DAY OF OPEN MONUMENTS
PROGRAM 12 TO 3 PM EXHIBITION "CASTLE HISTORY(S)"
From 12 to 3 PM, there is the opportunity to visit the exhibition “400 Years of Koppensteiner Castle” in the upper floor of the castle again in 2024.
The exhibition highlights not only the history of the castle from its construction to the present day but also the various phases of restoration of modifications and ideas for use, as well as the associated difficulties faced by the former owner Mr. Mandel in old newspaper articles and documents.
Castle Stories In the 30-minute film “Castle Stories,” two older “Mandeler Meed” share their childhood experiences in the castle.
In the castle courtyard, there are drinks and snacks.
Sunday, September 13
Once again, Mandel participates in the Day of Open Monuments. This time, the village association has put together a program in collaboration with village historian Karin Vesper-Stumm:
3 TO 4:30 PM GUIDED TOUR THROUGH MANDEL ON THE TOPIC OF INFRASTRUCTURE
At 3 PM, village historian Karin Vesper-Stumm will take her guests on a guided tour through Mandel, where some buildings of the historical village educational path “Cultural Tour Koppensteiner Castle” and other locations will be presented in terms of their infrastructural significance and function.
The tour offers interesting insights into village life of past times. Basic village infrastructure such as water supply from the spring, the community wells, and private wells will be presented, as well as the former educational institutions school and kindergarten.
Essential for village life was also the essential village craft and the inns as social meeting points. Places of former power and administrative structures illustrate the political conditions of earlier times. The tour concludes with a presentation of the “Gasthaus zur Linde” and a drink at this last station. Meeting point: Koppensteiner Castle between 2:30 and 3:00 PM in the courtyard. Duration approx. 90 minutes.
Everyone is warmly invited! We look forward to many visitors!
Karin Vesper-Stumm with Peter Schulz and Isolde Hauten (Board Village Association) VILLAGE ASSOCIATION MANDEL e.V.
