Newsletter
Newsletter 5 / May 2026
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INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY: BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOUR (IN GERMAN)
Sunday, 17 May 2026, 2:00 p.m.
Schloss Wiepersdorf
Wiepersdorf – Bettina-von-Arnim-Str. 13, 14913 Niederer Fläming
Free admission / Registration required
During the guided tour on International Museum Day, you’ll have the opportunity to explore rooms and nooks that aren’t usually included in regular tours. Advance registration is required, as the number of participants is limited: info@schloss-wiepersdorf.de, or call 0049 33746 6990
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SPRING FESTIVAL 2026
Sunday, 31 May 2026, 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Schloss Wiepersdorf
Wiepersdorf – Bettina-von-Arnim-Str. 13, 14913 Niederer Fläming
Free admission
We cordially invite you to our Spring Festival on May 31st! The program includes live music, readings, and works of visual art in the castle, the studios, the ‘Tankhalle’, and the castle park, featuring current and former Schloss Wiepersdorf fellows. For the first time, a children's art studio will also be offered during the Spring Festival. In addition, the museum and the café in the orangery will be open, and stalls in the park will present regional products.
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GROUP FELLOWSHIP: PEN – WRITERS IN EXILE
From March 23 to 25, nine exiled authors – all of whom are fellows in PEN Germany’s Writers-in-Exile Program – met for a working stay at Schloss Wiepersdorf. The authors from Afghanistan, Belarus, China, Iran, Cuba, Mexico, Myanmar, and Syria came from countries where the free word is suppressed and punished with imprisonment or even death. With human rights lawyer Victor Pfaff, and with translation and moderation by PEN Germany’s Writers-in-Exile representative, Astrid Vehstedt, they discussed the rule of law, democracy, and freedom of expression.
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GROUP FELLOWSHIP: BOUND TOGETHER – CZECH AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS
Four pairs of authors and illustrators from the Czech Republic spent two weeks in April at Wiepersdorf Castle, where they worked together on their book projects. Among them were author Markéta Pilátová with illustrator Monica Hajek, author Lukáš Csicsely with illustrator Dominik Tyl, author Anna Štičková with illustrator Veronika Bílková, and author Alice Krajčírová with illustrator Anna Kulíčková.
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LUKAS ZITTLAU: LECTURE ON WOLFGANG HEISE (IN GERMAN)
Thursday, 28 May 2026, 2:30 p.m.
Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus
Chausseestraße 125, 10115 Berlin
Free admission
Over the course of three days, the Literaturforum at the Brecht-Haus will host a series of lectures and discussions on the philosopher and thinker Wolfgang Heise. Interned in Hitler’s camps as a teenager and, as an adult, friends with the country’s greatest artists and writers, Heise remained a central figure in the subversive intellectual life of the GDR until his untimely death in 1987. Former Wiepersdorf fellow Lukas Zittlau will have a lecture on May 28th about the historical context and contemporary relevance of Heise’s thought.
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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. They will open on May 31st in 2026.
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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By attending the events at Wiepersdorf Castle, you agree that the recordings made there may be used for public relations purposes.
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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
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