Nordkirchen Castle

The Schlossgemeinde Nordkirchen and the retailers are waking up from hibernation with Dutch and local products. On 20 March 2022 from 11 a.m., the Dutch market will be back in Nordkirchen's town centre - with an open Sunday.

Market manager Henk ter Hennepe offers his guests typical weekly market flair and Dutch holiday feeling. Around 30 market stallholders offer sausage specialities, fresh fruit, Dutch liquorice, freshly caught fish, fritjes and frikandels with wit and charm, as well as sweet treats such as poffertjes and honey wafers. Other stalls offer bags and textiles as well as leather goods and haberdashery, useful household items, dogs and mobile phones. Of course, in keeping with the start of spring, guests can also look forward to bulbs of tulips and daffodils.

Art exhibition in the Pictorius break hall at Nordkirchen Castle with works by:

Gabi Schneider-Heinrich - acrylic and oil painting on canvas

Anne Berlin - art in photography

Thorsten Kranefuss - gold and silver exhibits from the goldsmith's workshop

The Schlossgemeinde Nordkirchen celebrates its birthday and the popular "Everyday People" by the artists Christel and Laura Lechner are part of it.

They have already been to Sylt, the Netherlands or Switzerland. Now, from 9 April to 16 October 2022, the lovable concrete sculptures will be staying in the Nordkirchen castle community for the first time.

Around 50 sculptures at 15 locations invite visitors to take a tour through the three districts of Nordkirchen, Südkirchen, Capelle and the castle and park grounds of the "Westphalian Versailles". The art installations in public spaces are sensitively integrated into the townscape at striking locations and offer something to talk about. They make visitors laugh, make them think and often put a smile on their faces.

Whether young or old - the "everyday people" provide interaction, surprise and joy for all generations. A special "highlight" in Nordkirchen is the birthday table in the castle park, which creates a remarkable symbiosis between the visitors, the everyday people and the occasion of the anniversary year as part of the exhibition.

With the Birthday Table, Christel and Laura Lechner invite all viewers to become part of the anniversary exhibition themselves. Join them and take a short break at the laid table. Through this interaction, new pictures are created again and again, which thus become part of the art exhibition.