REMEMBRANCE CONNECTS

ODER-WARTA REGION

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  • Final conference "Sites of Remembrance Oder-Warthe"

    Final conference "Sites of Remembrance Oder-Warthe"

    The new network and the brand "Memory connects" Oder-Warthe The unique history of the German-Polish border region as a multi-perspective memory landscape to an international audience. In addition, three historic buildings have been renovated into new places for culture, remembrance and German-Polish encounters. 

    The core of the new brand "Erinnerung verbindet" is the Oder-Warthe region as a multi-perspective area of remembrance. The history of the region and its people, represented in a variety of ways and from different perspectives, is intended to encourage dialogue and promote mutual understanding as a basis for a shared future. 

    A strategy was developed for a multi-perspective remembrance landscape on the Oder and Warta rivers, represented by the new German-Polish tourism brand "Remembrance connects". 

    To this end, a cross-border network of places of remembrance was founded in order to further develop and sustainably implement the project results. 12 network partners signed the co-operation agreement. 

    Sponsors of memorial sites of the Oder-Warthe region and the Pomerania Region are invited to actively participate in the new tourism network. Please signal your interest to the Economic Development Department of the town of Seelow.

    • Conference programme (pdf 1,1MB)
    • Conference report (pdf 2,8MB)
    • Co-operation agreement (pdf 1,6MB)

    Presentations

    Places of remembrance and network partners introduce themselves:

    • Memory connects: Project review 2019-2023, Thomas Drewing

    New memorials and meeting places in the Oder-Warthe region

    • Słońsk House of Culture, Joanna Cieciura
    • Villa Wagener Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Karolina Kunt, Agnieszka Zurawska-Tatala
    • Museum History Station Seelow (Mark), Thomas Drewing

    New tourism brand "Remembrance connects"

    • Multi-perspective memorial landscape Oder-Warthe, Dirk Röder

    European cultural routes take a look at the Oder-Warthe region

    • Liberation Route Europe - European Cultural Route of Liberation 1944-45, Joanna Roman
    • FORTE CULTURA - European Cultural Route of Fortified Monuments, Dirk Röder

    Interreg 6A funding programme 2024-2027

    • Outlook on the new programme content, Ariane Thiele

    New network "Remembrance connects"

    • Goals, structure, measures of the new German-Polish network, Dirk Röder

    Places of remembrance and network partners introduce themselves

    • EHL network Oderbruch villages, Dr Kennneth Anders
    • Network Traces of the Johanniter, Julia Bork
    • Meserice Regional Museum, Międzyrzecz, Katarzyna Sztuba-Frackowiak
    • Museum Lubuskie Gorzów Wielkopolski, Ewa Pawlak
    • Museum Viadrina, Memorial and Documentation Centre "Victims of Political Tyranny", Frankfurt (Oder), Dr Tim S. Müller
    • Martyrdom Museum Słońsk
    • Museum Visitor Centre of the "Ujście Warty" National Park in Słońsk, Maciej Mazurczak
    • MRU Museum Oder-Warthe Fortress Arch, Leszek Lisiecki
    • Küstrin Fortress Museum, Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Ryszard Skałba
    • Schweizerhaus Seelow, Uwe Trzewik
    • City of Santok, Krzystof Karwatowicz
    • Historical-Technical Museum Peenemünde, Dr Gericke
    Interreg 5aA funding logo

    The project was funded by the European Union (2018-2023).

  • Project workshop "Tourism development and transnational cooperation"

    Project workshop "Tourism development and transnational cooperation"

    The workshop held on 19 July 2021 focused on the places of remembrance in the Oder-Warthe region as a basis for tourism development and transnational cooperation.

    The Liberation Route Europe (LRE) is a European Cultural Route, certified by the Council of Europe in 2019, to connect the main regions affected by the liberation of Europe from Nazi occupation in 1944-1945. The route combines historical content with a multi-perspective approach, remembrance tourism and tools for communicating remembrance at a European level. This makes the LRE an established and unrivalled partner for the development of international remembrance tourism in the Oder-Warthe region, especially for places of remembrance from the era of the "Schicksalsraum".

    The LRE representatives in attendance considered the "Sites of Remembrance" project to be exceptionally interesting and a good fit for cooperation. LRE started in 2008 with the development of the Path of Liberation from the Western Allied perspective, and has recently been working on the Path of Liberation from the East. The project results complement these activities and can open up an entire region for remembrance tourism.

    The representatives of FORTE CULTURA reflected on the remembrance project in a similar way, as there are some very interesting fortress monuments in the Oder-Warthe region. These include the Küstrin fortress, the former Driesen fortress, the fortified St John's castles in Lagow and Friedland, the Oder-Warthe fortification line and the Cold War military bunkers.

    The workshop resulted in extremely positive professional feedback for the project with regard to the content of the new tourism brand "Remembrance connects Oder-Warthe" and strong partnerships for educational, remembrance and cultural tourism at European level.

    The workshop participants also visited the Martyriums Museum Słońsk, the Culture and Meeting Centre in the former Słońsk House of Culture, Villa Wagner and the Küstrin Fortress in Kostrzyn nad Odra.

  • Opening of the Słońsk Culture Centre

    Opening of the Słońsk Culture Centre

    On 14 February 2020, Mayor Janusz Krzyśków opened the new cultural centre in Słońsk in the presence of over 100 invited guests. A conference hall with interpreting booths, exhibition rooms, a library, archive rooms and digital workstations and even 4 guest rooms await their new users.

  • German-Polish funding project on the culture of remembrance in the Oder-Warthe region launched

    German-Polish funding project on the culture of remembrance in the Oder-Warthe region launched

    Project conference "Sites of Remembrance Oder-Warthe"

    Investments for thematic expansion, increased attractiveness, modern communication and effective marketing of the culture of remembrance

    53 representatives from memorial sites, politics and regional tourism organisations came to the Schweizerhaus Seelow to find out about the content of the Interreg VA BB-PL funding project "Sites of Remembrance Oder-Warthe" for the first time.

    With this project, the project partners - the town of Seelow (lead partner), the town of Kostrzyn nad Odra and the municipality of Slonsk - are pursuing the goal of jointly maintaining and strengthening the memorial landscape on both sides of the German-Polish border, which is unique in Europe, and also enhancing its value as a special tourist attraction.

    Report on the 1st project conference - German/Polish (PDF)

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