Dr. Matthias Weipert: Excursion "Colonialism in Siegen" - 2.12.2025

Dear students,

On December 2, I am offering a half-day excursion on the topic of "Colonialism" in Siegen. We will have a guided tour through the exhibition "Not done yet. Colonial continuities" and take part in an anti-colonial city walk. Afterwards, we will have time to reflect on our impressions in terms of didactics.

Date: 2.12.2025

Participants: max. 20

Start: 14.00 (please be on site at 13.45)

End: approx. 17.30

Location: Museum of Contemporary Art, Foyer Unteres Schloss 1, 57072 Siegen

Registration: matthias.weipert@uni-siegen.de

Dr. Matthias Weipert/Dr. Giuseppe Cusa, day excursion "Art of the Middle Ages. Meaning - Production - Mediation", Cologne, November 13, 2025, 10:15-15:30

Topic: Although historical scholarship is primarily concerned with textual sources, the spectrum of (pre-)modern legacies is far more diverse. For some time now, research and mediation have therefore also taken into account so-called realia of all kinds - i.e. objects, primarily but not only art objects. Christian art (ars sacra), which can be admired today in archives, museums and churches, is an essential part of the medieval centuries. On two guided tours in Cologne, we will get to know medieval art objects and their significance, production and display, as well as discussing their modern preservation and presentation. To this end, we will first be given a guided tour "Understanding medieval art" in the Schnütgen Museum, which will introduce us to materials, techniques and ideas and provide material samples that we can touch. We will then be guided through the cathedral treasury and the interior of Cologne Cathedral to take a closer look at precious art objects such as the Shrine of the Epiphany.

Time: Thursday, November 13, 2025, 10:15-15:30.

Meeting point: 10:15 am on the station forecourt in Cologne (between the main station and the cathedral). Arrival is individual.

Participants: 18 students

Registration: Until October 27, 2025: matthias.weipert@uni-siegen.de.

Dr. Giuseppe Cusa, day excursion "Charlemagne and Aachen - House of Charlemagne", 27 June 2025, 1 pm - 2 pm

Topic: We will visit the Charlemagne city of Aachen and the performance "House of Karls" at Theater Aachen, which is known as the "Rap-Spectaculum". Together we will discover the significance of Charlemagne for Aachen - based on the architectural remains, but also on the current use of the Charlemagne brand by city marketing. We will also contrast the historiographical image of the great Carolingian with the modern popular adaptation of Charlemagne's life in "House of Karls" (7 p.m., Theater Aachen).

Time: Friday, June 27, 2025, 1 pm - 2 pm. In addition: Half-hour digital preliminary discussion (date to be announced).

Meeting point: 1 pm in front of Aachen main station. Arrival is individual.

Participants: 12 students

Costs: approx. 10-15€

Registration: Until April 25, 2025: giuseppe.cusa@uni-siegen.de

Dr. Matthias Weipert, half-day excursion to the Wenden Ironworks on 29.11.2024

Topic: Museum Wendener Hütte cultural monument smelting works hammer mill We visit the Wendener Hütte and are guided there by the museum director Ms. Löcken. We will then discuss the potential of this extracurricular place of learning for history lessons

Time: 09.45 to approx. 13.00/14.00

Meeting point: Wendener (Hochofenstraße 6 - 57482 Wenden) 09.45

Cost: 4 Euro

Participants: 20 students

Registration: Until November 20, 2024

at: matthias.weipert@uni-siegen.de

Dr. Matthias Weipert: 9 July 2024, day excursion Siegerlandmuseum: Siegen city history - special exhibition "Siegen. Stranger? Home?"

We will visit the Siegerlandmuseum and take part in two guided tours, one about the museum in general and one about the special exhibition "Siegen. Stranger? Home?". Afterwards we will take a short tour of the town and then discuss the didactic strengths and weaknesses of the guided tours and a regional history approach.

