Cultural promotion
Cultural promotion
The subject area of culture has a high priority in Waldeck-Frankenberg. The district has set itself the goal of preserving cultural affairs and the history of the district as cultural assets. It offers consultations and working groups on questions of local and regional culture, documents cultural values and handles relevant enquiries or requests for information.
Cultural promotion
The district is also active in the area of material cultural promotion. This ranges from the promotion of projects, choral societies, theatre groups or the district music school association to the preservation of cultural assets, support for concert series, the acquisition of musical instruments, the purchase of works by local artists for the collection of the district hall as well as non-material cultural promotion in the form of advice, networking and exchange.
Culture Award
To promote cultural creativity, the district awards a Culture Prize and a Youth Culture Prize every four years as part of its programme to recognise outstanding commitment. The prizes are presented to cultural figures who have made a significant contribution during a formal ceremony. A list of previous prize winners can be found here. The four-year cycle for the awards began in 2023.
The Culture Prize and the Youth Culture Prize are intended to promote cultural initiatives at district level. The prize money amounts to 5,000 euros for the main prize and 1,000 euros for the Youth Prize. Individuals, groups, clubs and associations may submit nominations for the Culture Prize and the Youth Culture Prize; self-nominations are also permitted. Nominations may be made for individuals or groups who demonstrate an exceptional level of commitment to the cultural sector within the district or in connection with the district. The nomination should be accompanied by supporting documents that illustrate the special, exemplary commitment being recognised, such as photographs, special prints or press reports.
Exhibitions in the Kreishaus
The administrative offices of the district are not only locations for official activities, but often also venues for exhibitions of all kinds. This includes the regular staging of the exhibition series "Art in the District House" with works by local artists or artists who are connected to the district through birth or a longer stay.
History of the district
In addition, the district is also the point of contact for historical developments in Waldeck-Frankenberg, documents them and maintains a regular exchange with institutions such as historical societies and archives in Waldeck-Frankenberg.