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 [...]
Iron metallurgy from the Roman imperial period in Lüneburg-Hagen City archaeologist Tobias Schoo reports on the latest findings of a commercial settlement in Lüneburg from the Roman imperial period. The site was continuously inhabited from the Late Bronze Age until the Migration Period. The phase after the birth of Christ is particularly striking. There is [...]
Glass processing on the outer borders of the Roman Empire The managing director of Römerwelt Rheinbrohl and experimental archaeologist Frank Wiesenberg provides exciting insights into the fascinating world of Roman glass. Using archaeological finds and experimental replicas, he shows how glass was produced, processed and traded beyond the borders of the Limes in ancient [...]
Dr. Jana Fries, Head of the Archaeology Division at the Lower Saxony State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments, will speak about the history of gender studies in prehistoric archaeology and how modern stereotypes have long shaped our view of prehistory. Using archaeological examples, she will present current research and methods on gender roles, [...]
From “Friend and Helper” to “Street Fighter” and Instrument of Terror: The Police Apparatus under National Socialism Historian Jaqueline Meurisch examines the role of the police in the Nazi regime. The lecture traces the transformation of the police from an institution of the early Weimar Republic into an instrument of persecution and terror under National [...]
Kulturnetzwerk Koppelschleuse Meppen
Helter Damm 1
DE 49716 Meppen
Tel.: 05931 7575
info@koppelschleuse-meppen.de
www.koppelschleuse-meppen.de
© Copyright 2026 | Cultural Network Koppelschleuse Meppen
Kulturnetzwerk Koppelschleuse Meppen
Helter Damm 1
DE 49716 Meppen
Tel.: 05931 7575
info@koppelschleuse-meppen.de
www.koppelschleuse-meppen.de
© Copyright 2026 | Cultural Network Koppelschleuse Meppen