Time: 10-15.00

• 10-12: Siegerland Museum
• 12-12.30: City tour
• 12.30-13.00: Lunch break
• 13-15: Reflection (US-A 134)

Meeting point: Siegerlandmuseum (Upper Castle) 10.00

Cost: 4-5 euros (depends on the number of participants, please bring suitable money)

Participants: max. 24 students

Registration: Until June 23, 2024 at: matthias.weipert@uni-siegen.de
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Bettina Wagener: 28.06.2024, day excursion "Feminist Archives and Museums" in summer semester 2024
The FrauenMediaTurm (FMT) in Cologne and the Frauenmuseum: Art, Culture and Research in Bonn
Description: How is the history of the old and new women's movement in Germany collected, preserved and researched? How are archives with these focal points created and how are exhibitions and places of learning developed from these collections? The excursion to two places of women's history in Cologne and Bonn - the FrauenMediaTurm (FMT) and the Frauenmuseum: Kunst, Kultur und Forschung e.V. - will address these questions.

At both locations, we will take part in guided tours that allow a look behind the scenes of the collections. The archives and museums can thus be experienced not only as a place of learning, but also as a place of work. Together we want to find out what difficulties are associated with collecting women's* history, but also what opportunities these places offer.

The excursion is not tied to attending a specific seminar.

Date and location: 28.06.2024, 10:45-16:30

• FrauenMediaTurm - Feminist Archive and Library, Am Bayenturm 2, 50678 Cologne.
• Women's Museum - Art, Culture, Research e.V., Im Krausfeld 10, 53111 Bonn.
• We will meet at 10.45 a.m. in front of the entrance to the FrauenMediaTurm.

How to get there: The journey from Cologne to Bonn is to be organized independently; the journey from Siegen station takes just under 1h 50min by public transport and approx. 1h 10min by car. In order to organize possible carpools, a Moodle course will be set up in which the participants can exchange information.

Procedure:

• 10.45 am: Meeting point in front of the entrance to the FrauenMediaTurm. Guided tour of the collection and lecture on the history of its creation.
• 12-14: Lunch break and independent trip to the Women's Museum (Bonn!).
• 14.45: Meeting point in front of the entrance to the Women's Museum. Guided tour of the exhibition.

Costs and registration: Costs of approx. 15 euros (depending on the number of participants). Please register by e-mail at bettina.wagener@geschichte.uni-siegen.de
after which you will receive information about the payment modalities. Please cancel your participation as soon as possible in case of illness etc. so that your place can be passed on if necessary.

Number of participants: 20

Written assignment:

• Before the excursion: Formulate two questions that you would like to ask during the excursion.
• After the excursion: Participate in a forum discussion in Moodle. You must write at least four detailed posts. Respond to the contributions of the other participants and provide your own reflections on the aspects of the collections and exhibitions (origins, difficulties, possibilities, relevance).

Dr. Daniela Mysliwietz-Fleiß: 21.06.2024, day trip to the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum,
Exhibitions "Cultures of the World" and "I Miss You"

Founded in 1901, the ethnological museum preserves around 70,000 everyday and ritual objects and around 100,000 historical photographs from Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Based on this predominantly historical collection, the "Cultures of the World" exhibition opens up different perspectives on the shared cultural heritage with its diverse past, present and future levels of meaning.

The Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, which houses the fourth-largest collection in Germany, is intensively examining this history in the context of the current nationwide negotiations on the transfer of ownership and return to Nigeria of the court artworks looted by British soldiers from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897. In the "I MISS YOU" exhibition, each of the RJM's 96 Benin court artworks is now staged in its own special individuality and not only shown in its beauty, but also reminded of the pain, loss and grief associated with it.

The excursion aims to place the exhibits themselves, their origin and history as well as the exhibition practice in the current postcolonial discourse in cultural studies. To introduce this discourse, a preparatory session will take place on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 6 pm in room AR-H 102.

