Conference DorfModerne
Rural infrastructure buildings 1950 - 1980
Fourth meeting of the association
“From the Nissenhütte to the QUELLE prefabricated house. Everyday life in rural areas after 1945"
the open-air museums on Kiekeberg, Kommern and Bad Windsheim
After 1960 at the latest, working conditions and everyday life in the country changed massively – and so did the villages: farms were moved to the open fields, roads were expanded, and new housing estates were formed on the outskirts, the size of which could exceed that of the old town several times over. Modern consumer behavior also became increasingly visible: in the form of shops with large shop windows, cafés, kiosks, community freezers and bank branches, the architecture of which is still striking today and is often controversial. The latter also applies to the new buildings of numerous schools, churches, rectory and town halls as well as other public facilities. In their free time, people went to swimming pools, miniature golf courses, cinemas and discotheques. At the same time, the supply and disposal infrastructure was expanded, without which development would not have been possible 20th century on. She also discusses the present and future of the buildings, which today are often in need of renovation or are due to be abandoned due to insufficient use - if, like many small shops and bank branches, they have not already disappeared.
To the conference
Date: November 7th + 8th, 2022 (Monday + Tuesday)
Venue: Franconian Open-Air Museum Bad Windsheim
Eisweiherweg 1, 91438 Bad Windsheim
Lecture room in the "Aumühle" administration building
Registration: by October 23, 2022
at info@freilandmuseum.de or telephone 09841/66 80 0
A conference fee is not charged. Drinks and pastries as well as dinner on the evening of November 6th will be provided. Lunch and dinner during the conference are to be paid for individually. We also ask you to book the numerous accommodations in Bad Windsheim yourself.
Note on the Corona situation: The conditions of participation are based on the Corona regulations valid at the time of the conference. We will inform all participants in good time about the current status.
Program for early arrivals on Sunday, November 6
• 3:00 p.m.: Participate in a guided tour of the Franconian Open-Air Museum. The newly opened bathhouse from Wendelstein and the synagogue from Allersheim, which is still being rebuilt, are shown. The meeting point is the museum cash desk
.• 7:00 p.m.: Invitation to a joint dinner in the “Hirschen” inn in the town building group of the open-air museum (Holzmarkt 14)
• When registering, please let us know whether you want to take part in the tour and/or the attend dinner!
program | Monday November 7th
10:45 a.m. Welcome
Dr. Herbert May, Dr. Carsten Vorwig, Stefan Zimmermann M.A.
11:00 a.m. Keynote speech: Infrastructure in rural areas - spatial development and area planning N.N.
Panel I: Industry and Commerce
11:40 a.m. Harmonious Insertion or Brutal Contrast? The design of Volksbank and Sparkasse branches in Rhenish villages
Dipl.-Ing. Volker Kirsch, LVR open-air museum in Kommern
The buildings of rural savings and loan banks in northern Lower Saxony in the 1950s and 1960s
Martin Kleinfeld M.A., Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg
Rural savings bank buildings in southern Bavaria 1950-1980
Georg Waldemer, Feldafing
12:40 p.m. Who was Aunt Emma? Types of business and shops in food retailing in the 20th century
Dr. Heike Lützenkirchen, Mechernich
1:05 p.m. newspaper kiosk, sausage roastery and flower stand. Flying buildings from the collection of the LVR open-air museum in Kommern
Hannah Drießler M.A., LVR Open-Air Museum Kommern
1:20 p.m. lunch break in a museum restaurant (self-payer) N.N.
Panel II: Leisure facilities
2:40 p.m. dance halls between 1950 and 1980
Dr. Birgit Speckle, cultural work and home care of the district of Lower Franconia
3:10 p.m. village discotheques and youth facilities
Dr. Michael Schimek, Museumsdorf Cloppenburg
3:40 p.m. Cool free time. Milk bar and ice cream parlors in the Rhineland
Dr. Carsten Vorwig, LVR Open-Air Museum Kommern
4:10 p.m. Coffee break
4:40 p.m. Forest, indoor or outdoor pool? “Natural” leisure activities or bathing fun cast in concrete from the 1950s to 1970s in the Rhineland
Raphael Thörmer M.A., LVR Open-Air Museum Kommern
5:10 p.m. Minigolf - great fun. Hole golf courses as part of the leisure infrastructure in the district of Harburg
Zofia Durda MA M.Sc., Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg
5:40 p.m. From the inn to the hotel to the cinema. Free time in the post-war period using the example of the “Kino Hotel Meyer” in Harsefeld
Nicole Naumann M.A., Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg
6:10 p.m. Discussion
7:00 p.m. Dinner in a museum restaurant (self-pay)
program | Tuesday, November 8th
Panel III: Technical Infrastructure
8:30 a.m. "Example farms" and "example villages" of the United Electricity Works Westphalia (VEW) between 1927 and 1965 as promotional tools to increase electricity consumption and sales in rural areas
Dr. Thomas Spohn, Dortmund
9:00 a.m. Municipal water management in the district of Harburg in the 1950s and 1960s
Stefan Zimmermann M.A., open-air museum on Kiekeberg
9:30 a.m. "Cool" house - on the structural design of communal freezing systems in Franconia
Ariane Weidlich M.A., Franconian open-air museum Fladungen
"Had Pigs". Freezers as a reflection of consumer behavior since the 1950s
Frederik Grundmeier MA / Katja Kuhlmann M.A., LVR Open-Air Museum Lindlar
10:10 a.m. coffee break
Panel IV: Administration, education, religion
10:30 a.m. Town hall buildings in rural Franconia 1950-1980
Regina Kapfer B.A., University of Bamberg
Town halls in rural areas: Perception and reception of new town hall buildings in the district of Harburg 1970-1980
Grischa Nehls M.A., Freilichtmuseum Kiekeberg
11:30 a.m. On the architecture of rural community schools in Bavaria around 1970
Dr. Herbert May, Franconian Open-Air Museum Bad Windsheim
School construction and use in the village. A microstudy from southwest Germany
Dr. Thomas Nitz, State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Thuringia
12:30 p.m. Lunch in a museum restaurant (self-payer)
13:45 p.m. "New big tasks". Church building in the district of Harburg after 1945
Zofia Durda M.A., M.Sc., open-air museum at the Kiekeberg
church building in Franconia after 1945
Dr. Robert Wachter, home caretaker in the district of Kronach
14:45 p.m. summary and final discussion
Dr. Herbert May, Dr. Carsten Vorwig, Stefan Zimmermann M.A.
15:30 p.m. End of the conference
The results of the conference will be published in an anthology.
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