Stuttgart cultural region
| Kulturregion Stuttgart - Intercommunal cultural promotion Region Stuttgart e. V. | |
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| founding | January 8, 1991 |
| Seat | Am Hauptbahnhof 9, 70173 Stuttgart |
| main emphasis | Strengthening and maintaining intercommunal cultural work in the Stuttgart region |
| Chair | Matthias Knecht (first chairman) Fabian Mayer (vice chairman), Andreas Hesky (vice chairman), Dorothee Kraus-Prause (vice chairman) |
| Members | 43 municipalities, 3 associations, Association Region Stuttgart |
| Website | www.kulturregion-stuttgart.de |
The Stuttgart cultural region (spelling: KulturRegion Stuttgart ) is an amalgamation of 43 municipalities, three associations and the Stuttgart Region Association , which realizes inter-municipal cultural projects in the Stuttgart region.
The goal of the non-profit association is to shape the cultural appearance of the region with events and joint communication measures. It was founded in 1991 to strengthen regional cooperation in the field of culture. Every two years, the inter-municipal association realizes a project on regional and social issues, most recently the production art festival "Torque" (2018), the light art festival "Aufstiege" (2016) and "Garden of Eden" (2014). Various cultural actors are involved in the projects. They implement their ideas in events, actions in public spaces, installations, workshops and lectures. By bundling the activities, the Stuttgart cultural region tries on the one hand to make the existing cultural offerings visible and on the other hand to promote new developments.
History of the Stuttgart cultural region
Between 1986 and 1991 the working group “Olympia Application Stuttgart Region” dealt with a possible application from Stuttgart for the Olympic Games in 2004. This working group led to inter-municipal cooperation in the region. Three commissions concentrated on the areas of “sports technology”, “infrastructure” and “culture”. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Stuttgart area withdrew its Olympic application in 1990 in favor of Berlin. On January 8, 1991, at the founding meeting at Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, the association “Intercommunal Culture Promotion Region Stuttgart eV” (short form: “KulturRegion Stuttgart”) was founded as the successor to the Culture Commission. 19 municipalities were among the founding members. The first major cultural project was “Platzverführung 1992/93”, an international sculpture project in 18 cities. Further projects u. a. in the fields of fine arts, literature, music, dance, children's and youth theater, photography and architecture followed. In a strategy process, supported by the cultural experts Oliver Scheytt GmbH, a new, forward-looking approach for the Stuttgart cultural region was drawn up in 2011 with the involvement of municipal representatives, cultural experts and representatives from the Stuttgart region. In 2013, for the first time, all member municipalities took part in the “See what the neighbor creates” project, each with a representative cultural event for the municipality. Bettina Pau has been the managing director of the Stuttgart cultural region since September 2016.
aims
The purpose of the association is to strengthen and maintain intercommunal cultural work in the Stuttgart region. The Stuttgart cultural region realizes joint cultural events and projects as well as communication measures with the aim of shaping the cultural appearance of the region. The cooperative themed years under an artistic direction are intended to create a profile for the region. The Stuttgart cultural region tries to promote the cultural identification of the residents with “their” region and to create incentives for the population to visit other municipalities in the region. The cooperation should also serve the exchange of association members and be the basis for cultural-political discourses and a platform for further networking.
Members of the Stuttgart cultural region
The members of the Stuttgart cultural region include 43 municipalities, three associations and the Stuttgart Region Association .
Associations and associations:
- Kulturforum Schorndorf e. V.
- Musikinitiative Rock e. V. Stuttgart (MIR)
- Regio Stuttgart Marketing and Tourism e. V.
- Verband Region Stuttgart - corporation under public law
Board member of the Stuttgart cultural region
The board of the association consists of the chairman , three deputy chairmen, at least five other members, the treasurer and the secretary. The ten-member board consists of the mayor, the regional director and another representative of the Stuttgart Region Association.
Current board of directors
The following persons belong to the executive board of the Stuttgart cultural region:
| Office | Surname | function |
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| Chairman | Matthias Knecht | Lord Mayor Ludwigsburg |
| Deputy Chairman | Fabian Mayer | Mayor for General Administration, Culture and Law of the State Capital Stuttgart |
| Deputy Chairman | Andreas Hesky | Lord Mayor Waiblingen |
| vice-chairman | Dorothee Kraus-Prause | Regional Councilor for the Stuttgart Region |
| Treasurer | Michael Makurath | Lord Mayor Ditzingen |
| Secretary | Ursula Keck | Lord Mayor of Kornwestheim |
| Board member | Andreas Koch | First Mayor of Filderstadt |
| Board member | Martin Cohn | Lord Mayor Leonberg |
| Board member | Nicola Schelling | Regional Director Verband Region Stuttgart |
| Board member | Jürgen Zieger | Lord Mayor Esslingen am Neckar |
Previous chair
| year | Surname | function |
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| 1991-1994 | Hans Jochen Henke | then Lord Mayor of Ludwigsburg |
| 1995-1996 | Wolfgang Schuster | then Mayor of Stuttgart |
| 1996-1998 | Ulrich Bauer | then Lord Mayor Esslingen am Neckar |
| 1998-2000 | Joachim Rücker | then Lord Mayor of Sindelfingen |
| 2000-2008 | Jürgen Zieger | Lord Mayor Esslingen am Neckar |
| 2008-2013 | Christof Bolay | Lord Mayor Ostfildern |
| 2013-2019 | Werner Spec | Lord Mayor Ludwigsburg |
Projects of the Stuttgart cultural region
- 1992/93: Seduction of Square (international sculpture project)
- 1994: word for word (literature project)
- 1995: Accompanying program to the 6th Triennial Small Sculpture Europe-East Asia
- 1995/96: Homage to Paul Hindemith
- 1996: theaterTRÄUME (children and youth theater project)
- 1997: TanzRegion
- 1999: theaterTRÄUME (school theater project)
- 1999–2001: Open Spaces - Empty Limit Landscape (architectural project)
- 2002: Cultural globalization and regional identity (cultural and political congress)
- 2003: con spirito (musical cross over in the churches of the KulturRegion Stuttgart)
- 2004: A blue ribbon - Mörike 2004 (for the 200th birthday of the Swabian poet)
- 2005: Pop50 (pop music in the Stuttgart region 1955-2005)
- 2006: Coming and going (internationality of the Stuttgart region)
- 2007: ... and give my regards to the world (photographed homes)
- 2008: Oberwasser Unterwasser (staged everyday life and real theater on a cargo ship along the Neckar)
- 2009: Die Wasser des Neckar '(project on the tributaries of the Neckar')
- 2010: Music of the Future (Festival of Innovative Music)
- 2013: See what the neighbor can do (presentation of each member with a typical event)
- 2014: Garden of Eden (150 exhibitions, readings and concerts on the question "What is your idea of paradise?")
