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KloSterruine
View of the Klosterruine. Photograph: Ines Ebel
The Franciscan monastery church was once one
of the most important Gothic edifices of the city.
Its ruin now rates among the oldest testimonies to
medieval Berlin. Although heavily damaged during
the war, the church is nowadays used for exhibitions
and events.
6.00 pm–2.00 am
Talks, presentations and more (in German)
The Klosterruine is hosting the Düppel Museum
Village for the whole weekend and invites visitors
to take a journey through time into the Middle
Ages. For the city jubilee experts will be addressing
various themes of Berlin urban settlement
with talks, presentations and exhibits:
• House building and village structures in
the 12th and 13th centuries
• Environment and Agriculture in Berlin’s
environs in the Middle Ages
• Everyday life in a medieval village
• Technology in the Middle Ages:
production of textiles and ceramics,
woodwork, iron forgery, etc.
around 12.00 am
Film
In the Kloster cinema a suprise film about
the Middle Ages will be shown
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KnoBlAuCHHAuS
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Detail of the library in the Knoblauchhaus. © Stadtmuseum Berlin. Photograph: Richter
The oldest house in the Nikolaiviertel and one of
the few preserved middle-class homes from 18th
century Berlin presents life in the Biedermeier period
by example of the Knoblauch family.
6.00 � 7.00 pm
Short guided tour (in German)
Welcome to the living room of the Knoblauch
family
The house next to the Nikolai Church is one of
the few remaining civilian houses of the 18th
century. The furnishings, complete with winged
chair, fireplace, books and pipes, conveys the
elevated life of the Biedermeier period in the early
19th century. The salon and the library give the
impression that the Knoblauchs have only just left
the building.
8.00 pm–12.00 am � hourly
Music
Chamber concert of Biedermeier music and
retrospective of Bernhard Romberg (1767–1841)
Jeannine Lungwitz (flute), Ulrike Schnelle (Violin)
and Sfromine Techritz (violoncello) play works by
various composers that were renowned around
1820, including von Bernhard Romberg, a long-time
member of the royal chapel and cellist of European
standard. From 1827 onwards he organised
chamber concerts of quartets and quintets in rented
rooms of the first floor of the Knoblauchhaus.
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