Date and time: 21.06.2024, 11:30-16:30

Location: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cäcilienstraße 33, 50667 Cologne

Arrival: The journey is to be organized independently

Costs and registration: The entrance fee of 4.50 euros must be paid at the museum box office. Please register by e-mail to fleiss@geschichte.uni-siegen.de
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Number of participants: 25

Excursion report

a) As part of the participation:

• Outline and evaluate the structure of the exhibition in the context of postcolonial discourse or
• Length approx. 1 page

b) At the end of the excursion module (in addition to a)):

• Evaluate the exhibitions as an extracurricular place of learning
• To do this, delimit the exhibition in terms of its usefulness for (specialist) historians.
• Length approx. 5 pages

Dr. Laura Meneghello: 18.06.2024, Excursion to the Academic Forest Garden, Giessen

Organization: Laura Meneghello, Dr. phil., European History of Knowledge and Communication in the Modern Age, Department of History, University of Siegen

This excursion is dedicated to the history of forestry and the Academic Forest Garden, which was founded in 1825 as an institute for forestry teaching independent of the University of Giessen. It is regarded as the teaching and experimental garden of the oldest university forestry institute in the world and is of considerable importance to the history of forestry, the university and science.

Property of the University Forest Garden, Schiffenberger Weg 329, Giessen, Hesse State Office for the Preservation of Monuments: https://denkxweb.denkmalpflege-hessen.de/61817/

See also: https://giessener-land.de/akademischer-forstgarten/

Meeting point: 13:30 at the forest garden (either at the parking lot if you are driving, or directly in the garden if you are coming by bus; see below for more information)

Guided tour on site: from 13:45

Costs: Travel costs (arrival and departure are individual); the guided tour is kindly provided by the Wettenberg Forestry Office, there are no costs involved.

Prerequisite for participation(must be fulfilled by May 28, i.e. before the excursion): Registration via Moodle (https://moodle.uni-siegen.de/course/edit.php?id=30695) and submission of a thesis paper (2-3 pages, at least 3 references) with a) introductory information on the history of the forest garden, forestry and forest science; b) two questions you would like to ask during the excursion and c) a question for a possible term paper on this topic (the term paper does not have to be written for the excursion certificate).

Equipment required: sturdy shoes, clothing suitable for the weather and the forest, water to drink and possibly something to eat (no catering facilities on site), paper and pen for your notes.

The journey is individual (please check in advance with Deutsche Bahn to find out where you can travel with your semester ticket and from which station you need a train ticket).

There is a bus line 372 from Gießen station to the Forstgarten stop, where you only have to cross the road and walk directly into the Forstgarten. For example, bus 372 arrives at the Forstgarten stop at 13:30 and returns to the station at 15:44.

Ideally, those traveling by public transport should wait at the "Kaffeehalle", a large wooden pavilion in the Forstgarten.

Everyone else should meet at 1:30 pm at the parking lot on the state road 3131 (Schiffenberger Weg), forestry rescue point GI-3. The meeting point is near the Schiffenberger Tal exit from the A 485. From there we will walk to the forest garden and start the guided tour at 1:45 pm. This will take approx. 1.5 - 2 hours.

Dr. Matthias Weipert: One-day excursion: city tour on the subject of "National Socialism in Siegen" - exhibition "Women in Resistance. German Political Prisoners in the Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp: History and Aftermath" at the Active Museum South Westphalia

Max. Number of participants: 20

Date: June 10, 2024, 9.00-14.00

Location: Active Museum South Westphalia, Am Obergraben 10, 57072 Siegen

Content: We will take a 2-hour tour of Siegen to see traces of National Socialism in the city. In the Active Museum South Westphalia we will visit the special exhibition "Women in Resistance. German Political Prisoners in the Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp: History and Aftermath" and then reflect on the didactic opportunities and limitations of both the city tour and the exhibition. In order to receive one day's credit for the excursion, an essay on further didactic implementation possibilities must be prepared in groups.

