The Hölting Mill on the headland between the Dortmund-Ems Canal and the River Hase is a so-called Dutch windmill with a wind rose and sails that was built in the 17th century and originally stood as a "Kranenkampmühle" in Bockhorn in the district of Friesland, where it was in operation until well into the 20th [...]
Would you like to experience what it felt like to wear prehistoric clothing? What did people wear in the past? In this workshop, we will take a look together at the clothing of times gone by, with a special focus on brooches - the zipper of early history. Each child can make their own brooch [...]
Advertising for change Movie night and panel discussion The infrastructure measures initiated from 1950 onwards as part of the so-called “Emsland Plan” brought about far-reaching changes for nature and the rural environment. In order to help the reform program to be implemented on a broad social basis, Emsland GmbH, which was entrusted with the implementation [...]
Quiz and excavations Think fast, laugh a lot and have fun at the quiz evening in Emsland Archaeology Museum! Answer our quiz questions in good company over a cool drink and discover finds from our model excavation field. Who will find the most buried treasures? Perfect for quiz fans and new players - come alone [...]
“Elisabeth Schlicht”, District archaeologist and finissage of the exhibition Dr. Elisabeth Schlicht - the first female district archaeologist in Emsland. At a time of great change and rapid infrastructural development, she was committed to the protection of many endangered archaeological monuments in Emsland. With few resources and in a strongly male-dominated (specialist) world, she campaigned [...]
This exhibition brings together the works of renowned artists Oleksii Gnievyshev, Lena Krashevka and Maxim Probst, who each reflect in a unique way on the connection between art, freedom and self-determination. Oleksii Gnievyshev, born in the Ukraine, combines classical painting techniques with contemporary themes and questions social norms and constraints through his works. Lena Krashevka, [...]
East Frisian coin treasure meets Emsland treasures Volunteers make a valuable contribution to archaeology - as the Filsum silver treasure shows. In 2021, a team of five certified explorers discovered 96 Roman silver coins from the 1. and The site was already known in 1850, but was forgotten. Through meticulous research, the exact location was [...]
Open Monument Day in the Arenberg Pension The classicist building of the Arenbergische Rentei in Meppen is open from 2 to 5 p.m. on the occasion of the "Open Monument Day" campaign. Insights are given into the building and its history, but also into the reign of the Dukes of Arenberg, who were sovereigns in [...]
Edible wild plants: Discover, identify and use Would you like to know how to touch nettles without stinging yourself? How to make a natural toothbrush from a hazelnut bush? Or which herb is best for a cough tea? Then join us on a wild herb tour! After a short welcome at the Koppelschleuse art school, [...]
Cyanotype Workshop: Photographing without a camera! Create unique photographs with the iron blue printing process! During a small excursion into nature we collect our picture material. Leaves, sticks, sand or other objects form our motifs and can be photographed entirely without a camera. The participants now place their picture on the solar photo paper as [...]
Emsland pottery market The Meppen Art Circle invites you to this year's pottery market on the idyllic grounds of the Art Center. Between the youth and cultural guest house, the museums at the Koppelschleuse and the buildings of the Kunstkreis, around 30 professional ceramists will once again be exhibiting masterful ceramic art. This year you [...]
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 [...]
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