- 2015: Inspiration (artistically designed poster campaign with inventors and thought leaders in the region)
- 2016: Aufstaufen (light art festival to stage the ups and downs)
- 2017: #sprichklartext t (campaign and workshops for young people with word and language artists)
- 2018: Torque (Production Arts Festival)
- 2019: Stories under the hood (pop-up salon in the Stuttgart region)
literature
- KulturRegion Stuttgart: Platzverführung 1992/1993, Edition Cantz, 1992
- Karin Hanika, Bernd Wagner: Cultural globalization and regional identity, contributions to the cultural-political discourse, documentation of the cultural-political congress from September 5th to 7th, 2002 in Ludwigsburg, edited by Karin Hanika and Bernd Wagner on behalf of the KulturRegion Stuttgart; Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft eV, Bonn Klartext Verlag, Essen, 2004
- Jan Ulrich Welke: Play it again, 50 years of pop music in the Stuttgart region, publisher regionalkultur, 2005
- Jochem Schneider, Christine Baumgärtner: Open spaces - Open Spaces, on behalf of the KulturRegion Stuttgart, Edition Axel Menges, 2000
- Karin Hanika and Wiebke Trunk:… and say hello to the world / reflected homeland. Texts on homeland, identity and visual culture, edited by Karin Hanika and Wiebke Trunk for the KulturRegion Stuttgart, 2007
- Sound CD: To the water. Voices and sounds from and to the rivers in the Stuttgart region. 18 audio pieces, edited by Jürgen Palmer on behalf of the KulturRegion Stuttgart, 2010
- KulturRegion Stuttgart and music of the centuries: DVD: Future music. A festival of innovative music in the KulturRegion Stuttgart, 2011
Web links
- Website of the Stuttgart Region Association, tasks and projects, culture and sport https://www.region-stuttgart.org/haben-und-projekte/kultur-und-sport/
- Website of the Stuttgart cultural region
Individual evidence
- ^ Stuttgart District Court: Entry in the Association Register VR 5005, May 27, 1991
- ↑ Culture experts Dr. Scheytt GmbH : "Recommendations for the strategy development process for the KulturRegion Stuttgart", September 28, 2011.
- ^ Statutes of the association "Intercommunal Cultural Promotion Region Stuttgart"
- ↑ The local spirit smiles . In: Der Spiegel . No. 24 , 1992, pp. 239-242 ( Online - June 8, 1992 ).
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen Breuning: The KulturRegion Stuttgart brings forgotten places to bloom. In: Reprint Stuttgarter Nachrichten . 2000.
- ↑ Open spaces in the KulturRegion Stuttgart . In: Baden-Württemberg State Archive , May 17, 2000.
- ↑ Region supports the Mörike year. In: Gmünder Tagespost . December 6, 2013.
- ^ Book presentation Play it again - 50 Years of Pop Music in the Stuttgart Region, Literaturhaus Stuttgart, September 22, 2005.
- ↑ Hans Georg Frank: Rivers are valued again as lifelines. For four months, the project promotes the great importance of the "waters of the Neckar" with a variety of activities . In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt . May 26, 2009.
- ↑ Petra Bail: Sound spatial experience. Ostfildern: Festival "Zukunftsmusik" opens with 200 participants on October 1st in Nellingen. In: Esslinger Zeitung . September 29, 2010.
- ↑ See what the neighbor is doing . In: goeppingen.de . May 14, 2013.
- ↑ Alexander Ikrat: Praise for KulturRegion Stuttgart. Cultural events create regional identity. In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten . October 21, 2014.
- ↑ Thomas Durchdenwald, Achim Wörner: poster campaign of the cultural region. Inspiration then and now. "In: Stuttgarter-Zeitung.de . February 11, 2015.
- ↑ Anneliese Lieb: Shining encounters with art. In: ntz.de . Nürtinger Zeitung, October 15, 2015.