Leader: Dr. Matthias Weipert

Registration: by e-mail to matthias.weipert@uni-siegen.de

Registration deadline: 06.06.2024

Three-day excursion: City tours on the topic of "Jewish life in Siegen" - in cooperation with the Active Museum South Westphalia in the winter semester 2023/24
Max. Number of participants: maximum 12
Dates:
14.12.2023: 16.00-18.00
19.01.2024: 09.00-14.00/15.00
09.02.2024: 09.00-14.00/15.00
Location: Aktives Museum Südwestfalen, Am Obergraben 10, 57072 Siegen
Content:
The aim of this excursion is to get to know the Aktives Museum Südwestfalen, but above all to go on independent city tours. You will be divided into groups on the first date and can choose one city tour per group (Hermelsbach Cemetery, Lower Town, Upper Town, Jewish Life). There are five weeks between the first and second dates so that you have enough time to familiarize yourself with the tours and set your own priorities. On 19.01. or 09.02. you will carry out the tour selected by your group with the other students. We will then reflect together on what we have experienced. Conversely, this means that you must be present on all dates and familiarize yourself intensively with the topic. In return, you will gain a practical insight into historical learning at an extracurricular learning location and into the design of tours.
Leader: Dr. Jens Aspelmeier/Michael Guse/Dr. Matthias Weipert
Registration:
by email to: matthias.weipert@uni-siegen.de

Registration deadline: 12.12.2023

Bettina Wagener: Day excursion to collections of migration and women's* history in WS 2023/24
The Documentation Center and Museum on Migration in Germany (DOMiD) and the FrauenMediaTurm (FMT) in Cologne
How is the history of migration and the women's movement in Germany collected, preserved and researched? How are archives with these focal points created and how are exhibitions and places of learning developed from these collections? The excursion to two Cologne collections - the Documentation Center and Museum on Migration in Germany (DOMiD) and the FrauenMediaTurm(FMT) - will address these questions.
At both locations, we will take part in guided tours that allow a look behind the scenes of the collections. This will allow us to experience the archives not only as a place to learn, but also as a place to work. Together we want to find out what difficulties are associated with collecting migration, women's and gender history, but also what opportunities these places offer.
The excursion is not tied to attending a specific seminar.
Date and time: 19.01.2024, 10 am - 4 pm
Location: DOMiD, Venloer Straße 419, 50825 Cologne (fourth floor of the Cologne-Ehrenfeld district town hall). FrauenMediaTurm - Feminist Archive and Library, Am Bayenturm 2, 50678 Cologne.
We meet in front of the entrance of the DOMiD (fourth floor of the Cologne-Ehrenfeld district town hall).
How to get there:
You have to organize the journey yourself; the journey from Siegen station takes about 1h 40min by public transport and about 1.5 hours by car. In order to organize possible carpools, a Moodle course will be set up in which participants can exchange information.
Costs and registration:
There are costs of approx. 10-15 euros (depending on the number of participants). Please register by e-mail at bettina.wagener@geschichte.uni-siegen.de
after which you will receive information on the payment modalities. Please cancel your participation as soon as possible in case of illness etc. so that your place can be passed on if necessary.
Number of participants: 20
Excursion report:
- Consider the difficulties and opportunities associated with the collections on migration and gender history
- Length approx. 1 page

Philipp Kröger: Nazi rule and the culture of remembrance in Siegen
What traces did Nazi rule leave behind in Siegen? What form does the local culture of remembrance take? And what could be problematic about it? After a two-hour tour of various places of remembrance in Siegen's upper town, we will discuss these questions in the Active Museum of South Westphalia. There we will also have the opportunity to view the special exhibition "Deported. Exploited. Forgotten? Forced labor in the Siegerland".
Date and time: 14.12.2023, 1 pm (s.t.) to approx. 5 pm
Meeting point: Schlossplatz, in front of the Dicken Turm (opposite the entrance US-C/Lecture Hall Center Campus US)
Costs and registration: Depending on the number of participants, the cost is between 2 and 3 euros (cash payment on the day of the excursion). The excursion is fully booked.
The excursion and in particular the tour of Siegen's upper town are only partially accessible. Please let us know in advance so that we can still make your participation possible.

 

Daniela Mysliwietz-Fleiß: Day excursion to the Zollern Colliery in the winter semester 2023/24.
Special exhibition "This is colonial. An exhibition workshop"

The morning cup of coffee, a street name or certain prejudices: Colonial history is still present in our everyday lives today - even in Westphalia. The participatory exhibition workshop "This is colonial." invites visitors to search for clues and is a meeting place, stage and field of experimentation all in one. It is not a finished exhibition, but is in the process of becoming and changing: in the form of artistic actions, workshops and interactive performances, visitors explore the traces and consequences of colonialism together with guests from civil society, art and science.

