Under the motto “Power and Splendor”, the Open Monument Day will take place from September 8 to 10, 2017.
Open Monument Day takes place in Hamburg. A varied program is planned
of tours, lectures and cultural and family events that will focus on Hamburg’s monuments.
Hamburg’s monuments in focus. Interested monument owners
-interested monument owners and users who would like to provide insights into their monuments
monuments, can submit suitable proposals for the exhibition to the Monument Protection Office and the
Hamburg Monument Preservation Foundation suitable proposals for participation in the
program by 15 April 2017.
Senator for Culture Dr. Carsten Brosda: “Hamburg has a very diverse monument landscape
landscape of monuments that tells us a lot about our history. Not least thanks to the
numerous people and initiatives that are committed to their preservation, the monuments are
monuments are also an important part of our collective memory. On the day of the
the diversity and richness of our monuments can be directly
monuments, while at the same time offering a platform for exchange and
mediation. I invite all interested parties to take part and then, in September
experience the splendor of Hamburg’s monuments together.”
Irina von Jagow, Managing Director of the Stiftung Denkmalpflege Hamburg: “The
Stiftung Denkmalpflege Hamburg has been organizing the Open Monument Day with its
its cooperation partners for more than twenty years in the Hanseatic city.
The motto ‘Power and Splendor’ will certainly be well received in Hamburg.
We are looking forward to numerous registrations.”
Wealth, secular and religious claims to power have always been expressed through
art and architecture, for example through the choice of form and materials, the type of artistic
with colors, motifs and ornamentation, the chosen building site and the selection of
and the choice of outstanding Baumeisters, architects, artists and craftsmen.
craftsmen. Monuments provide information about social and cultural conditions.
Poverty, hardship, restraint and (apparent) renunciation are also expressed in
in surviving evidence of building culture. Converted objects show the range of usage and representational needs, but also the changes in taste, zeitgeist, family constellations and working environments. The motto of the
Monument Day motto “Power and splendor” focuses on these aspects. In addition
references to this motto can be made to the Reformation Year 2017.
Guided tours, visits and other free offers for the Open Monument Day can be booked through the
Monument Day can be registered with the Hamburg Monument Preservation Foundation at
www.denkmalstiftung.de/denkmaltag to register.
The registration deadline is April 15, 2017.
Sonja Steinhoff and Stephanie Heinemann (phone:
040 / 34 42 93, denkmaltag@denkmalstiftung.de) will be happy to help.