State home games of the province of Westphalia Witten-Hohenstein

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1926: Wilhelm Tell

The State Home Games of the Province of Westphalia Witten-Hohenstein were founded in 1926 by Konrad Maria Krug . The teacher, theologian and philosopher hoped that his foundation would inspire ordinary people without special schooling for the theater. That is why he primarily selected popular material to perform with dozens of extras .

history

1929: Wilhelm Tell
1928: Siegfried
1931: A Midsummer Night's Dream

They took place on the Hohenstein , the Witten city forest, which, thanks to these performances, became known as a local recreation area far beyond the borders of Witten. In a stream valley, the forest was cleared on one side and paths were provided for the extras to appear. A grandstand for 6,000 seats was created on the other side . Most of the buildings were bought from Haltern from the open-air theater there.

He opened the first season with Schiller's Wilhelm Tell . 1600 actors and extras were hired to do this.

The Landesheimatspiele were considered the most popular amateur games in Westphalia , up to the last season in 1931/1932, well over a million people attended the performances.

Since the natural stage was very dependent on the weather and therefore later had to deal with a decline in spectators, the open-air stage had to be abandoned. The last piece was performed at Hammerteich , the music for the Singspiel was composed by the Witten composer Robert Ruthenfranz (* 1905, † 1970). The year 1932 ended due to economic hardship (global economic crisis and rainy summers) the "natural theater" on the Hohenstein.

program

today

Nothing can be seen of the open-air stage.

Web links

Commons : Landesheimatspiele of the Province of Westphalia Witten-Hohenstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Konrad Maria Krug: The open-air theater in the city of Witten . In: Magistrate of the City of Witten and edited on its behalf by Friedrich Blome (Ed.): Witten and its surroundings. (Annen, Bommern, Herbede, Langendreer, Volmarstein, Wengern and Wetter) . German art u. Publishing house, Düsseldorf 1926.
  • Verkehrsamt Witten (Hrsg.): Landesheimatspiele of the province Westphalia in Witten-Ruhr, natural theater in the city forest Hohenstein, Schiller. William Tell . Böduel, Witten 1926.
  • Verkehrsamt Witten (Hrsg.): Landesheimatspiele of the province Westphalia in Witten-Ruhr, natural theater in the city forest Hohenstein, Goethe. Goetz von Berlichingen . Peter Koll, Witten 1927.
  • Konrad Maria Krug: State home games of the province of Westphalia Witten a. d. Dysentery. Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller . A. Vollmer theater publisher, Münster 1926.
  • Konrad Maria Krug: State home games of the province of Westphalia Witten a. d. Dysentery. Götz von Berlichingen by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . CL Krüger, Wittener Tageblatt, Witten 1927.
  • Konrad Maria Krug: State home games of the province of Westphalia Witten a. d. Dysentery. Siegfried by Friedrich Hebbel . Peter Koll, Witten 1928.
  • Konrad Maria Krug: State home games of the province of Westphalia Witten a. d. Dysentery. Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller . CL Krüger, Wittener Tageblatt, Witten 1929.
  • Konrad Maria Krug: State home games of the province of Westphalia Witten a. d. Dysentery. Gudrun from Ernst Hardt . Bachemdruck, Cologne 1930.
  • Konrad Maria Krug: State home games of the province of Westphalia Witten a. d. Dysentery. The robbers by Friedrich Schiller . CL Krüger, Wittener Tageblatt, Witten 1931.
  • Konrad Maria Krug: State home games of the province of Westphalia Witten a. d. Dysentery. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare . CL Krüger, Wittener Tageblatt, Witten 1931.
  • Konrad Maria Krug: The regional home games in Witten . In: Westfalenspiegel . 1969.
  • The open-air theater in the city of Witten . In: VOHM (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the association for local and local history in the county of Mark zu Witten . tape 42 . Witten 1929.
  • Friedrich Hebbel: The Nibelungs. The horned Siegfried and Siegfried's death . Warendorf 1925.
  • Adolf Schulte: The festival on the Hohenstein in Witten . In: VOHM (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the association for local and local history in the county of Mark zu Witten . tape 93/94 . Witten 1995, p. 359-384 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 43.5 ″  N , 7 ° 21 ′ 11 ″  E