Together with curator Barbara Frey, we will not only explore the exhibition itself, but also discuss how it came about. Beforehand, a look at the museum's permanent exhibition will help us to discuss the connection between the exhibition venue Zeche Zollern and the theme of the exhibition.

The excursion is thematically linked to the seminar "Colonialism, Post-Colonialism and Colonial Traces to the Present" Attendance of the seminar is strongly recommended, but is not a prerequisite for participation. It is possible that the excursion will be held in English.

Date and time: 14.10.2023, 12-17 o'clock

Location: LWL-Museum Zeche Zollern, Grubenweg 5 (navigation / parking lot: Rhader Weg 5) 44388 Dortmund; meeting point in front of the main entrance

How to get there: You have to organize the journey yourself; the journey from Weidenau station takes just under 3 hours by public transport and approx. 1.5-2 hours by car. In order to organize carpools, a Moodle course will be set up in which participants can exchange information.

Costs and registration: Costs between 7 and 10 euros (depending on the number of participants). Please register by e-mail to fleiss@geschichte.uni-siegen.de
after which you will receive information on payment modalities. Please cancel your participation as soon as possible in case of illness etc. so that your place can be passed on if necessary.

Number of participants: 25

Excursion report
a) As part of your participation:
- Sketch and evaluate the idea and structure of the exhibition
- length approx. 1 page
b) As the conclusion of the excursion module (in addition to a)):
- Evaluate the two exhibitions, also in combination with each other, as an extracurricular place of learning
- To do this, delimit the exhibition in terms of its usefulness for (specialist) historians*.
- Length approx. 5 pages

 

Daniela Mysliwietz-Fleiß: Day excursion to the Ruhr Museum, Essen, special exhibition Hands off the Ruhr! The occupation of the Ruhr 1923-1925, 02.06.2023

The special exhibition tells the story of everyday life under occupation in the Ruhr and the experiences of the soldiers stationed between Duisburg and Dortmund. In January 1923, the whole country looked on with fascination. The occupation of the Ruhr region by French and Belgian troops was perceived in Germany as just as unjust as the harsh conditions of the Treaty of Versailles. The passive resistance proclaimed by the government not only brought economic life in the Ruhr to a standstill, it also fueled hyperinflation and plunged many people into abject poverty.
Date and time: 02.06.2023, 12-17 h
Location: Zeche Zollverein, counter in the visitor center of the Zollverein Coal Washing Plant Shaft XII, Building A14, Gelsenkirchener Str. 181, 45309 Essen
How to get there: You must organize your own journey; the journey from Weidenau station takes just under 3 hours by public transport
Costs and registration: There are no costs. Please register by e-mail to fleiss@geschichte.uni-siegen.de
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Number of participants: 25
Excursion report
a) As part of participation:
- Outline and evaluate the structure of the exhibition or
- Describe and evaluate the accompanying materials designed for school classes
- Length approx. 1 page
b) As a conclusion to the excursion module (in addition to a)):
- Evaluate the exhibitions as an extracurricular place of learning
- To do this, delimit the exhibition in terms of its usefulness for (specialist) historians*.
- Length approx. 5 pages

 

Daniela Mysliwietz-Fleiß: Half-day excursion "A city and its river. Urban development as a subject of environmental history"

