Peace.Europe
This blog accompanies the joint project between the cities of Münster and Osnabrück in the European Cultural Heritage Year 2018.
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Lab Europe: a role model for European cooperation
The European encounter and participation project "Laboratory Europe", initiated and organised by the Office for Peace Culture of the City of Osnabrück, shaped the understanding of a European community of [...]
What does the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 have to do with today?
The project Peace.Europe and its implementation in Muenster and Osnabrück is about dealing with the cultural heritage in the two cities of peace. The aim is to make [...]
Nearly impossible but still successful: The Peace of Westphalia
80 years of war between the Netherlands and Spain and 30 years of war in Europe had to be ended. This required an agreement between a large number [...]
What exactly was the Thirty Years’ War about?
Who doesn’t know it from history lessons, the Thirty Years’ War? You can still roughly remember that it had happened around 1600 and something and had devastating effects. [...]
The silver spoon: a story of escape and reconciliation. Pre-interview with a participant of the Labor Europa
Liza comes from the region of Abkhazia and now lives in Tbilisi. She is 25 years old and one of 50 participants of »Labor Europa«, a project of the city [...]
“The Topic of Peace Moves Children Very Much” – Talk with Art Mediator Doris Wermelt
"We take care of everyone," says Doris Wermelt about the mediation approach in the LWL Museum of Art and Culture. "Our projects are not only designed for [...]