Intercultural week 2022

4 pm: Opening of the exhibition "Integrity"
Venue: Stadtkirche (Kirchplatz 1)

The exhibition "Integrity" by the Ukrainian artist and journalist Zoya Shu will be shown at the Stadtkirche in Bad Wildungen. Gereon Schoplick accompanies the opening musically on his guitar. During the intercultural week, the exhibition can be visited Monday through Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.. There will be no viewing during the church service on Sunday at 10 a.m., but there will be viewing on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m.

from 12 p.m.: Opening party
Venue: Bad Wildungen town hall

Bad Wildungen's Mayor Ralf Gutheil and the First District Commissioner of the district Karl-Friedrich Frese open the Intercultural Week at the town hall in Bad Wildungen. There will be information booths about migration and integration as well as a Democracy Café spread throughout the old town. Of course, food and drink will also be provided. A creative T-shirt campaign is being organized by the Network for Tolerance at Brunnenstraße 34, where you can also watch an Eritrean/Ethiopian coffee ceremony during the day.

12.30 - 13.15: Music "Sempre Samba"
14.30 - 16: Music of the Reggae Band "ConkahGood".

19.30: Guided tour of the town with the night watchman
Meeting point: Marktplatzbrunnen Bad Wildungen

The tour lasts about 90 minutes. It is free of charge and no registration is required. The maximum number of participants is 25.

2:30 p.m.: Guided tour of the old town with the town church and Conrad von Soest altar
Meeting point: Tourist Information forecourt (Brunnenallee 1)

The tour lasts about 90 minutes. It is free of charge and no registration is required. The maximum number of participants is 25.

5 to 7 p.m.: Neighborhood meeting Ev. Kirchengemeinde Bad Wildungen
Venue: Alter Friedhof (in case of rain: Martin-Luther-Haus)

The Protestant parish in Bad Wildungen cordially invites you to the neighborhood meeting at the Old Cemetery. People of all nations and generations have the opportunity to talk to each other. A game offer for big and small people is planned. Drinks and grilled beef sausages will be provided. Salads or small snacks are very welcome. No registration is required, barrier-free access is available.

10.30 am: Fairy tale reading with music
Venue: Fairy tale store (Brunnenstraße 29)

For preschoolers from Weber's daycare center, there will be a fairy tale reading with Ms. Zhu-Breitling in front of the fairy tale store.

3 pm: Concert by children and young people
Venue: Brunnenstraße

Children and young people from the Bad Wildungen Music School make music together.

15.30 Clock: Fairy tale sound
Venue: Brunnenstraße 34

The BuchLAND and the fairy tale store, people of many nationalities, children from the Friedenskirche daycare center and the music school of Bad Wildungen embark on a fairy tale sound journey. Interested people can listen, marvel, listen to the variety of language melodies and intercultural sound colors. Even the dwarves themselves allow us a personal visit.

19.30: Guided tour of the city with the witch
Meeting place: Marktplatzbrunnen

The tour lasts about 90 minutes. It is free of charge and no registration is required. The maximum number of participants is 25.

13.30 - 16.30: Open Day of the Gustav-Stresemann-Gymnasium

Various members of the school community of the GSG, especially the two intensive classes as well as other classes, working groups, the parents' council and the SV cordially invite you to a multi-faceted program. There will be exhibitions and meeting rooms, performances, round table discussions, culinary delights from all over the world, creative, informative and excerpts from the "Jungle Book".

16.30: Dance theater "I can't breathe"
Venue: Auditorium of the Gustav-Stresemann-Gymnasium (Stresemannstraße 33)

"I can't breathe" were the last words spoken by African American George Floyd when a white police officer kneed him in the neck for minutes on May 25, 2020. Dance Theater is hosted by students in the Performing Arts Against Racism elective class.