From the end of the 1960s until 2012, a large part of the course of the River Sieg through Siegen's city center was hidden under a concrete slab several hundred meters long. A large parking lot, a multi-storey parking lot and commercial buildings were located on it. The urban development measure was initially welcomed as an enhancement of the city, but perceptions changed over time, leading to a redesign as part of the "Siegen to New Shores" project, which reopened the bed of the Sieg and made the river and its surroundings a central feature of the city's quality of life. A decade after construction work began, the excursion aims to trace the urban development with a guided tour along the river and clarify questions about the connection between urban development and environmental perception.
Date and time:
Preliminary discussion: 19.04.2023, 18.00-19.30
Excursion: 21.04.2023, 15.00-17.00
Location:
Preliminary discussion: AR-M 0210
Excursion: Siegen city center, Oberstadtbrücke / Henner & Frieder
Costs and registration:
Please register at fleiss@geschichte.uni-siegen.de
for the excursion. The cost is 5 euros; you will be informed of the payment details after registration.
Number of participants: 25
Excursion report
a) As part of participation:
- Outline the concept of "environmental history" and locate the transformation of the River Sieg in this
- subject area Length approx. 3/4 pages
b) As a conclusion to the excursion module (in addition to a)):
- For student teachers): Draft the outline of a project day for pupils that deals with the topic "A city and its river" using the example of the city of Siegen
- For specialist historians*): Outline a research project that deals with the topic "A city and its river" using the example of the city of Siegen.
- Length approx. 5 pages

 

Matthias Kirchbach: Excursion to Berlin: "Nothing remains secret"? -The GDR in the eyes of state security, Thursday, March 2 to Saturday, March 4, 2023
Five places are still available on the excursion.

The excursion is open to student teachers who have already attended and passed the course "Extracurricular Professional Fields for Historians".

Program:

• The excursion begins on Thursday at 3 p.m. with a guided tour of the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial and further training.
• On Friday morning from 10:00 to 14:00 there will be a workshop with a tour of the Stasi Records Archive.
• The rest of the program will be decided together.

Costs: Thanks to a subsidy from the Historical Seminar, the costs per person are around €25 plus individual travel and meals.

If you are seriously interested, please contact Matthias Kirchbach by e-mail by February 12, 2023. The places will then be allocated.

 

Dr. Matthias Weipert: Half-day excursion AMS, app "WDR AR 1933-45", March 9, 2023
Two friends of Anne Frank sit right in front of you and report as contemporary witnesses about their experiences in the war, their friendship with Anne and their farewell in the concentration camp. With a smartphone or tablet and the augmented reality app "WDR AR 1933-1945", Anne Frank's fate can be experienced up close. In this seminar, the app and specific ideas for use in the classroom will be presented and the app will be tested in practice.

• Time: 12-17.00
• Location: Active Museum South Westphalia
• Content: short city tour, presentation and testing of the app, reflection discussion
• Participants: max. 25 students
• Registration: Until March 2, 2023 at: matthias.weipert@uni-siegen.de

Dr. Matthias Weipert: Day excursion AMS, Current challenges of "Education after Auschwitz" in schools and teacher training, February 28, 2023
Theodor W. Adorno's radio lecture "Education after Auschwitz" (1966) not only shaped the self-image of generations of educators after 1968. It also had a lasting influence on the way Nazi history was dealt with in Germany. Based on current research findings, the article examines the challenges of teaching Nazi history in schools under changed social conditions: Demographic change (generational change/flight/migration), the medialization and transnationalization of Holocaust remembrance, but also post-colonial constellations, such as those that have become clear in the controversy surrounding Dokumenta 15, will be the focus of the lecture. The lecture will also draw on current experiences from our own university teaching and draw conclusions for schools and teacher training.

Time: 10-17.00

• 10-12: City tour, start AMS
• 12-13: Lunch break
• 13-14.30: Special exhibition AMS
• 15-17: Meseth lecture and discussion
• Location: Aktives Museum Südwestfalen (meeting point at 10.00), ZfsL (Meseth lecture)
• Content: City tour, visit to the exhibition, Meseth lecture, reflection discussion
• Participants: max. 25 students
• Registration: Until February 20, 2023 at: matthias.weipert@uni-siegen.de

Dr. Giuseppe Cusa: Day excursion to Aachen, "Medieval remains in today's Aachen. Preserve - Exhibit - Explore", January 20, 2023
What do you associate Aachen, located in the border triangle, with? Culinarily with the Aachen Printen? Their origins date back to the late Middle Ages! Culturally with the Charlemagne Prize, architecturally with Aachen Cathedral? Here, too, we inevitably look back, even to the early Middle Ages, as the annual award is named after Charlemagne (d. 814), who also had Aachen's St. Mary's Church built at the turn of the 9th century. The "Middle Ages" are therefore omnipresent today at the former coronation site of the Roman-German kings! The excursion will not (only) focus on this culinary or non-material heritage, but will also shed light on the material legacies from the medieval centuries and how we deal with them today. The program therefore includes a city tour that leads to the architectural remains in today's cityscape, a visit to Aachen's Marienkirche and the Cathedral Treasury or the Centre Charlemagne - Neues Stadtmuseum Aachen. The participating students will be actively involved in shaping this day excursion.

