Events in Ibbenbüren

On the second Saturday of every month, the Ibbenbüren Outpatient Hospice Service runs a bereavement café at the Family Education Centre (Klosterstraße 21, 2nd floor; lift available) from 3.00 pm to 4.30 pm. Adults who are grieving – regardless of their religious beliefs or nationality – and who have had to say goodbye to a loved one, or who are coping with a void in their lives for another reason, are invited to attend. Accompanying adults are also very welcome.

Registration is not required to attend this free event, but is welcome if you wish to book a place by calling 05451/89372-0

Every 3rd Monday of the month (except during holiday periods) from 3 - 5 pm

A cosy get-together to chat over coffee or tea while busy knitting. An open round for knitting, crocheting and chatting in our Café Klatsch.

Do you want the food fresh on the table? No problem, the popular Ibbenbüren weekly markets offer a wide range of fresh produce from the Neumarkt, the Oberer Markt Marktstraße and the Unterer Markt offer a wide range of fresh produce direct directly from the producer.

Every 3rd Wednesday of the month from 3.00 - 5.15 pm.

Beginners can try out their "first steps" under the guidance of a master seamstress.

Experienced hobby tailors get tips and support in realising their ideas.

Please bring your sewing utensils with you. Ulrike Richter will be in charge.

Fee per date 10,00 Euro.

What gives our lives meaning? What brings us contentment and gives us confidence? The author Christof Jauernig explores these questions in his programme ‘A Thousand Times the Meaning of Life’, which can be seen on Thursday, 19 November 2026, in the auditorium of the Kulturhaus.

Jauernig knows the search for meaning from his own experience. For years he worked as an analyst in the banking sector until he realised that his job no longer fulfilled him. Today he is an author and devotes himself to the questions that really matter to him.

For his latest book, Christof Jauernig asked more than 1,000 people in 66 towns and cities, including Ibbenbüren, about their personal meaning in life. He has collected the most striking and moving responses and woven them together into a multifaceted insight into 59,000 years of life experience. In doing so, he relates these diverse perspectives to his own crisis of meaning and his personal journey towards reorientation.

As with his previous programme, ‘Eintausendmal Lebensglück’, Christof Jauernig once again combines narrative and lyrical-poetic texts with visual projections and a specially recorded musical accompaniment. The result is an atmospheric, meditative experience that appeals to both the heart and the mind. An open Q&A session with the author rounds off the evening.

‘A Thousand Times the Meaning of Life’ invites you to pause, discover new perspectives and question or re-examine your own meaning in life. Particularly in turbulent times, the programme offers inspiration and food for thought that can instil a sense of confidence.

The event is being held in collaboration with ‘Viel-Seitig. Förderkreis der Stadtbücherei Ibbenbüren e. V.’ and the Ibbenbüren Adult Education Centre.

Do you want the food fresh on the table? No problem, the popular Ibbenbüren weekly markets offer a wide range of fresh produce from the Neumarkt, the Oberer Markt Marktstraße and the Unterer Markt offer a wide range of fresh produce direct directly from the producer.

A volunteer team provides guests in the "blick.punkt" community centre with a market breakfast (a sandwich of your choice and a pot of coffee/tea/cocoa), waffles and Fairtrade coffee for a small fee.

There is also a children's play corner.

9.30 - 12.00 a.m.

How great is the difference between humans and primates?

What sets us apart – what unites us?

A salon on closeness and distance, evolution and self-perception – and on the question of what actually makes us human.

Programme:

- SO CLOSE TO HUMANITY. A small-scale exhibition featuring photographs by Udo Hasenbein. Large-format animal portraits invite visitors to meet the subjects at eye level. Their faces reflect both familiarity and strangeness.

- A THEATRICAL MUSICAL READING. Soraya Abtahi and Boris Becker interpret texts by Franz Kafka, J. M. Coetzee and Christine Webb.

- SO CLOSE TO HUMANITY. A round-table discussion with Prof. Dr Johann S. Ach (Centre for Bioethics at the University of Münster, specialising in animal ethics) and Udo Hasenbein. Drawing on the photographs, literary texts and academic perspectives, we invite you to reflect together on the day’s experiences.

A day full of inspiration, new perspectives and encounters.

Help, my smartphone, tablet and PC don't understand me!

Volunteer experts are on hand to provide professional support and advice on questions about the Internet, e-mail, virus protection and smartphones.

Please bring your own device.

- every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month (except during school holidays) at Café Klatsch from 4 - 6 p.m.

- every Tuesday in the public library from 10 am - 12 pm

- every Friday in the family office 10 - 12 a.m.

Do you want the food fresh on the table? No problem, the popular Ibbenbüren weekly markets offer a wide range of fresh produce from the Neumarkt, the Oberer Markt Marktstraße and the Unterer Markt offer a wide range of fresh produce direct directly from the producer.