The “polenmARkT” Festival in Greifswald

Concert by Magda Piskorczyk on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the „polenmARkT“-Festivals 2017
Concert by Magda Piskorczyk on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the „polenmARkT“-Festivals 2017

n 2011, the jury of the “Pomerania Nostra” prize honoured the work of the “polenmARkT” association and the regular festival it conceived. This award is given to people who performed special services in the arts, science, politics, the economy, and social interaction. The prize was donated by the towns of Greifswald and Szczecin, the Greifswald and Szczecin universities and the editorial offices of the “Kurier Szczeciński” daily newspaper and the West Pomeranian “Nordkurier”. The prize giving ceremony for the representatives of the “polenmARkT” association was held in the castle of the Pomeranian Dukes (Zamek Książąt Pomorskich) in Szczecin, after it had already been awarded the prize for services to German-Polish cooperation by the Sparkasse Vorpommern. In 2017, on the occasion of the festival's 20th anniversary, the “polenmARkT e.V.” was awarded the German culture award of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Here too, the long-standing contribution that the “polenmARkT” festival had made to consolidating German-Polish relations was instrumental in gaining the jury’s vote. The festival, which is not held in large cities where making contact with a neighbour’s culture is usually easier, has become a place in which the idea of German-Polish rapprochement can be experienced more easily than in any governmental talks. 

 

Monika Stefanek, April 2020

 

polenmARkT e.V.

c/o Institut für Slawistik 

Universität Greifswald

Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 3

17489 Greifswald

 

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Media library
  • polenmARkT 2017

    Opening of the 20th “polenmARkT” festivals in 2017.
  • Reading with the journalist Włodzimierz Nowak

    Reading with the journalist Włodzimierz Nowak, whose writings include stories from the German-Polish border entitled “Die Nacht von Wildenhagen” (Polish: “Obwód głowy”), 2016.
  • "Kasia Bortnik Trios" concert

    Kasia Bortnik Trios concert at the 22nd “polenmARkT“ Festival 2019.
  • Reading with Emilia Smechowski

    Reading with Emilia Smechowski, author of the book “Wir Strebermigranten”, 2017.
  • Making piroggi

    Making piroggi together in a cooking course at the “polenmARkT” Festival 2016.
  • The “polenmARkT e.V.” stand

    The “polenmARkT e.V.” stand at the meeting of non-governmental organisations “Unter den Platanen” (Pod Platanami) in Szczecin, 2018.
  • First football tournament under the patronage of the “polenmARkTs”

    First football tournament under the patronage of the “polenmARkTs”. Czarni 44 Szczecin against SV 90 Görmin, July 2018.
  • Concert by Magda Piskorczyk

    Concert by Magda Piskorczyk on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the „polenmARkT“-Festivals 2017.
  • Reading with the author and publicist Matthias Kneip

    Reading with the author and publicist Matthias Kneip at the “polenmARkT 2017”.
  • Performance by the Szczecin Theater KANA

    Performance by the Szczecin Theater KANA of the play entitled “Vater” (Polish: “Projekt Ojciec”), 2017.
  • Exhibition on the fate of Polish forced labourers

    Exhibition on the fate of Polish forced labourers in Lübeck, 2013.
  • Preview of the exhibition with posters

    Preview of the exhibition with posters of all the previous “polenmARkT” Festival, 2017. 
  • A performance

    A performance on the occasion of the “polenmARkT” Festivals 2013.
  • Poster of the “polenmARkT”

    Poster of the “polenmARkT” Festival 2011.
  • Poster of the 15th “polenmARkT” Festival

    Poster of the 15th “polenmARkT” Festival 2012.
  • Poster of the “polenmARkT” Festival

    Poster of the “polenmARkT” Festival 2015.