Intercultural Week 2022

4 p.m.: Opening of the "Integrity" exhibition
Venue: Stadtkirche (Kirchplatz 1)

The exhibition "Integrity" by the Ukrainian artist and journalist Zoya Shu will be shown in the Stadtkirche in Bad Wildungen. Gereon Schoplick will accompany the opening musically on his guitar. During the intercultural week, the exhibition can be visited Monday to Saturday from 10.30 am to 12 pm and from 2 pm to 4 pm. There will be no viewing during the church service on Sunday at 10 am, but on Sunday from 2 pm to 4 pm.

from 12 noon: Opening party
Venue: Bad Wildungen Town Hall

Bad Wildungen's Mayor Ralf Gutheil and the First District Commissioner Karl-Friedrich Frese open the Intercultural Week at the town hall in Bad Wildungen. There will be information stands about migration and integration and a Democracy Café in the old town. Of course, there will also be food and drink. A creative T-shirt campaign is being organised 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 by the Reggae Band "ConkahGood"

7.30 pm: 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. A maximum of 25 people can take part.

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. A maximum of 25 people can take part.

5 to 7 p.m.: Neighbourhood 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 neighbourhood meeting at the old cemetery. People of all nations and generations have the opportunity to talk to each other. A games programme is planned for people of all ages. 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 a.m.: Fairy tale reading with music
Venue: Märchenladen (Brunnenstraße 29)

For preschool children from Weber's day care centre, there will be a fairy tale reading with Ms Zhu-Breitling in front of the fairy tale shop.

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

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

3.30 pm: Fairytale sound
Venue: Brunnenstraße 34

BuchLAND and the fairy tale shop, people of many nationalities, children from the Friedenskirche day-care centre and the Bad Wildungen music school are embarking on a fairy tale sound journey. Interested people can listen, marvel, listen to the variety of language melodies and intercultural sound colours. Even the dwarves themselves allow us a personal visit.

7.30 p.m.: Guided tour of the town with the witch
Meeting point: Marktplatzbrunnen (market square fountain)

The tour lasts about 90 minutes. It is free of charge and no registration is required. A maximum of 25 people can take part.

1.30 - 4.30 p.m.: Gustav-Stresemann-Gymnasium Open Day

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

16.30: Dance theatre "I can't breathe"
Venue: Aula 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 several minutes on 25 May 2020. The dance theatre is organised by the students in the elective class Performing Arts Against Racism.

3 - 7 pm: Workshop: Recognise anti-Semitism and act
Venue: Conference room of the Counselling and Support Centre (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 recognise and discuss anti-Semitism, which is the basis for prevention and intervention in the educational space. The target group is teachers in Hesse and those interested in education. Registration is possible by e-mail: poststelle@lh.badwildungen.schulverwaltung.hessen.de or by telephone: 05621-2081.

3 - 6 p.m.: Multilingual audio guides for Bad Wildungen
Venue: Spritzenhaus Youth and Cultural Centre (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 and 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 the existing contributions into other languages and recording them. The languages English, Arabic and Spanish have already been suggested. Other language preferences can be expressed upon registration. The project is a cooperation with Medienblitz e.V. from Kassel. The participation fee is 10 euros. Registration is possible by e-mail to: jugendhaus@bad-wildungen.de or by telephone on 05621-94537.

7 pm: Taizé prayer (multilingual)
Venue: Stadtkirche Bad Wildungen (Kirchplatz 1)

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

3 - 6 p.m.: Multilingual audio guides for Bad Wildungen
Venue: Spritzenhaus Youth and Cultural Centre (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 and 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 the existing contributions into other languages and recording them. The languages English, Arabic and Spanish have already been suggested. Other language preferences can be expressed upon registration. The project is a cooperation with Medienblitz e.V. from Kassel. The participation fee is 10 euros. Registration is possible by e-mail to: jugendhaus@bad-wildungen.de or by telephone on 05621-94537.

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

The "Meet the people" event has been running since 2014 - always on Friday evenings. It was created during the time when many people who had to flee their home countries arrived in Bad Wildungen. For example, they played table football or cards, ate together and played music. At the moment, almost exclusively people from Eritrea come, who now feel at home in the Protestant community, hold their own church services there and organise larger celebrations. The Protestant Community has so far granted church asylum to eight people. Therefore, information is gladly given - also about the motivation of the community, the legal aspects and the difficulties for the congregation and especially for those who are accommodated in the church asylum.

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

Those interested can let themselves be surprised by the diverse culinary offerings. The event is organised by the Protestant Community, the Eritrean Community, VIA Flüchtlingshilfe Bad Wildungen e.V., Lots*innen.

8 pm: 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 various 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 deal with her experiences at borders between people and countries: Enough of trying to heal a stab wound with a plaster. Sometimes it takes 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 humour and depth.

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.: Multilingual audio guides for Bad Wildungen
Venue: Spritzenhaus Youth and Cultural Centre (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 and 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 the existing contributions into other languages and recording them. The languages English, Arabic and Spanish have already been suggested. Other language preferences can be expressed upon registration. The project is a cooperation with Medienblitz e.V. from Kassel. The participation fee is 10 euros. Registration is possible by e-mail to: jugendhaus@bad-wildungen.de or by telephone on 05621-94537.

9 am - 2 pm: Country market meets world shop
Venue: Postplatz, Brunnenstraße 51

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

There are four places in the old town of Bad Wildungen where you can 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: car park to the right of the church

A warm welcome to young and old! Here you can spend an eventful day together. You can try climbing like a squirrel or explore a variety of games like a fox. The event is organised by VfL Bad Wildungen e.V..

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

Interested people are cordially invited to the International Brunch at the multi-generation house. The meeting is organised by the multi-generation 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 centre
Venue: Spritzenhaus Youth and Cultural Centre (Kirchplatz 7)

There is an open play offer for children and young people from 8 to 24 years. There are play materials and activities for indoors and outdoors - for example balls, stilts, swinging cloths or board games. Volunteer youth group leaders support the youth centre 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 point: Town Hall (Am Markt 1)

The tour with 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 Claude and Marie Verneuil's 40th wedding anniversary, their four daughters organise a surprise party. They invite the parents of their husbands to Chinon, where they are to stay in Claude and Marie's house for a few days. Sequel to the successful comedy "Monsieur Claude and his Daughters". Admission is 5 euros. The film (FSK 0) lasts approx. 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 people 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 25 September to 2 October at the Bad Wildungen City Museum. In the entrance area, visitors can have their hands photographed. A colourful and diverse photo collage will be created from this. Opening hours: Mon. - Fri. 10 am to 5 pm, Sat. + Sun. 2 pm to 5 pm.

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

BuchLAND welcomes all interested people during the Intercultural Week with the exhibition "Not normal - The beauty of difference". Here you can buy novels, non-fiction and children's books on the topic 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.

Colourful treasures
If you walk through the old town of Bad Wildungen with an attentive eye, you will certainly find many colourful stones on your way. These are thanks to the children and young people in grades 1 to 6 of the Mathias Bauer School. How many multi-faceted stones will you find?