3 - 7 p.m.: Workshop: Recognizing anti-Semitism and acting
Venue: Conference room of the Counseling and Support Center (BFZ) (Brüder-Grimm-Straße 4)

We encounter anti-Semitism everywhere in everyday life and anti-Semitic images and ideas are part of the collective knowledge of our society. We will work out how to recognize and discuss anti-Semitism, the basis for prevention and intervention in the pedagogical space. Target group are Hessian teachers and pedagogically interested persons. Registration is possible by e-mail: poststelle@lh.badwildungen.schulverwaltung.hessen.de or by phone: 05621-2081.

3 - 6 p.m.: Multilingual audio guides for Bad Wildungen
Venue: Spritzenhaus Youth and Cultural Center (Kirchplatz 7)

Audio guides are often encountered in museums or on city tours. These are short audio recordings that tell something about a particular place or thing. In April and October 2016 as well as August 2021, fifteen places in Bad Wildung's old town and on Brunnenallee were recorded in different ways. The finished contributions can be found under Audio Guide. In the upcoming media project it is now a matter of translating and recording the existing contributions in other languages. The languages English, Arabic and Spanish have already been suggested. Further language wishes can be expressed upon registration. The project is a cooperation with Medienblitz e.V. from Kassel. The participation fee amounts to 10 euro. Registrations are possible by e-mail to: jugendhaus@bad-wildungen.de or by telephone under Tel. 05621-94537.

7 p.m.: Taizé prayer (multilingual)
Venue: Stadtkirche Bad Wildungen (Kirchplatz 1)

The multilingual Taizé prayer is organized by the Ecumenical Preparatory Group. There is barrier-free access to the building.

3 - 6 p.m.: Multilingual audio guides for Bad Wildungen
Venue: Spritzenhaus Youth and Cultural Center (Kirchplatz 7)

Audio guides are often encountered in museums or on city tours. These are short audio recordings that tell something about a particular place or thing. In April and October 2016 as well as August 2021, fifteen places in Bad Wildung's old town and on Brunnenallee were recorded in different ways. The finished contributions can be found under Audio Guide. In the upcoming media project it is now a matter of translating and recording the existing contributions in other languages. The languages English, Arabic and Spanish have already been suggested. Further language wishes can be expressed upon registration. The project is a cooperation with Medienblitz e.V. from Kassel. The participation fee amounts to 10 euro. Registrations are possible by e-mail to: jugendhaus@bad-wildungen.de or by telephone under Tel. 05621-94537.

3 pm: Meet the people
Venue: Evangelische Gemeinschaft (Brunnenallee 18)

The event "Meet the people" has been around since 2014 - always on Friday evenings. Originated in the time when very many people who had to flee their homeland arrived in Bad Wildungen. For example, foosball or cards were played, people ate together and music was played. At the moment, almost exclusively people from Eritrea come, who meanwhile feel at home in the evangelical community, hold their own church services there and organize larger celebrations. The evangelical community has granted church asylum to eight people so far. Therefore, information is gladly given - also about the motivation of the community, the legal aspects and the difficulties for the community and especially for those who are accommodated in the church asylum.

from 6 pm: Injera meets Schepperlinge
Venue: Evangelische Gemeinschaft (Brunnenallee 18)

Interested parties can be surprised by the diverse culinary offerings. The event is organized by the Protestant Community, the Eritrean Community, VIA Flüchtlingshilfe Bad Wildungen e.V., Lots*innen.

8 p.m.: Duo concert "Thea Klar and Egisson"
Venue: Evangelische Gemeinschaft (Brunnenallee 18a)

Concerts like in your own living room, very close to the audience on ever-changing stages: Egisson is a Leipzig music and text producer. In different line-ups he opens up insights under his word garment to the audience in a dynamic way. Thea Klar's music creates clarity so that it hurts, puts a finger in the wound and connects. Her lyrics process her experiences at borders between people and countries: Enough of trying to heal a stab wound with a band-aid. Sometimes it just needs an operation. As a double act, the two present music about the happiness and injustice of this world, about the joy of the imperfect and the broken, about the rage over avoidable misery, in short: German pop music with humor and depth.

