Upper Silesian Eichendorff culture and meeting center
The Upper Silesian Eichendorff-cultural and community center ( OEKB ; polish . Górnośląskie Centrum Kultury i Spotkań in Eichendorffa ), which was inaugurated on 12 July 2000, is located in the Polish Lubowitz ( Lubowice ). This culture and meeting center is owned by the "Upper Silesian Eichendorff Foundation Culture and Meeting Center", which was newly established in 1999.
History of the "Upper Silesian Eichendorff Culture and Meeting Center"
Foundation of the Eichendorff Association
In 1989 an initiative group was set up in Lubowitz that founded the Eichendorff Association . The association, whose judicial registration was only possible after the collapse of the communist regime and the recognition of the existence of the German minority , is in addition to the district associations of the Social-Cultural Society of Germans in Opole Silesia (SKGD) in the Silesian Voivodeship and in Opole, the Nationwide association of German minority associations, Association of German Social-Cultural Societies in Poland (VdG) and the rural community of Rudnik , within whose borders Lubowitz lies, founder of the Eichendorff Center.
Main goals of the Eichendorff Association
According to the statutes, the main objective of the association is to look after objects that are connected to Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff - in particular the castle ruins, the old cemetery, the Lubowitz castle park and the grave of the poet and his wife in Neisse. The association endeavors to maintain Eichendorff's poetry and to collect documents and souvenirs related to Eichendorff. To enable the restoration of Eichendorff's birthplace, the castle in Lubowitz, which was destroyed in 1945, is one of the objectives as well as contributing to the maintenance of German and Upper Silesian culture and the traditions of Silesia. The association was able to put the area around the castle ruins in a handsome condition through volunteer work. The association also acquired adjacent built-up land with a total area of 3½ hectares, which was once owned by the Eichendorff family. The restoration and furnishing of the house were financed by German ministries and the municipality of Rudnik.
In 1999, the Eichendorff Association, as one of the founders, brought the entire complex into the newly established “Upper Silesian Eichendorff Foundation for Culture and Meeting Center”. At the inauguration of the house on July 12, 2000, the Federal Government's representative for emigrants, Jochen Welt MdB (SPD), recalled that "the plan to expand the Eichendorff memorials in Lubowitz was based on the 'Joint Declaration' of November 14, 1989" of the then heads of government Kohl and Mazowiecki ". On the mediation of the Bavarian Ministerialrat Norbert Willisch, the showmaster of Upper Silesian origin, Thomas Gottschalk , was in Lubowitz in July 2000 and donated 50,000 DM to the center. With the restoration of the former school building between the meeting center and In the meantime, the Eichendorffzentrum has also been used as a conference center in the ruins of the castle. In addition to the administration (accounting, management office, seat of the cultural director), there are training rooms in the school annex.
With the establishment of a Scientific Advisory Board in November 2002, the medium-term goal is the establishment of a Scientific Institute. One of the first activities of the Scientific Advisory Board will be the establishment of a publishing house and the publication of a quarterly publication and an academic yearbook, which, in addition to literary topics, also covers other humanities issues, such as: B. the Upper Silesian history and regional studies, should be open.
Offers from the OEKB
The Upper Silesian Eichendorff culture and meeting center offers modern comfort, a cultivated gastronomy and a cultural offer in a historical place.
In the main building there are 24 rooms with a maximum of 54 beds. (The rooms are equipped with telephone, shower / toilet and satellite TV).
The following rooms are available in the main building for holding conferences, training courses, seminars and private and corporate celebrations:
- Conference hall for 100 people with stage (Eichendorff Hall)
- Conference room for 40 people (Hauptmann-Saal)
Training rooms are also available in the training building for:
- 30 people (Scholtis room),
- 20 people (room Holtei), as well as one
- Computer room with 10 computers and internet access
The Eichendorff memorial room, which was previously located in the parish building, is located in 6 rooms on the ground floor of the training building, which is being expanded to include an archaeological department and become a regional museum.
Castle ruin
The castle ruins play a major role in the considerations for the further use of the OEKB.
This is in a ruinous state and there is an acute risk of collapse. The ruin began with the destruction in 1945, rain, snow and wind continued to affect the ruin in the following decades, especially since the necessary security work was not carried out. A concept for the construction of the castle is already available in the form of a master's thesis by a student at the Silesian Technical University in Gliwice .
More Attractions
The following are spatially closely connected to the Eichendorff Center:
- The Eichendorff Memorial Museum. In April 2005 this was opened in Lubowitz. Objects that have been discovered in recent years are exhibited there.
- The ruins of Lubowitz Castle, which are very close by, with the remains of the small castle park.
- The old cemetery with some valuable grave monuments.
- The neo-Gothic church from 1907.
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ “We long to go home and don't know where to go? - Upper Silesian Eichendorff culture and meeting center inaugurated in Lubowitz ” (PDF; 152 kB) in Norbert Willisch's internet portal
- ↑ “The most expensive address of my life” Address by Thomas Gottschalk on the occasion of the inauguration of the Upper Silesian Eichendorff culture and meeting center in Lubowitz
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 36 ″ N , 18 ° 14 ′ 3 ″ E