List of open monument days
The list of heritage days are past events for Heritage Day in Germany again, which have taken place since the 1993rd
| date | theme | Opening event in |
Remarks | number of visitors | Number of open monuments |
Number of participating municipalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 12, 1993 | The first nationwide open monument day | 2 million | 3,500 | 1,200 | ||
| September 11, 1994 | ||||||
| September 10, 1995 | ||||||
| September 8, 1996 | 3 million | 5,000 | 1,600 | |||
| September 14, 1997 | ||||||
| September 13, 1998 | Quedlinburg | For the first time, the Open Monument Day opened with a festive event. | ||||
| September 12, 1999 | Europe - a common heritage | For the first time there was a uniform motto for the Open Monument Day. The focus was on monuments that recall the numerous influences of foreign cultures and religions, but also of the coexistence in Europe. | 3.2 million | 5,500 | 2,100 | |
| September 10, 2000 | Old buildings - new opportunities | Under the annual motto, the focus was on the use and conversion of monuments, while at the same time preserving the historical identity. The monument campaign was intended to give monument owners in particular the impetus to show buildings that had not previously been opened to visitors. | ||||
| September 9, 2001 | Monument as a school - school as a monument | The motto can be illuminated in two directions. Every monument trains and lets people understand aspects that every school has to convey. | ||||
| September 8, 2002 | A memorial rarely stands alone: streets, squares and ensembles | A place is also determined by the relationship between the buildings, by historical streets and squares. Under the impression of the flood disaster on the Elbe, which threatened and damaged numerous monuments, a fundraising campaign was launched out of solidarity with the monument owners affected. | 3.5 million | 6,500 | 2,500 | |
| September 14, 2003 | History up close: living in a monument | Lübeck | “Living in a Monument” presented the current use of historical buildings for residential purposes on the one hand, and historical aspects of living culture on the other. | 4 million | 6,700 | 2,500 |
| September 12, 2004 | How's it going? - Focus on water | Weimar | While in our latitudes until the 19th century you mostly had to be content with the fountain “on your doorstep”, in ancient cities like Rome or Athens there was already a central water supply with constantly freshly fed fountains and public baths. | 4 million | 6,700 | |
| September 11, 2005 | war and peace | Dresden | Construction, destruction, reconstruction - war and peace have had an impact on architecture in Germany. Fortifications and battles have also kept the fascination of horror to this day. | 4 million | ||
| September 10, 2006 | Lawns, roses and borders - historic gardens and parks | Berlin | The theme included historical parks on the one hand, and their design development through the centuries on the other. | 4.5 million | 7,000 | 2,500 |
| September 9, 2007 | Places of contemplation and prayer - historical sacred buildings | regensburg | Sacred buildings have always shaped the silhouettes of German villages and cities, they bear witness to the history of religious life in the country. The motto was actively supported by the major religious communities and led to a record number of visitors. | 5.5 million | 3,450 | |
| September 14, 2008 | Past Uncovered - Archeology and Building Research | Esslingen am Neckar | This day put the focus on work and work techniques of archeology in the investigation and research of ancient monuments from the Stone Age to the modern age. | |||
| September 13, 2009 | Historic places of enjoyment | Potsdam | The focus was on all historical places and sites where, then as now, enjoyment, relaxation and enjoyment were capitalized, such as historic inns, hotels, health resorts and baths, sports and performance venues, parks, concert halls, theaters and cinemas. | |||
| September 12, 2010 | Culture in motion - travel, trade and traffic | Luneburg | The expansion and renewal of the road network, the construction of railway lines and shipping canals led to a significantly larger exchange of goods. And when borders and paths were suddenly blocked, trade history was written, because entire countries became impoverished. Pilgrimage routes and trade routes also contributed to the presentation of the topic. | 4.5 million | 7,500 | 2,600 |
| September 11, 2011 | Romanticism, Realism, Revolution - The 19th Century | trier | From the art of antiquity to the baroque, the most diverse elements were combined and new styles were developed. Rhine Romanticism, Classicism, Art Nouveau and the sober living quarters in the working-class quarters of large cities as well as technical and industrial monuments and the archeology of the 19th century filled the thematic framework. | 2 million | 3,500 | 1,200 |
| September 9, 2012 | Wood | Bremen | Wood, a central building material since time immemorial, is a renewable raw material and comparatively inexpensive.
Trunks and beams connected like a scaffold can be used to construct extremely stable structures. Examples were half-timbered constructions, roof trusses, church furnishings, wood in industry and technology, wood conservation, archeology and dating through wood. |
4.5 million | 8,000 | 2,700 |
| September 8, 2013 | Beyond the good and the beautiful: uncomfortable monuments? | Saarbrücken | Today, monuments can be "uncomfortable" because they cause uneasiness due to the political and social circumstances at which they were built. These include bunkers and fortresses, war memorials and war graves, concentration camps from the Nazi era and GDR border installations. |
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| September 14, 2014 | colour | Hamburg | People have been using mineral pigments, charcoal, and plant fibers to make paints since the Paleolithic Age. Cave paintings or painted grave goods are impressive evidence of this. And color guidelines have even been issued for cities. |
4 million | ||
| 13th September 2015 | Craft, technology, industry | Halle (Saale) | Visitors were able to visit many monuments with a technical or industrial reference - such as mills or old factories. In the Ruhr area, the heart of industry, numerous monuments have been opened that were previously inaccessible to the public. |
7,700 | ||
| 11th September 2016 | Preserving monuments together | augsburg | Visitors could look over the shoulder of restorers, explore archaeological excavation sites, or otherwise look at locked cellars of castles or roof trusses of churches. The focus was on the interaction and joint work of the full-time and voluntary monument conservators and conservationists. |
4 million | 8,000 | |
| 10th September 2017 | Power and splendor | Oldenburg (Oldb) | The memorial day should show the interplay of power and architecture in their forms of expression. Not only princes are powerful, but also, for example, patricians, industrialists or monasteries and churches. References to the Reformation year 2017 could be shown. | |||
| September 9, 2018 | Discover what connects us | Cologne | With reference to the European Cultural Heritage Year 2018, the aim was to show how monuments build bridges between architectural styles, regions, cultures and people. | |||
| September 8, 2019 | Modern (e): upheavals in art and architecture | Ulm |
Web links
Commons : Open Monument Day - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review of 2018 at www.tag-des-offenen-denkmals.de.