Culture 2008

JMH, STADT HOHENEMS, PETER MATHIS (2), SCHUBERTIADE
time it has become a trendy summer beverage (even for non-cyclists) and available in various flavours. A “radler”
variant popular in Vorarlberg is the blend of beer with mineral water, which is called a “sour radler”. And a very
innovative take on the “radler” had evolved over the past several years in many Austrian ski huts: the “Alpine
radler” – light beer mixed with an herbal soft drink.
Curious about people? Experience history in Hohenems!
Visit the only Jewish museum in the Lake Constance region
With a new permanent exhibition, the Jewish Museum Hohenems
presents Jewish history and culture between Austria and Switzerland,
Germany and Liechtenstein. In a provocatively up-to-date manner, the exhibition
illustrates situations and conflicts of everyday Jewish life: living in a
Christian-dominated environment, migration in Europe and social change.
The Museum is housed in the Villa Heimann-Rosenthal, built in 1864 in a
neo-classic style. It offers audio guides in German, English and French for
an international audience and presents priceless original documents and
video interviews. Young visitors seven years old and up can enjoy a special
children’s exhibition with stories by Monika Helfer and shadowgraphs by
Barbara Steinitz. And the Museum’s café tempts visitors with delicious
Jewish wedding cake, bagels and kosher wine.
The city’s Jewish quarter, which has largely been preserved, forms together
with the old Christengasse and the Schlossplatz a one-of-a-kind
ensemble. From the Baroque synagogue to the houses of the Jewish merchants
and craftsmen, peddlers and innkeepers, from the villas of factory
owners to the Jewish School, from the ritual baths to the Jewish poorhouse:
all these structures have now been carefully restored and filled with
Tourismus & Stadtmarketing Hohenems
A-6845 Hohenems, Schweizer Straße 10
Tel. +43 (0)5576/427 80, www.hohenems.at
Schubertiade
A-6845 Hohenems, Schweizer Straße 1
Tel. +43 (0)5576/720 91, www.schubertiade.at
music.
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new life. The Salomon Sulzer Hall in the former synagogue honours the
most important synagogue musician of the 19th century, the Hohenemser
Salomon Sulzer.
At the foot of the Schlossberg, with its castle ruins from the 9th century, visitors
can marvel at the Renaissance palace of the Hohenems Counts, built
in 1563 by Martino Longhi. As prince-archbishops and cardinals, Hohenemsers
from Rom to Salzburg have written European history – and with a
letter of 1617 assuring safe passage, made possible the founding of the
most important Jewish community in the Lake Constance region.
The winter concerts of the Schubertiade, one of the world’s most renowned
chamber-music festivals, are held from October to May in Hohenems’
recently-opened Markus Sittikus Hall. Among the highlights of the
2008 season are concerts by the Alban Berg Quartet, the Artemis Quartet,
Juliane Banse, Sol Gabetta, the Guarneri String Quartet, the Hagen Quartet,
Christopher Maltman, Sabine Meyer, the Pacifica Quartet, the Pavel Haas
Quartet, Quatuor Isaye, Fazil Say, Baiba Skride, Martin Stadtfeld, the Stuttgart
Chamber Orchestra and the Tokyo String Quartet.
Have we succeeded in arousing your curiosity? You can find out more about
Hohenems, its museum and its cultural events at the addresses below.
Jüdisches Museum Hohenems
A-6845 Hohenems, Schweizer Straße 5
Tel. +43 (0)5576/739 89-0
www.jm-hohenems.at, office@jm-hohenems.at
Opening times:
Tue. to Sun. and on holidays 10am–5pm
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