Fischerhude Journal - about an unique artists' village
Impressions of the North German artists' village Fischerhude,
its traditionally-minded farmers and open-minded artists, its cultural offers and the surrounding countryside
This non-profit application describes in chapters the artists' village Fischerhude, its importance for the freedom of mind and art during the dark times of Germany; about the origin of the place called Widagheshude as landing stage for contracted shipping on the Wuemme river to and from Bremen city, and about the road toll station for the benefit of the monastery in Rastede, and the renaming of this place in Fischerhude later; about history of building an own parish church, consecrated as Liebfrauenkirche, and a graveyard in association with the mother-church in Wilstedt, and pictures from inside and outside of parish church in combination with sacred music; about traditional fishing and hunting rights of local farmers, their spoken dialect and their practised successful ecological agriculture; about recognized Fischerhude artists of the past and of the presence in presenting short biographies and known paintings of them; about dates of current exhibitions of art and culture within the village, and of the cultural historical guided tours including visits to the museum Heimathaus Irmintraut and the Otto Modersohn Museum; seasonal pictures of the rural landscape between Ottersberg, Quelkhorn and Backsberg, and pictures of beauty spots along the Wuemme river up to St Juergen church; and about the origin and the very difficult cultivation of the adjacent Teufelsmoor landscape; furthermore, maps of the Wuemme river lowland region and of inside the village, lists of cozy cafes, traditional restaurants, modernized hotels and of private accommodations within the artists' village Fischerhude
This site was created for Internet in year 1996 with friendly support of Fischerhude residents, as well as of the publishing house Atelier-im-Bauernhaus in Fischerhude, the Kunstverein Fischerhude, the Otto-Modersohn-Museum and the Gemaelde-Galerie Neuenkirchen, to show the world the idyll and variety of this unique artists' village in North Germany, east of Bremen city
Special thanks to descendants of Fischerhude emigrants in US, without their encouragement this application would not exist up to now
List of contents:
Preface to Journal, Origin and history of the village Fischerhude, Traffic links and maps, Lutheran church Liebfrauenkirche, The farmers, The Wuemme river lowland,
Museum Heimathaus Irmintraut, music-association Hofkonzerte, Cultural historical guided tours, art-association Kunstverein Fischerhude, art-exhibition Fischerhuder Galerie,
List of cafes, List of restaurants, List of hotels and lodgings, Hiking trails across surroundings, Impressions from summer time, Monthly seasonal pictures, The Teufelsmoor landscape
Biographies and paintings of recognized 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-association, Fischerhude farm-concerts-association, Otto Modersohn Museum, traditional guesthouse within the village, old fashioned hotel in Fischerhude
Official page of Ottersberg county, all about Fischerhude, about nearby Rotenburg area, graphic arts and lodging in Wilstedt, Cato Bontjes van Beek-Gymnasium in Achim
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