Children's circus Giovanni

Opening of the anniversary tour 30 Years Children's Circus Giovanni 1984 to 2014 at the end of May 2014 in front of the New Town Hall in Hanover

The circus tent in May 2014 in the Maschpark on Friedrichswall in Hanover

Cable acrobatics 2012 in the Marktkirche of Hanover during the Long Night of the Churches

The Giovanni Children's Circus from Hanover is a circus in which children and young people perform as artists . Between May and October, up to 30 performances are organized in Germany and other countries every year. Seat of the children's circus is the Hanover parish Wettbergen , at the church 23 .

history

The Giovanni Children's Circus was founded in 1984 by Bert Schwarz, the pastor of the Protestant parish in Wettbergen. In 1998 he was awarded the City Culture Prize of the Friends of Hanover - especially for his voluntary work for the circus . At that time the children's circus had a colorful "train from elderly care Hanomag - tractors and disused fire engines , restored circus wagons and [... a] two-masted tent ". In 1998 Giovanni made 30 appearances in Germany and neighboring countries.

Awards

1998: The Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft awards the Giovanni Children's Circus the Federal Culture Prize

• 2007: German Children's Prize , 1st place in the Special Prize category of the Broadcasting Commissioner of the Evangelical Church in Germany
• 2012: Prix ​​Roncalli , presented at the Roncalli circus by Bernhard Paul on July 29, 2012 at Waterlooplatz in Hanover

Media reports (selection)

• sw: Stadtkultur / Freundeskreis honors nuns and pastors / Honors for exemplary projects , in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of March 4, 1998
• Karl-Richard Würger: Circle of Friends Prize to religious sister and circus pastor , in: Neue Presse of March 4, 1998
• NN : City Culture Prize / Excellent! Two good people from Kirchrode and Wettbergen , in: picture from March 4, 1998

Web links

Commons : Giovanni Children's Circus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the children's circus Giovanni
• Marius Klingemann: Children's circus Giovanni inspires with a new program in the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung on May 8, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} sw: Urban culture ... (see under the section media reports )
2. ↑ Compare the imprint on the website of the circus
3. ↑ German Children's Prize 2007 , sub- page on kinder Zirkus-giovanni.de, last accessed on May 30, 2014
4. ^ Prix ​​Roncalli 2012 on the website of the Children's Circus Giovanni, last accessed on May 30, 2014
5. ↑ Circus Roncalli :: Hannover 2012 :: Children's Circus Giovanni on the Circus Roncalli website on facebook .com, last accessed on May 30, 2014

Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 41.7 ″  N , 9 ° 41 ′ 29 ″  E