September 12th is Open Monument Day.
Sometimes doors open again that would otherwise remain closed.
Dachau / District - “Sein & Schein - in history, architecture and monument preservation” is the motto of this year's Open Monument Day, which will be celebrated on Sunday, September 12th in the district of Dachau in some places.
Can we believe our eyes On closer inspection, does the first impression live up to what it initially promised? What stories are hidden behind the monuments and their furnishings? This year the motto is: take a closer look. In some places there are special tours and offers: The Dachau Forum offers instead of the traditional bus tour with district home nurse Dr. Birgitta Unger-Richter an offer with individual arrival. Interested parties can book a “surprise bag” at the forum. This includes fixed appointments in the afternoon in selected monuments. After booking, the participants will receive the addresses, times and contacts on site.
A tour through the newly renovated St. Nicholas Church in Haimhausen is planned with pastoral advisor Bernhard Skrabal, who will also present previously unknown relics.
The church painter Daniela Renner will give insights into the technique of baroque church design using the example of a pilgrimage church.
A special courtyard in the Dachau district is being repaired by a young family who will report on construction work and plans that have already been carried out.
Reading in the Ruckteschell villa
The Ruckteschell Villa at Münchner Straße 84 is open in Dachau.
The exact opening time has not yet been set, but a reading at 11 am with Anja Seelke, artist and former scholarship holder of the Ruckteschell Villa: “Kwaheri Askari - Goodbye, Askari!
The portraits of the 'Lettow portfolio' in a new perspective ”.
St. Nicholas in Haimhausen
The St. Nikolaus Church in Haimhausen is open from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., during this time pastoral advisor Bernhard Skrabal is available to answer questions from visitors on site.
The newly restored parish church was consecrated on July 10th by Cardinal Marx.
Gothic and baroque elements were preserved and supplemented with modern fixtures.
After years of renovation, this exciting building can be viewed again.
It enables a walk through the history of art styles and offers a new spatial experience thanks to the newly installed modern ceiling.
Path of remembrance in Indersdorf
The “Path of Remembrance” opens in Markt Indersdorf. It starts at 11 a.m. on the memorial plaque on the Wasserturmweg (back of the St. Vinzenz kindergarten). From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. there is expert information on the five information boards on the “Path of Remembrance”. The old water tower towers over the market town like an old fortress on the highest point of Indersdorf - a monument in an idyllic setting, which you cannot tell that it has withstood two world wars, wind and storms and much more in 110 years. Up there, like a guard over the place, the secular building ensured the water supply of the Indersdorf Monastery from 1911 to 1969 - even during the Second World War,when a National Socialist welfare institution was housed in the monastery and at least 35 toddlers of Eastern European forced laborers perished in a barrack on the monastery wall from insufficient nutrition and care. These youngest victims of National Socialism found their final resting place in the nearby district cemetery.
In the first three years after the war, the water tower was a popular meeting place for young Holocaust survivors, who found temporary refuge in the monastery.
Today the newly built “Path of Remembrance” leads from the former location of the infamous children's barracks to the historic district cemetery on Maroldstrasse, past the water tower, where you can enjoy the view and tranquility.
Hofmark Church in Schönbrunn
In the Hofmarkkirche in Schönbrunn, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., members of the Hofmarkkirche Schönbrunn Association provide information about the history of the church and the status of the renovation work.
The meeting point is in front of the church.
St. Gabinus in Unterweikertshofen
The St. Gabinus Church in Unterweikertshofen is open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Church guide Toni Jais is available for visitors' questions on site.
St. Gabinus has a unique architecture in the Dachau district: a connection between a central building and a nave.
Churches in the parish association
The following churches in the Parish Association of Indersdorf are open on the day of the open monument without guided tours from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Ainhofen, Albersbach, Monastery Church Indersdorf, Langenpettenbach, Niederroth, Ottmarshart, Straßbach and Westerholzhausen.
Advance tickets are available from the Dachauer Forum either on the telephone number 0 81 31/99 68 80 or via the e-mail address: info@dachauer-forum.de.
