Westphalian Day

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The Westphalian Day is a cultural event that is organized annually by the Westphalian Heimatbund . It is not to be confused with the North Rhine-Westphalia Day that has been taking place since 2006 . The term also has a colloquial meaning.

history

The Westfalentag is predominantly annually since 1920, with a break through the Second World War , in changing Westphalia organized cities to cultural-political guiding principles of the homeland movement to discuss and act the sense of community in the Westphalia region to strengthen and campaigning in favor of the home thought.

The Gau Westfalen-Nord used the event between 1933 and 1939 for propaganda purposes of the NSDAP . The first Westphalian Day after the Second World War took place in Recklinghausen in 1949 under the motto “Habitat and Folklore” and addressed, among other things, the situation of those displaced . The Westphalian Day 1950 in Bielefeld was entirely dedicated to this topic.

program

Today the Westphalian Day is a one-day event. The Westphalian Heimatbund , based in Münster , is the main organizer. Its annual general meeting is part of an extensive program.

In the mornings, speeches and greetings lead to discussions on a defined social topic. In addition, an innovation prize is awarded for home clubs. The afternoon events include working groups, a selection of excursions and sometimes a separate program for children and young people.

Events since 2010

Colloquial language

The days of Corpus Christi and All Saints' Day are colloquially referred to as the Westphalian Day in southern Lower Saxony . Both are Catholic holidays, while in the more southerly regions of North Rhine-Westphalia also public holidays are, but not in the majority Protestant Lower Saxony.

On these days there is regularly a massive influx of buyers from Westphalia to Lower Saxony. Particularly affected is the city of Osnabruck , with her district is protrudes peninsular to Westphalia and close for a relatively large number of Westphalian residents. The residents of affected cities in Lower Saxony generally welcome the associated economic boost, but only visit their shopping areas on these days in urgent cases.

Web links

Homepage

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Ditt : The Westphalian Home Movement in the first half of the 20th century between nationalism and regionalism . In: Westfälischer Heimatbund (Hrsg.): Heimatpflege in Westfalen . Issue 2/2001. Self-published, Münster 2001, ISSN  0933-6346 , pp. 8-10 ( PDF ).
  2. ^ Wilhelm Schulte: The Westphalian Homeland Federation and its predecessors . Volume 1. Self-published by WHB, Münster 1973, p. 251 ( PDF ).
  3. ↑ Willi Oberkrome : "Deutsche Heimat": National conception and regional practice of nature conservation, landscape design and cultural policy in Westphalia-Lippe and Thuringia (1900-1960) . In: LWL Institute for Westphalian Regional History (Hrsg.): Research on regional history . Volume 47. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2004, ISBN 3-506-71693-X , p. 102 ( online ).
  4. ↑ Invitation to the Westphalian Day 2015 (PDF; 2.72 MB) Westfälischer Heimatbund, May 11, 2015, accessed on November 19, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Invitation to the Westphalian Day 2016 (PDF; 556 kB) Westfälischer Heimatbund, April 25, 2016, accessed on November 19, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Invitation to the Westphalian Day 2017 (PDF; 451 kB) Westfälischer Heimatbund, April 22, 2017, accessed on November 19, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Thursday is Westphalian Day again . In: New Osnabrück Newspaper . Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung GmbH & Co. KG, June 18, 2014, accessed on August 15, 2014.
  8. ↑ Westphalian Day : On November 1st it will be full again in Osnabrück. In: osna.live. Retrieved October 31, 2019 .