Lecture

After the fully authorized town of Meppen received the right to do so from the Bishop of Münster in 1360, the first town fortifications were built soon afterwards: a rectangular rampart, perhaps reinforced with palisades, a surrounding moat and four town gates: Hase-, Ems-, Mark- and Merschporte. The complex appears to have been reinforced with [...]

Is there a Low German canon? And if so, why do we need one? Questions about Low German literature from the 19th century to the present day German literature is packed with outstanding works and authors such as Goethe, Schiller, Kafka, Mann and Grass. Everyone is probably familiar with texts by authors from the German-language [...]

Numerous federal, state and district agencies as well as municipal bodies and professional associations coordinated the development of the Emsland region. Their core tasks included mapping, water and soil management, moorland cultivation and soil improvement, agricultural advice, afforestation as well as settlement construction and municipal infrastructure. Emsland GmbH pooled federal, state and municipal funds, examined [...]