Literary Leezentour from the District of Coesfeld

By bike and lots of culture from Billerbeck to Münster

On Saturday, 21 May, Münsterland e.V. invites you to a cultural bike tour in the Coesfeld district. The tour starts at 10.30 am at the Kolvenburg in Billerbeck. The two former heads of culture of the Münster district government - Hans-Peter Boer and Georg Veit - will read from their literary works. The two are linked not only by their former departmental posts, but also by their love of writing.

In addition to this literary programme item, visitors will also have the exclusive opportunity to take part in a guided tour of the historic roof truss of the Kolvenburg. Afterwards, the tour continues by bike to the Baumberg Sandstone Museum. With a colourful picnic bag, the participants of the tour will be provided with small culinary delicacies from the region. Afterwards, the author and poetry slammer Andreas Weber will read from his Münsterland stories. The second stage takes the tour group to Hülshoff Castle in Havixbeck. There, Dominik Renneke offers an insight into the Center for Literature and presents its current projects.

Around 6 p.m. the group reaches its destination, the Mühlenhof Open-Air Museum, where the central anniversary event "Ein Kessel Buntes" will take place in the evening. On the occasion of the anniversary "25 years RKP - Regional Cultural Programme NRW", numerous projects from the Münsterland invite young and old to a colourful programme. In addition to art and culture, there will be a delicious culinary offer.

Rally Coesfeld District Timetable

10:15-11:15 a.m.: Arrival/registration guided tour/registration bike tour
10:30 a.m.: Free guided tour to the historic roof truss of the castle (approx. 45 min.)
11:20 a.m.: Welcome
11:30-12:15 a.m.: First cultural programme item
12:30 p.m.: Departure Kolvenburg (1st stage approx. 12 km). Stage approx. 12 km)
1:30 p.m.: Arrival 1st stop, Baumberg Sandstone Museum
1:30-14:00 p.m.: Picnic
2:00 - 2:30 p.m.: Second cultural programme item
2:30 p.m.: Departure Sandstone Museum (2. Stage approx. 10 km)
3:30 p.m.: Arrival 2nd stop, Hülshoff Castle
3:45 - 4:15 p.m.: Third cultural programme item
4:30 p.m.: Departure Hülshoff Castle (3rd stage approx. 10 km)
5:30 p.m.: Arrival Mühlenhof (programme start Mühlenhof 6 p.m.)
6 p.m. - 10 p.m.: Cultural festival Ein Kessel Buntes on the grounds of the Mühlenhof open-air museum

After the programme ends at the Mühlenhof at 10 p.m., free shuttle buses will be available to take participants back to their starting point. Participants are responsible for their own catering during the rallies.

Projects on the rally

Westopia Festival at Hülshoff Castle
© Kim Wilfriedsson
Droste Lab

The team of Burg Hülshoff - Center for Literature presents their work to the Rad Group. In a 30-minute input, the dramaturge Dominik Renneke reports on programme priorities, the transformation of the site and the participatory redesign of the castle museum, the Droste Lab.

In 2022 and 2023, the Droste Lab will take place to renew the museums of Burg Hülshoff and Haus Rüschhaus. In the Lab, people from art and science will be involved and the question of what should be changed and what should remain in the coming years will be discussed.

More about the Droste Lab
Georg Veit, author and former Head of the Department of Culture
© Georg Veit
George Veit

The former head of culture at the Münster district government Georg Veit will read from his new novel "Drostes Schmerzen". From the publisher's information: "A poetic novel about the creation of poetry, a surreal drama about manuscripts and texts, a new production of the great Westphalian poet personality."

More about Georg Veit
Andreas Weber
© Maike Brautmeier
Andreas Weber & Otto Lohle

Andreas Weber revives the "Literarische Leezentour" format and reads together with Otto Lohle during the bike tour. Otto Lohle has his latest work "Lügen un anner Waorhaiten" in his luggage.

For many generations, reading stage author and slam veteran Andreas Weber has hosted poetry and song slams in Münster and Osnabrück. In his "real" life, he reads entertaining stories on reading stages, writes long-winded stories on his blog or writes funny stories with animals for small children. In his hometown of Münster, he also has a bread-and-butter job in culture and is a lecturer in stage literature at the WWU.

More about Andreas Weber

The evening programme at the Mühlenhof

The rallies