2006
Jan., 18th
The
“Hansa-Countdown” starts: On an illuminated tablet the remaining days to the
opening of the Hansa Convention will be counted backwards. The tablet will be
standing at different places in the city centre.
March, 3th
To get into
the mood for the Hansa Convention, a serial of readings of already published
Hansa-thrillers by the Hamburg Publishing company “Die Hanse” will start by the
Motto “Hansa, merchants, cutthroats”. It starts with a reading of the Hansa-thriller
“Safrantod” by Silke Urbanski. All Hansa-thrillers are based on historical
facts. Their charm consists on a successful mixture of fiction and reality
(Presenter: Lagerhalle).
March, 16th
The town
crier Günter Kropp from Deventer (Netherlands)
will stop by in Osnabrück. He will compose a song especially for the Hansa
Convention and uses his trip to gather historical facts about the city of Osnabrück. He will
present his composition accompanied by the Hansa-singers at the Hansa
Convention.
March,16th
The
Hansa-thriller “Die leinenweiße Braut” is presented by its author Carlo Feber. This
novel is situated in mediaeval Osnabrück – the author got inspired for the plot
by visiting the town (Initiator: Lagerhalle).
April, 22nd
A cog hits
the road: A cog build especially for the Hansa Convention with a copy of the Town Hall of Osnabrück on its top was presented for
the first time. The cog will go on its journey through the region around
Osnabrück to promote the Hansa Convention. The 6 x 2 m ship will be used as a
plaything on a children’s playground after the Hansa Convention (Organisation:
OMT).
May, 13th
“Over the
lands and the seas”: the Osnabrück based music-theatre “Lupe” developed and
presented a theatre play that will be touring the schools of Osnabrück and its
regions. The play delivers many facts about the life during the Hanseatic League by the story of the two friends
Cornelius and Paul.
May, 18th
The
exhibition “Historical rooms – Osnabrück and the Hanseatic
League” opens at the University Library. This exposition was
initialised and organised by the Institute
of Cultural History of the Early
Modern Period of the University
of Osnabrück, the
University Library and the Osnabrück public record office. Numerous impressive
exponats (including historical prints) demonstrate the historiography of Osnabrück as a member
of the Hanseatic League.
June, 5-8th
The
“Hanseatic-lower Saxon Pentecost-congress” holds its annual meeting in the city
of Osnabrück at
the Adult Education Centre (VHS).