Date: Friday, January 20, 2023, approx. 10:45-17 h

Arrival/departure: Arrival and departure are individual and must be organized independently. There is an hourly regional train between Siegen Hbf and Aachen Hbf, which is included in the semester ticket. The journey takes approx. 2 ½ hours. Meeting point: Aachen station forecourt, 10:45 am.

Registration: Please register by Wednesday, December 14, 2022, by e-mail to giuseppe.cusa@uni-siegen.de
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Costs: The exact costs depend on the size of the group and are likely to be 15-20 euros.

Number of participants: 20

Preliminary discussion: Friday, December 16, 2022, 11-12 a.m., digital via zoom.

Proof of performance: approx. 15-minute presentation on site or 3-page field trip report.

 

Dr. Daniela Mysliwietz-Fleiß: Day excursion to the Zollverein colliery and coking plant

The Zollverein Coal Mine and Coking Plant was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on December 14, 2001 as the "Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex". Since then, the former industrial complex has officially been one of the most important cultural assets in the world. In its justification, UNESCO named two central criteria for the decision: "The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen is a remarkable industrial monument because its buildings are outstanding examples of the application of the design concepts of Bauhaus architecture in an overall industrial context. The technical and other structures at Zollverein XII document a decisive phase of Europe's traditional heavy industry, in which architectural concepts of exceptional quality were used sensitively and confidently." The excursion aims to take a closer look both at the buildings that have since been repurposed as part of the concept of "industrial culture" and at the history of the Ruhr area as a (former) industrial region in general.

Date and time: 13.01.2023, 12-17 h

Location: Zeche Zollverein, counter in the visitor center of the Zollverein coal washing plant shaft XII, building A14, Gelsenkirchener Str. 181, 45309 Essen

How to get there: The journey is to be organized independently; the journey from Weidenau station takes just under 3 hours by public transport

Costs and registration: The cost (depending on the number of participants) is between 15 and 8 euros. Please register by e-mail to fleiss@geschichte.uni-siegen.de
. You will then receive information on payment details.

Number of participants: 20

Excursion report

a) As part of the participation:

• Outline the concept of "industrial culture" and locate the Zollverein colliery and coking plant in its historical development towards becoming an industrial monument within this concept
• Length approx. 2 pages

b) At the end of the excursion module (in addition to a)):

• Evaluate the exhibitions and the site of the Zollverein colliery and coking plant as an extracurricular place of learning
• To do this, delimit the exhibition and the structural remains on the site in terms of their usefulness for (specialist) historians.
• Length approx. 5 pages

Jürgen Beine, Excursion on 7.1.2023 to Frankfurt/Main on the topic: "Jewish Frankfurt"

Program:
11:00 am: Visit to the Jewish Museum (Berta-Pappenheim-Platz) in Frankfurt (Untermainkai), https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jüdisches_Museum_Frankfurt

Please indicate which guided tour you would like when registering. Duration: approx. 2h.
a) General tour (Highlights) (=F1)
b) Selected Frankfurt families (Rothschild) (=F2)
14:00: City tour: Jewish Frankfurt. Duration: approx. 2h.
Meeting point: 10:45 am, Foyer of the Jewish Museum, Untermainkai
Cost contribution: 5 EUR.
Arrival/departure: on your own!
Hygiene concept: Museum Frankfurt: https://www.juedischesmuseum.de/sammlung/detail/hygienekonzept/
Service provision: Protocol incl. commentary (evaluation) of 3 pages.
Registration: by e-mail to juergen.beine@uni-siegen.de
stating name, matriculation number and number of the guided tour (F1 or F2).