FESTUNG EHRENBREITSTEIN, KOBLENZ
JANUARY 30 – MARCH 30, 2025
FESTUNG EHRENBREITSTEIN, KOBLENZ
JANUARY 30 – MARCH 30, 2025
The Saterland Frisians watch over a special treasure in the form of their language. Saterland Frisian is a dialect of the otherwise extinct East Frisian. The community of Seelterlound/Saterland, the “smallest language island in Europe”, consists of four villages with 13,000 inhabitants. Almost all the work done to nurture the language and culture is voluntary. Saterland Frisian is an optional school subject in the community. Apart from this, the language is scarcely present in public life. Families speak it in private and enthusiasts in associations.
Volunteering for the Saterland
For decades now, the overwhelming majority of the work of preserving and passing on the Saterland Frisian language and culture has been done by volunteers and associations. Although such dedication on the part of individual Saterland Frisians to the cause of their language and culture has brought some successes, the few who are actively involved find themselves constantly at the limits of their capacities. Experiences from other minorities indicate that professional involvement is also needed if work is to be successful in the long term. Accordingly, and for the first time in history, a part-time Saterland Frisian official has been employed since 2021. A major priority for those involved with Saterland Frisian at present is to establish a professional Saterland Frisian Language Institute.
Follow this link to the website of the Saterland Frisian official, Henk Wolf:
https://henkwolf.nl/category/saterland/
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