Impressions of the artists' village Fischerhude
About the North German village Fischerhude, its traditionally-minded farmers and open-minded artists,
its cultural offers and the surrounding countryside
This non-profit application includes maps of the Wuemme river lowland region and of inside the village Fischerhude, a chapter about origin and history of the village and its beloved Liebfrauen church,
seasonal pictures of the surrounding man-made landscape, and about the proud farmers, their traditional rights to fish in all watercourses of the Wuemme river
and to do the small game hunt in the surrounding landscape, their biological agriculture at modernized farms and their old own dialect within the Low-German language,
short biographies and pictures of paintings of recognized artists living and working in Fischerhude or outside in the nearby village Quelkhorn;
remarks to current art exhibitions of local artists and to other cultural events within the village,
pictures of beauty spots along hiking trails or country lanes, lists of cozy cafes, traditional restaurants, modernized hotels and private accommodations of the village Fischerhude
This site was created for Internet in year 1996 with support of Fischerhude residents,
as well as the publishing house Atelier-im-Bauernhaus in Fischerhude, the Kunstverein Fischerhude, the Otto-Modersohn-Museum and the Gemaelde-Galerie
Neuenkirchen
Special thanks to descendants of Fischerhude emigrants in US, without
their encouragement this application would not exist up to now.
List of contents:
Welcome to the artists' village Fischerhude,
Liebfrauenkirche in Fischerhude, The farmers of Fischerhude, The Wuemme river lowland, The Teufelsmoor landscape,
Museum Heimathaus Irmintraut, Fischerhuder Hofkonzerte, Cultural historical guided tours, Kunstverein Fischerhude,
Fischerhuder Galerie, Cafes, Restaurants, Hiking
trails, Summer
time, Hotels
and lodgings, Traffic links, Origin of the village,
Biographies and paintings of artists:
Heinrich Breling, Amelie
Breling, Olga
Bontjes van Beek, Jan
Bontjes van Beek, Mietje
Bontjes van Beek, Cato
Bontjes van Beek, Louise
Modersohn-Breling, Otto
Modersohn,
Ulrich
Modersohn, Christian
Modersohn, Wilhelm
Heinrich Rohmeyer, Helmuth
Westhoff, Rudolf
Franz Hartogh, August
Haake, Bertha
Schilling, Fritz
Cobet, Emma
Eibler, Marie
Fritsch, Hellmut
Mueller-Celle, Hans
Buch, Else
Pauls, Hans
Meyboden, Johanna
Eissler, Hermann
Angermeyer, Erhart
Mitzlaff, Werner
Zoehl, Tomma
Leckner, Wolf-Dietmar
Stock, Clara
Rilke-Westhoff, Diedrich
Speckmann,
Recommended links:
Fischerhude art-associaton, Fischerhude farm-concerts-association, Otto Modersohn museum,
Official page of Ottersberg county,
all about Fischerhude, about nearby Rotenburg area

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