Störtebeker Festival
The Störtebeker Festival has taken place since 1993 from the end of June to the beginning of September on the banks of the Great Jasmunder Bodden in Ralswiek on the island of Rügen . The natural stage, which has been used since 1959, is Germany's most successful open-air theater . The name refers to the 14th century privateer and pirate, Klaus Störtebeker .
history
In 1959, the "Rügen Festival" was brought into being in Ralswiek as part of a cultural contract from the GDR and the Ralswiek natural stage was created. The place for the Rügen Festival at that time was found in the spring of 1959 between Ralswiek Castle and the Boddenufer, and the natural stage was then built in five months and the village was converted into a festival venue.
From 1959 to 1961 and 1980 to 1981 the dramatic ballad "Klaus Störtebeker" by Kurt Barthel was performed under the direction of Hanns Anselm Perten and the choir direction of Günther Wolf with around 1,000 participants. A total of 670,000 visitors were counted in these five summers.
Production since 1993
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In contrast to the play at the time, the Störtebeker Festival has been telling the legend of the pirate Klaus Störtebeker , who sailed the Baltic Sea with his vital brothers at the end of the 14th century , over a period of four to six years , at the Störtebeker Festival since 1993 . In 2006 the production was called In Henkers Hand , in which Klaus Störtebeker was beheaded. The fourth cycle is planned for the period 2007–2012; the first episode in the summer of 2007 was titled Betrayed and Sold . In 2009 a trilogy began, which was about Störtebeker's treasure. The cycle was concluded with the piece Störtebeker's death . In 2013 a legend started all over again. Sascha Gluth , who took on the role of Klaus Störtebeker from 2002 to 2012, was replaced by Bastian Semm . The role of Goedeke Michels was taken over by Andreas Euler. Both played their leading roles for one cycle (2013-2017).
Visitor numbers
On August 17, 2007, the 912th performance since 1993 saw the four millionth visitor count.
On September 1st, 2008 the season record of 2005 was broken. That day, the 367,000. Visitors counted, and that already six performances before the end of the season. However, this record was broken again in 2009, when a total of 394,766 spectators visited Germany's most successful open-air theater this year .
On July 19, 2010, the 1091st performance since 1993 saw the five millionth visitor in Ralswiek. This results in an average of 4600 visitors per performance with a capacity of 8802 seats.
At the end of the 2016 season, the festival had over 7.3 million visitors in 24 years and over 1500 performances.
Contributors
The Störtebeker Festival employs over 140 extras , 20 actors, 30 horses, four ships with skippers and other employees behind the scenes. The casting of the extras takes place at the beginning of March of the respective year.
Most common actors
| actor | imaginations | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Norbert Braun | 540 missions | 1993 to 2001 |
| Sascha Gluth | 719 | 2002–2012 |
| Bastian Semm | 335 | 2013-2017 |
| actor | imaginations | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Norbert Braun | 1391 | 1993–2001, since 2007 |
| Dietmar Lahaine | 1332 | 1993-2018 |
| Hans-Jörg Fichtner | 1259 | 1993-2012 |
| Wolfgang Lippert | 1249 | 2000–2001, since 2003 |
| Mike Hermann Rader | 1127 | since 2003 |
| Burhard Kurth | 991 | 1993-2008 |
| Mircea Krishan | 796 | 1993-2006 |
| Fred Groom | 790 | 1993-2005 |
| Charles Lemming | 737 | 2005-2019 |
| Thomas Linke | 737 | 2009-2019 |
Overview of the actors
| actor | role | In the years |
|---|---|---|
| Norbert Braun | Klaus Störtebeker, various | 1993–2001, since 2007 |
| Sascha Gluth | Klaus Störtebeker | 2002–2012 |
| Bastian Semm | Klaus Störtebeker | 2013-2017 |
| Alexander Koll | Klaus Störtebeker | 2018-2019 |
| Moritz Stephan | Klaus Störtebeker | from 2021 |
| Dietmar Lahaine | Goedeke Michels, Langendoorp merchant | 1993–2001, 2003–2013, 2018 |
| Andreas Euler | Goedeke Michels | 2013-2017 |
| Alexander Hanfland | Goedeke Michels | from 2018 |
| Wolfgang Lippert | Abellin, the ballad singer, diverse | 2000–2001, since 2003 |