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.: Multilingual audio guides for Bad Wildungen
Venue: Spritzenhaus Youth and Cultural Center (Kirchplatz 7)

Audio guides are often encountered in museums or on city tours. These are short audio recordings that tell something about a particular place or thing. In April and October 2016 as well as August 2021, fifteen places in Bad Wildung's old town and on Brunnenallee were recorded in different ways. The finished contributions can be found under Audio Guide. In the upcoming media project it is now a matter of translating and recording the existing contributions in other languages. The languages English, Arabic and Spanish have already been suggested. Further language wishes can be expressed upon registration. The project is a cooperation with Medienblitz e.V. from Kassel. The participation fee amounts to 10 euro. Registrations are possible by e-mail to: jugendhaus@bad-wildungen.de or by telephone under Tel. 05621-94537.

9 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Country market meets world store
Venue: Postplatz, Brunnenstraße 51

10 am - 3 pm: Street Music Day
Venue: Old Town

At four places in the old town of Bad Wildungen there is the possibility to present street music: Simply stand there with your own equipment and a hat or similar and get started. For more information, please contact Ute Claßen at via-fluechtlingshilfe@gmx.de.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: play and climbing mobile
Venue: parking lot to the right of the church

Welcome to young and old! Here you can spend an eventful day together. Skilled like a squirrel you can try climbing or curious like a fox explore a variety of games. The event is organized by VfL Bad Wildungen e.V..

10.30 a.m. - 1 p.m.: International Brunch
Venue: Mehrgenerationenhaus Alte Schule (Kirchplatz 9)

Interested parties are cordially invited to the International Brunch at the Multigenerational House. The meeting is organized by the multigenerational house Alte Schule e.V..

10.30 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Play, experience and get to know each other in and around the youth center
Venue: Spritzenhaus Youth and Cultural Center (Kirchplatz 7)

There is an open play offer for children and young people from 8 to 24 years. There are play materials and offers for indoors and outdoors - for example balls, stilts, swing cloth or board games. Volunteer youth group leaders support the youth center team in the implementation and are available as contact persons.

4:30 p.m.: Guided tour of the sites of Jewish life in Bad Wildungen
Meeting place: City Hall (Am Markt 1)

The tour with the city guide Johannes Grötecke lasts about 90 minutes. It is free of charge and no registration is required. A maximum of 25 people can take part.

19.30 - 21.10: Cinema film "Monsieur Claude and his great feast"
Venue: Wandelhalle Reinhardshausen (Quellenstraße 43)

Movie plot: For the 40th wedding anniversary of Claude and Marie Verneuil, their four daughters organize a surprise party. For this they invite the parents of their husbands to Chinon, where they are to stay in Claude and Marie's house for a few days. Continuation of the successful comedy "Monsieur Claude and his daughters". Admission is 5 euros. the film (FSK 0) lasts about 100 minutes.

Exhibition: "Out of the Box"
Venue: Stadtmuseum Bad Wildungen (Lindenstraße 9)

The exhibition "Out of the Box", created by the Network for Tolerance Waldeck-Frankenberg (Working Group Region against Racism), aims to educate about racist discrimination, to make the perspective of those affected visible and to show options for action against racism. It will be open to the public free of charge from September 25 to October 2 at the Stadtmuseum Bad Wildungen. In the entrance area, visitors can have their hands photographed. This will result in a colorful and diverse photo collage. Opening hours: Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sat. + Sun. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Exhibition: "Not Normal - The Beauty of Difference"
Venue: BuchLAND (Brunnenstraße 54)

BuchLAND welcomes all interested people during the Intercultural Week with the exhibition "Nicht normal - Die Schöneit der Differenz". Here you can buy novels, non-fiction and children's books on the subject of interculturality. There is also multilingual literature e.g. in English, Aramaic or Spanish. Opening hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Colorful treasures
Anyone who walks through the old town of Bad Wildungen with an attentive eye is sure to find many colorful stones in their path. These are thanks to the children and young people in grades 1 to 6 of the Mathias Bauer School. How many multifaceted stones will you find?