Low German theater

The Niederdeutsche Theater was included in the national register of intangible cultural heritage by the German Commission for UNESCO in 2014 as a result of the transnational application of the three Low German theater groups Lower Saxony and Bremen (lead), Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

Most of the Low German theaters are organized as theater associations and have joined forces in the Low German Theater Association . Some of these amateur theaters are connected to larger houses, such as the August Hinrichs stage at the Oldenburg State Theater or the Low German Stage Münster at the Münster Theater . The Low German theaters mostly perform so-called folk theater .

In addition, there are some professional or semi-professional theaters:

• Ohnsorg Theater in Hamburg
• Black-headed gull theater in Laboe
• Fritz Reuter stage at the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin

Web links

• About the Low German theater as an intangible cultural heritage at the German UNESCO Commission
• Topic page at the Institute for Low German