| Mike Hermann Rader | various | since 2003 |
| Thomas Linke | various | since 2009 |
| Charles Lemming | Wigbold, various | 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, since 2013 |
| Karin Hartmann | Queen Margarete, Fronica, various | 1993, since 2013 |
| Hans-Jörg Fichtner | various | 1993-2012 |
| Burkhard Kurth | various | 1993-2008 |
| Fred Groom | diverse, now working backstage | 1993-2005 |
| Mircea Krishan | various | 1993-1997, 1999-2006 |
| Roland Seidler | various | 1993-2003 |
| Ben Hecker | various | 2003-2013 |
| Sabine Kotzur | various | 1993-2001 |
| Mario Ramos | various | 2009-2015 |
| Nils Düwell | various | 1998-2004 |
| Manfred Reddemann | various | 1995-1996, 2005-2006, 2010 |
| Klaus-Peter Thiele | various | 1998-2001, 2003 |
| Wolfgang Dehler | various | 1996-1997, 1999-2001 |
| Sibylle Pape | various | 1997, 2003-2007, 2010 |
| Robert Röske | various | 1994, 1996-1997, 1999-2000 |
| Renate Blume | various | 1999-2002 |
| Peter Theiss | Boatswain | 2002-2005 |
| Julia Horvath | Orka tom Broke , Maraike | 2004-2006, 2012 |
| Ingrid van Bergen | various | 2005-2008, 2010 |
| Robert Glatzeder | Brother Thomasius | 2007-2010 |
| Martina Guse | various | 2004, 2008, 2010–2011 |
| Frank Rebel | various | 2004-2005, 2007 |
| Jürgen Haase | various | 2008–2009, 2011 |
| Claudia Gaebel | Maria, Elisabeth | 2010–2011, 2013 |
| Ronnie Paul | Schlunz | 1993-1995 |
| Patricia Schäfer | Ingeborg von Mecklenburg, Sophia von Pommern-Wolgast | 2008, 2014, 2016 |
| Neithard Riedel | various | 2012-2014 |
| Ben Bremer | various | 2007, 2015, 2016 |
| Maria-Anne Müller | various | 1997, 2000 |
| Heidemarie Wenzel | various | 1999-2000 |
| Jörg Bundschuh | various | 2001, 2006 |
| Roland "Rollo" Maier | Ballad singer | 2003-2004 |
| Heike Schober | Maraike | 1993-1994 |
| Peter Cwielag | Schlunz | 1996-1997 |
| Joachim Kretzer | Guy de Rigault | 2009-2010 |
| Daniela Kiefer | Valentina Visconti & Queen Margarete | 2009, 2014 |
| Susanne Szell | Tine, Sophia von Pomerania Wolgast | 2012, 2015 |
| Thomas Kornack | Shorter | 2013-2014 |
| Bianca Warnek | Baroness Ewa, Tetta tom Brok | 2016, 2017 |
| Carin Abicht | various | 1993 |
| Cersten Jacob | Night watchman Wehmeier | 1994 |
| Grit Stephan | Orka tom broke | 1995 |
| Ivette Richter | Frauke tom Broke | 1996 |
| Hans Hartz | Ballad singer | 2002 |
| Jenny Juergens | Lady Ann | 2005 |
| Gerit Kling | Countess van Dooren | 2006 |
| Vanida Karun | Miranda | 2006 |
| Jan Baake | Hisko von Emden, water carrier, lead wolter | 2006 |
| Christina Kraft | Agnes | 2007 |
| Nadja Kruse | Katarina | 2008 |
| Heiko Schendel | Councilor & City Guard | 2012 |
| Hans Hohlbein | Müller | 2012 |
| Sarah Hannemann | Ann-Marie | 2013 |
| Anna Lena Class | Elisabeth | 2014 |
| Marco Matthes | Edwin Westhoff | 2014 |
| Hans H. Steinberg | Hinrik Westhoff | 2014 |
| Anika Lehmann | Nadeshda | 2015 |
| Marco Bahr | Konrad von Jungingen | 2016 |
| Nicolas King | Simon von Ütrecht | 2017 |
| Philipp Richter | The Kleene | 2017 |
| Heinrich Rolfing | Henry van Ostergard | 2017 |
| Volker Zack | The Kleene | since 2018 |
| Sina-Valeska Jung | Selma, Queen Margaret | 2018 |
| Thomas Ziesch | various | since 2018 |
| Nicola Ruf | Dorothea von Achenbach | 2018 |
| Frank Richartz | Aydan | 2018 |
| Greta Galisch de Palma | Smilla | 2019 |
| Krista Birkner | Queen of Denmark | 2019 |
Performances since 1993
| Playtime | cycle | Duration | title | Director | imaginations | Visitors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | I. | July 3 - August 29, 1993 | "How a pirate becomes" | Roland Oehme | 58 | 78.060 |
| 2. | July 2 - August 28, 1994 | "Battle for Stockholm" | 58 | 136.985 | ||
| 3. | July 1 - August 26, 1995 | "Storm on Gotland" | 57 | 183.429 | ||
| 4th | June 22 - August 31, 1996 | "Pirates of the West Sea" | 61 | 210,590 | ||
| 5. | June 21 - August 30, 1997 | "The executioner's sword" | 62 | 266.099 | ||
| 6th | II. | June 20 - August 29, 1998 | "Broken laces" | 61 | 244,754 | |
| 7th | June 26 - September 4, 1999 | "The Vitality Brothers" | 61 | 292,413 | ||
| 8th. | June 24th - September 2nd, 2000 | "The Crusaders" | 61 | 296.974 | ||
| 9. | June 23 - September 1, 2001 | "Hamburg-Hanse-executioner" | 61 | 320.007 | ||
