East Prussia cultural center

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East Prussia cultural center
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Amber Cabinet in the East Prussia Cultural Center
Data
place Ellingen
Art
Museum of cultural history
opening 1981
management
Website
ISIL DE-MUS-020024

The East Prussian Cultural Center for the preservation and care of the East Prussian cultural heritage has existed since 1981 and operates exhibitions, archives, a gallery and a museum. The state-funded center is located in the west wing of the Teutonic Order Castle in Ellingen in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district in Central Franconia . A branch office has existed in the Altvaterturm near Lehesten since 2009 .

The East Prussian Cultural Center contributes to the preservation and maintenance of the East Prussian cultural heritage. The East Prussian Cultural Center, an institution of the East Prussian Cultural Foundation , was set up in 1981 with the support of the federal government and the Free State of Bavaria , the sponsor country of East Prussia.

Exhibitions

The focus is on East Prussian regional studies and cultural history as well as contemporary art . Cross-border cultural work and cooperation with Polish , Russian and Lithuanian institutions are becoming increasingly important . Since the richest area of ​​discovery of Baltic amber is in East Prussia, the center contains two rooms that are exclusively dedicated to the gemstone. East Prussian natural amber in many shapes and colors as well as pieces of jewelry and utensils from the Königsberg amber factory are on display.

In the museum section, numerous topics are vividly presented: historical hunting weapons, hunting trophies, copper engraving, majolica from the imperial factory in Cadinen , the history of the evangelical Salzburg exiles , a Königsberg citizen's room with furniture from the 19th century as well as memorabilia of the great tradition of the Königsbergers Schools and the Albertus University .

The model of the Warmian farming village of Wolfsdorf shows life in the countryside in the past. The original loom and the hand-woven textiles give an insight into old craft techniques.

archive

Numerous bequests with valuable documents from the areas of folklore , literature and photography are part of the archive. Special collections such as picture archive, glass plate negatives and school program brochures complement the holdings. An extensive special library is available.

gallery

The gallery on the 2nd floor houses paintings, graphics and sculptures by important artists. Käthe Kollwitz and Lovis Corinth are represented on the Curonian Spit , as are works by graduates of the Königsberg Art Academy and representatives of the Nidden artists ' colony .

Altvaterturm branch

In July 2009 the East Prussia Cultural Center opened a branch in the Altvaterturm near Lehesten. For this purpose, a room was rented on the seventh floor of this tower, which the cultural center East Prussia Ellingen designed as an East Prussian room. The history of East Prussia, churches, castles, palaces, famous personalities of the country as well as landscapes and natural spaces are explained on a total of 18 boards. The time of the Second World War with flight and displacement are also mentioned. In addition, a section of the exhibition is reserved for explaining the tasks of the East Prussian Cultural Center in Ellingen.

Special exhibitions

In the course of its existence, the cultural center held 54 cabinet exhibitions and 109 special shows until July 2020.

Below is an overview of the range of topics:

Special exhibitions
Cabinet exhibitions
  • 1993: Ljudmilla Tambovceva , painter from Königsberg
  • 1994: Edith and Hermann Wirth - a couple of painters from Königsberg
  • 1999: Vera Macht - an East Prussian painter
  • 1999: The painter Käthe Ruppel
  • 2000: Watercolors by Erich Gindler
  • 2001: In memoriam Ute Göbel - Landscapes
  • 2003: The East Prussian painter Ernst von Saucken
  • 2004: Castles and manor houses in southern East Prussia
  • 2005: Walter von Sanden-Guja
  • 2007: The Königsberg / Pr. of the German Alpine Club and its East Prussia hut
  • 2009: Lyck - capital of Masuria
  • 2009: The French in Memel 1920–1923
  • 2010: Franconia in Prussia - Prussia in Franconia - historical and cultural interrelationships over the course of eight centuries
  • 2010: On the 200th anniversary of her death - Queen Luise in East Prussia
  • 2012: In search of the simple life ... - Ernst Wiechert on his 125th birthday
  • 2014: The German Order in Franconia and in Prussia
  • 2015: Brick architecture in the Baltic Sea region
  • 2016: 500 years of the Purity Law : Beer and breweries in East Prussia then and now
  • 2017: Von der Groeben - a noble family in East Prussia
  • 2019: The history of broadcasting in East Prussia
  • 2019: Eitel Klein - a Franconian artist's life
  • 2020: East Prussian monuments and landscapes - charcoal and ink drawings by Ernst von Glasow

Web links

Commons : Kulturzentrum Ostpreußen Ellingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred E. Fritsche: "You do an excellent job" . In: Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung . No. 44 , November 5, 2011, pp. 11 ( preussische-allgemeine.de [PDF]).
  2. ↑ Manfred E. Fritsche: Seventh floor: East Prussia . In: Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung . No. 28 , July 11, 2009, p. 20 ( preussische-allgemeine.de [PDF]).
  3. ↑ Kulturzentrum Ostpreußen: List of all cabinet exhibitions (as of July 2020) . July 2020.
  4. ^ East Prussia Cultural Center: List of all special exhibitions (as of July 2020) . July 2020.
  5. ^ Ingeborg Nolde, Irmgard Buchholz: Professor Ernst Green and students . EOS-Druck, St. Ottilien ( ostpreussen.de [PDF] exhibition from August 3 to September 15, 1985).
  6. ↑ Jörn Barfod: Edith and Hermann Wirth. An artist couple from East Prussia . Husum Verlag, 1994, ISBN 978-3-88042-686-3 ( amazon.de ).

Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ′ 38.9 ″  N , 10 ° 57 ′ 56 ″  E