations, institutions and individual measures at home and abroad

Library

The HDO has a public library on the past and present of the German settlement areas in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The library has a stock of 80,000 volumes.

Others

The HDO serves as a meeting place for around 120 groups. There are conference rooms and the non-public restaurant Zum Alten Bezirksamt available.

The Association of Patrons of the House of German East Munich eV supports the cultural work of the HDO financially.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ House of the German East in Munich is looking for a successor to head Dr. Horst Kühnel, BdV-Nachrichten Sept / Oct. / Nov. 2001, page 6 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oberschlesien-aktuell.de
  2. ^ Important bridge builders to the east, Siebenbürger Zeitung of August 8, 2002
  3. ↑ History of the expellees created significant space, Augsburger Allgemeine from February 1, 2013 ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.augsburger-allgemeine.de
  4. ↑ New director at the Munich HDO. In: Transylvanian newspaper . June 1, 2013, accessed March 8, 2014 .
  5. ^ Andreas Otto Weber. (Chair for Bavarian and Franconian Regional History at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg). Retrieved March 8, 2014 .

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Coordinates: 48 ° 7 ′ 51.7 ″  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 20.1 ″  E