Museum for Westphalian Literature House Nottbeck

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House Nottbeck
Goethe sculpture near Haus Nottbeck (2014)

The Museum of Westphalian Literature Haus Nottbeck , as a literature museum, is part of the "Kulturgut Haus Nottbeck"; it is on the edge of the Oelder district Stromberg .

building

The Museum of Westphalian Literature is located in a listed building of the former manor Haus Nottbeck and is located in the Münsterland between Oelde and Rheda-Wiedenbrück . The history of this old moated castle goes back to the 15th century. Westphalian literature from its beginnings up to 1900 is on the ground floor, regional authors from Augustin Wibbelt to Paul Schallück to contemporary writer Marion Kortsteger are presented on the upper floor, and the basement is available for the Westphalian children's and youth literature scene. The American designer Robert Ward created the interior of the museum.

Story and concept

The museum was opened in 2001 after the Warendorf district inherited the property from the last owner Anna-Luise Eissen in 1987. The expansion of the "cultural house Nottbeck" of which was financed North Rhine-Westphalia Foundation nature, local history and culture care , the state of NRW , the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe and the city of Oelde. During the Regionale 2004 , Haus Nottbeck became an international meeting place for literature and music.

The museum concept is that literature is not only exhibited, but also visualized and staged. It is a museum that is "unparalleled in North Rhine-Westphalia and that, based on Hans Magnus Enzensberger's " Museum of Modern Poetry ", tells literary history (s) in a timely manner and revives literary worlds that have an impact up to the present day In addition to the modern museum design, this includes numerous and varied literary events : author readings, exhibitions, activities with music and visual arts as well as conferences, for example on the topic of “Topographies of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff ” (2007). The "Kulturgut Haus Nottbeck" has overnight accommodation.

The scientific director of the facility is Walter Gödden , who previously initiated the construction of the museum. In 2012, the museum was awarded the Hartmut Vogel Prize for Literature Mediation from the Working Group on Literary Societies and Memorials (ALG).

Facility

The permanent exhibition shows epoch-making topics, including the Anabaptist Empire in Münster under the heading “Fanaticism and superstition” or “Westphalian Weimar ” at the time of Princess Amalie von Gallitzin . On the upper floor there is a video pavilion , inspired by the reading pavilions of the Baroque era , in which Westphalian authors answer the question “Why do I write?”. In the old vaulted cellar, children can experience the acoustic installation "Castle ghost meets street gang". The library contains reference works, literary magazines, information material about institutions dealing with Westphalian literature, literary societies, literary offices and foundations, as well as an audio library for the Westphalian radio play production. In a “cyber room” visitors can use modern data technology to independently research information on contemporary Westphalian literature in words and images. A special rarity is in the museum's possession, the "Cologne Bible" from 1478/79; it is the first edition of the Bible ever printed in Low German and contains 113 colored woodcuts. The archive contains works from all times, from Werner Rolevinck's “Buch vom Lobe Westfalens” from 1474 to the expressionist literature of Westphalia August Stramm and the Dadaist Karl Riha .

Longer term offers

  • Holiday academy for young literary talents. "LetterClub" ideas and writing workshop
  • Museum educational offers for school classes
  • Project “Word and Music” in cooperation with the district music school
  • Open printing workshop
  • Nottbeck book market

Publications and media

Together with the Nyland Foundation, the museum is issuing the Live! on the cultural property , on the outstanding musical and literary events of the house are presented. The first edition features the premiere one evening with Peter Rühmkorf with an experimental combination of poetry and jazz. Other issues include:

Exhibitions

literature

  • Angelika Berenbrink; Dirk Bogdanski: Promotion of young talent in the literature museum . In: Münsterland. Yearbook of the Warendorf district 2008. ISSN  1431-1011 .
  • Dirk Bogdanski: A museum for Westphalian literature. In: Münsterland. Yearbook of the Warendorf district 2003. ISBN 3-921-787-29-9 .
  • Dirk Bogdanski; Walter Gödden : Two years of the Westphalian Literature Museum, Haus Nottbeck. In: Münsterland. Yearbook of the Warendorf district 2004. ISBN 3-921-787-29-9 .
  • Walter Gödden: "Cologne Bible" enriches the Museum of Westphalian Literature. In: Münsterland. Yearbook of the Warendorf district 2008. ISSN  1431-1011 .
  • Wilhelm Laukemper: House Nottbeck in Stromberg, manor of the Knights of Oer . Archive of the district of Warendorf, Warendorf 1998, ISBN 3-920836-20-0 .
  • Aribert von Ostrowski: Droste (Second sight) - An exhibition in the Museum of Westphalian Literature, cultural property Haus Nottbeck. Aisthesis, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-89528-608-7 .
  • Bernd Begemann , Michael Girke, Bernadette Hengst , Till Huber, Eckhard Schumacher , Frank Spilker : Stadt.Land.Pop: Pop music between the Westphalian provinces and the Hamburg school . Ed .: Moritz Baßler , Walter Gödden, Jochen Grywatsch , Christina Riesenweber. Aisthesis, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-89528-708-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kulturgut Haus Nottbeck: About us: Kulturgut Haus Nottbeck. Retrieved July 2, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Dirk Bogdanski: Literary voyage of discovery on the cultural property of Haus Nottbeck . In: Münsterland. Yearbook of the Warendorf district 2003
  3. ↑ Kulturgut Haus Nottbeck: Stadt.Land.Pop. - Pop music between the Westphalian provinces and the Hamburg school. November 27, 2008, accessed November 6, 2015 .

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Coordinates: 51 ° 49 '14.3 "  N , 8 ° 13' 48.1"  E