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Newsletter 4 / April 2026
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APPLICATIONS FOR FELLOWSHIPS IN 2027
You can apply for a Fellowship in 2027 from February 15 until April 15, 2026. National and international artists and academics from the fields of humanities and social sciences (romanticism or topics focusing on the previously divided Germany), literature, visual arts and composition are eligible to apply.
Further information can be found here.
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CONCERT IN CELEBRATION OF BETTINA VON ARNIM’S BIRTHDAY
Violoncello Duo with Clara Baesecke & Oliwia Meiser (c/o duo)
Saturday, 4 April 2026, 3:00 p.m.
Schloss Wiepersdorf
Wiepersdorf – Bettina-von-Arnim-Str. 13, 14913 Niederer Fläming
Free admission
To celebrate Bettina von Arnim’s birthday, the Cultural Foundation Schloss Wiepersdorf invites you to a concert. The cellists Oliwia Meiser and Clara Baesecke, who together form the c/o duo, will be performing.
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READING WITH LUCY JONES AND BELA CHEKURISHVILI
As part of the PARATAXE Readings
Friday, 24 April 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Haus für Poesie in Kulturbrauerei
Knaackstraße 97, 10435 Berlin
Admission 5 € / 3 €
As part of the PARATAXE event series, Berlin-based authors who write in languages other than German are presented. This time featuring the British author and translator Lucy Jones, this year's Wiepersdorf Fellow in the literature category, and the Georgian poet Bela Chekurishvili
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BOOK RELEASE
VIKTOR YEROFEYEV: DIE NEUE BARBAREI (RENEWED BARBARISM)
In an age of renewed barbarism, as heads of state and government carve up the world like mafia bosses, Viktor Yerofeyev paints a garishly dazzling panorama of human and political abysses, in which truth becomes a game and morality an attitude. Translated by Beate Rausch, published by Matthes & Seitz.
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CAFÉ, MUSEUM AND PARK
The café in the Orangery and the museum at Schloss Wiepersdorf are closed during the autumn and the winter time.
The castle park can be visited all year round. Thanks to our open air “Kosmos Wiepersdorf” you can walk a tour on your own and get information via QR Codes.
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Contact:
Cultural Foundation Schloss Wiepersdorf
Director
Annette Rupp
Wiepersdorf -Bettina-von-Arnim-Str. 13 | 14913 Niederer Fläming
Phone: +49 (0)337 46 699-0 | Fax: +49 (0)337 46 699 19
Cell: +49 (0)176 22 03 99 21
E-Mail: annette.rupp@schloss-wiepersdorf.de
www.schloss-wiepersdorf.de
