FESTUNG EHRENBREITSTEIN, KOBLENZ
JANUARY 30 – MARCH 30, 2025
FESTUNG EHRENBREITSTEIN, KOBLENZ
JANUARY 30 – MARCH 30, 2025
The Frisian ethnic group has lived on the islands and coastal strip of the North Sea for 2,000 years, in territory that now forms part of the Netherlands and Germany. Over the course of their long history, the Frisians have become experts in living with the sea, specialising in long-distance maritime trade, coastal navigation and the building of dykes that enabled them to use the fertile mud flats and to drain marshland. Thanks to their “Frisian Freedom” they upheld a decentralised form of self-government that withstood external feudal claims for centuries. To this day, the Frisian identity is heavily imbued with the concept of direct democracy. The Frisian world is high compartmentalised. Most Frisians live in the Dutch province of Fryslân, while Germany is home to three groups, each with its own regional consciousness. Preserving the language with its many variants is a challenge, while mass tourism and climate change are inflicting fundamental changes on the Frisian settlement regions.
MINORITY SECRETARIAT OF THE FOUR
AUTOCHTHONOUS MINORITIES AND ETHNIC GROUPS GERMANY
VISITOR ADDRESS:
Englische Straße 30 | 10587 Berlin
POSTAL ADDRESS:
Minderheitensekretariat der vier autochthonen nationalen Minderheiten
und Volksgruppen Deutschlands
Bundeshaus
c/o Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat
Alt-Moabit 140 | 10557 Berlin
MAIL AND PHONE:
wanderausstellung@minderheitensekretariat.de
info@minderheitensekretariat.de
Tel.: +49 (0)30 18681 14623
www.minderheitensekretariat.de
www.facebook.com/minderheitensekretariat.de
The Minorities Secretariat is the liaison office of the associations of the national minorities with the federal bodies.
It is funded by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Home Affairs on the basis of a resolution of the German Bundestag.
THE EXHIBITION IS A PROJECT OF THE MINORITIES COUNCIL OF THE FOUR AUTOCHTHONOUS NATIONAL MINORITIES AND ETHNIC GROUPS GERMANY AND THE FEDERAL COUNCIL FOR NEDDERDÜÜTSCH.
PROJECT REALISATION:
Minority secretariat of the four
autochthonous minorities and ethnic groups Germany
www.minderheitensekretariat.de
PROJECT LEAD:
Judit Šołćina/Judith Scholze
PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
Johanna Panse, Veronika Bjarsch
CURATION:
Dr. Robert Lorenc
EXHIBITION DESIGN:
buerojolas | Tim Jolas | www.buerojolas.de
IN COLLABORATION WITH:
Johanna Hoffmann, Isabel Latza, Ronny Licht | Berlin/Leipzig
EXHIBITON BUILDING:
rotes pferd | Eckelmann + Nolze GmbH Berlin | www.rotes-pferd.de
MEDIA DEVELOPMENT:
chairlines | www.chairlines.de
ostwärts-film | www.reinernagel.com
Stefan Damnig | www.stefan-damnig.de
WEBDESIGN & PROGRAMMING:
STARKAD | www.starkad.de
ADVISORY INSTITUTIONS:
Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma | www.dokuzentrum.sintiundroma.de
Niederdeutschsekretariat Hamburg | www.niederdeutschsekretariat.de
Nordfriisk Instituut Bräist/Bredstedt | www.nordfriiskinstituut.eu
Ostfriesische Landschaft, Plattdüütskbüro Auerk/Aurich | www.ostfriesischelandschaft.de
Seelter Buund Seelterlound/Saterland | www.saterland.de
Serbski muzej/Sorbisches Museum Budyšin/Bautzen | www.sorbisches-museum.de
Städtische Sammlungen, Serbski muzej/Wendisches/Museum Chóśebuz/Cottbus | www.wendisches-museum.de
Sydslesvigsk Forening Flensborg/Flensburg | www.syfo.de