| 10. | III. | June 22 - August 31, 2002 | "The wreckers" | 61 | 281,644 | |
| 11. | June 28 - September 6, 2003 | "The Wolf of the Seas" | Holger Mahlich | 61 | 335.208 | |
| 12. | June 26 - September 4, 2004 | "In the sign of the cross" | 61 | 340.423 | ||
| 13. | June 25 - September 10, 2005 | "Pirates Before Britain" | 67 | 366 200 | ||
| 14th | June 24th - September 9th 2006 | "In the executioner's hand" | 67 | 360.366 | ||
| 15th | IV. | June 23 - September 8, 2007 | "Betrayed and sold" | 67 | 335.319 | |
| 16. | June 21 - September 6, 2008 | "The Sea Wolf" | 67 | 377.916 | ||
| 17th | June 20 - September 5, 2009 | Störtebeker's Gold Part 1 "The Legacy" | 67 | 394.766 | ||
| 18th | June 19 - September 4, 2010 | Störtebekers Gold Part 2 "The Curse of the Moors" | 67 | 381.858 | ||
| 19th | June 18 - September 3, 2011 | Störtebeker's Gold Part 3 "The Templar Treasure" | 67 | 360.097 | ||
| 20th | June 23 - September 8, 2012 | "Störtebeker's death" | 67 | 362.963 | ||
| 21st | V. | June 22nd - September 7th 2013 | "Beginning of a Legend" | Kai Maertens | 67 | 343.190 |
| 22nd | June 21 - September 6, 2014 | "God's friend" | Peter Dehler | 67 | 355.125 | |
| 23. | June 20 - September 5, 2015 | "Enemy of the World" | Thomas Schendel | 67 | 357.187 | |
| 24. | June 18 - September 3, 2016 | "For life and death" | 67 | 350,836 | ||
| 25th | June 24th - September 9th 2017 | "In the shadow of death" | Marco Bahr | 67 | 338.305 | |
| 26th | VI. | June 23 - September 8, 2018 | "Call of Freedom" | 67 | 310.405 | |
| 27. | June 22nd - September 7th 2019 | "Oath of the Righteous" | 67 | 333.289 | ||
| 28. | June 19 - September 11, 2021 | "In the face of the wolf" | 73 | ? |
Economic situation
The number of visitors to the spectacle has increased significantly since 1993. In 2006 there was a slight decrease in the number of visitors, which also corresponded to the general trend in tourism figures on the island of Rügen and was due to the bad weather and the economic situation in Germany. In 2007, however, a plus was recorded and the 2008 season began with a significant increase in audience numbers.
Störtebeker Festspiele GmbH & Co. KG is a private family company that does not receive any government subsidies and is co-financed by sponsors. The new media partner has been NDR since 2008 .
Peter Hick has been the theater director of the Störtebeker Festival since 1993 . His wife Ruth Hick and daughter Anna-Theresa Hick are managing directors of the company.
Documentaries on television
On December 26, 2007, the North German Broadcasting Corporation (NDR) also offered a glimpse behind the scenes at the Störtebeker Festival with a television documentary about Klaus Störtebeker and the tourism industry (The Störtebeker's True Treasure, written and directed by Arne Lorenz ). The documentary Sonne, Sand und Störtebeker (director: Arpad Bondy ) also deals with the festival.
Awards
literature
- Matthias Puhle : The vitality brothers. Klaus Störtebeker and the pirates of the Hanseatic era. 2nd, revised edition. Campus-Verlag Frankfurt am Main et al. 1994, ISBN 3-593-34525-0 .
- KuBa , Hanns Anselm Perten : Klaus Störtebeker. Dramatic ballad in 6 episodes. A foreplay and an aftermath. In the staging and dramaturgical arrangement of the Rügen Festival 1959. VEB Friedrich Hofmeister , Leipzig 1960.
- KuBa (di Kurt Barthel): The legend of Klaus Störtebeker. Edited by the director of the Rügen Festival, Hanns Anselm Perten, with 16 color photos by Gerhard Vetter. VEB Hinstorff Verlag , Rostock 1960.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b [1] Störtebeker Festival: The new heroes set course for Ralswiek. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ↑ This is the new Klaus Störtebeker at the Festival on Rügen. Ostsee-Zeitung , March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Rollo Vita on Rollomusic ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Successful end of the season of the Störtebeker Festival in Ralswiek , Störtebeker Festival Logbook
- ↑ Störtebeker: God's friend, all the world's enemy , NDR.de - Culture, September 6, 2015
- ↑ Ahoy - dear Störtebeker friends - On ... - Störtebeker Festival | Facebook. In: www.facebook.com. Retrieved September 5, 2016 .
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