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Moerser Castle

is the oldest known building in the town of Moers.About the early history of the castle is today little known, since many information has been lost regarding the building during the great fire of 1605. The castle is situated between the Castle Square and the city park in the center of Moers.Today it houses the county museum and the city theater.Otto Ott wrote in his book.The History of the City of Moers: "I am the history of the castle in Moers think one of the least clarified chapter in the history of the city." Recent structural studies of the Rheinische Office of Historic Monuments and excavations in the years 2000 to 2003 but leave at least some statements about the construction history.The first building of the castle was built around 1200.It was a square tower made of tuff so volcanic rocks, which mainly in the Eifel region could be found.The material probably originated from the former Roman camp in Asciburgium.The edge lengths of the massive Romanesque tower amounted to seven meters.Over its height can not make a statement provable since the tower today but the foundation walls and the floor no longer exists.These remains can be found in the courtyard where they still remain a few meters deep in the ground.

Grafschafter Museum

In the rooms of the castle today is the one Moerser the Grafschafter Museum which provides information with its 19 rooms walk-in visitors from the former lives of the people at the castle and in town. Among the rooms including the large, very large banqueting hall where you board a long ancient and ornate tapestries called tapestries from the 17th Century can be visited.In the so-called "bedroom Grafschafter" are a four poster bed and a cupboard made ​​of carved oak from the year 1791. In 1607 renovated upper chamber there is an exhibit of old toys.Other rooms include the "Biedermeier room," the "rural housing" and the "fireplace room".There is also a full grocery shop and a complete Bergmann Pharmacy.The exhibition is supplemented by many individual pieces of furniture, ceramics, costumes and furnishings of everyday life culture.There are historical artifacts from the Roman period in Asciburgium and an extensive collection of historic dolls and toys in the spacious balcony of the palace.In addition the museum each year holds a number of thematic exhibitions.Due to renovations the museum is closed until March 2012.

Mortar Palace Theatre

In the basement of the castle with its own outside entrance is located since 1975, the Moers Palace Theater.The founding as a studio and Chamber Theatre is on the suggestion of the later first director Holk Freytag back.For the city presented itself at the edge of the Ruhr metropolitan area the opportunity to create one's own cultural viewpoint and to simultaneously increase the attractiveness as a residential and shopping center in the region.Due conservational requirements for taking the time to put the Council decision in 1969 to the inauguration in 1975 for several years and has been partially bridged by demonstrations in the summer time in the courtyard.In competition with the stages in Duisburg, Krefeld and Dusseldorf it was not easy to find your own profile.Holk Freytag chose the path from the beginning quite well-known pieces of modern literature (Heine, Brecht, Buchner, Peter Weiss) as well as classics such as Euripides and Aeschylus to stage provocative and experimental often under creative design of the audience area and stage. With this concept, he won fairly quickly not only the Moerser audience but also the attention and recognition of national culture national press.Also the following directors of the increasingly small but creative young and enthusiastic ensemble followed the now already a tradition of contemplative conception.There were in addition to more classical performances improvised a daily soap opera a la linden street a murder mystery in the rooms of the castle or a performance with the participation of older citizens Moers. For the 700-year celebration of the city was "Dante's Inferno Moers" theatrically realized by boat on the wide moat.

Castle Park

The purchase of the park in 1904 by the family Wintgens and 1913 by the District Administrator of the Haniel was coming through the mining town of the parks in 1906 and 1914 available to the public. The area south of the moat, which still lay within the walls at first remained unused.The northern boundary ran directly on the private garden of the district administrators who have used this time to the so-called "White House" the former residential building of the physician Witt field, as a residence. 1930 emerged as an annex to the palace complex which is still popular as a restaurant with beer garden park cafe.In 1932, then the southern part of the plans of the Inspector Max Massias Moerser garden was designed as a "people's park and citizens" with big lawns and wide vistas. In the southern tip of the sandy subsoil was due to a heather garden with birch and juniper. The former kitchen garden of the family Wintgens east of the castle was a grass plant, today's Rose Garden. Starting in 1933, finally was also the District Administrator with a romantic garden and pond serving as a patio and built a small hill built Hektordenkmal.In the 1960s, in close contiguity to the castle park, the terrain along the Moers creek in the southwest to a large amusement park prepared with tennis, football, barbecue and play areas, a sledding hill, petting zoo, a Blindenbeet, a large pond for the model water sports and a Japanese garden.

Moers Festival
is an international music festival in Moers am Niederrhein ( Nordrhein-Westfalen ).It took from 1972 to 2010 on four days to Pentecost and instead was shortened due to urban-saving measures from 2011 to three days.Burkhard Hennen organized in 1972 as artistic director of the International New Jazz Festival Moers with the support of representatives of the cultural city of Moers.The Free Jazz Festival has quickly become established in the national and international scene of free jazz.In the early years was the courtyard of the castle Moerser venue for the artists.Then in 1975 the festival moved to the nearby amusement park, as the concerts attracted more and more visitors. After several years under the open sky with lots of rain, the Jazz Festival was moved from 1983 1986 in Moers ice rink, since 1987 the festival takes place in Europe's largest circus tent again in a mortar amusement park instead.In 1979 the festival expanded hens in the mornings with "projects", where musicians from different groups together improvised.After 34 years Burkhard Hennen gave in 2005 as artistic director of festivals for further wrangling with the city administration Moerser.As the new artistic director was Reiner Michalke by the newly formed "Festival Moers Kultur GmbH" is used. Since 2006 it bears the word mark Moers Festival. With the change of operator was replaced in 2006 by night-day African Dance Night projects around the festival grounds and in the inner city.

Moerser fair

is the largest folk festival in the Lower Rhine.It is held annually on the first weekend in September and attracts about half a million visitors to the city Moers.The fair area extends from the "Friedrich-Ebert-Platz" on the "Neumarkt" to the "castle room." involved with at the fair are about 200 performers .Moerser fair held on the first September weekend from Friday to Tuesday.The opening will be celebrated at 17 clock.Constantly changing cover bands occur during the four days. As a conclusion on Tuesday evening a large fireworks burned at the Friedrich-Ebert-Platz.Through the fair, all three places, the Friedrich-Ebert-Platz the new market and the Castle Square, all three other than parking spaces are to be blocked.This is the road not affected, however, the only access road to the castle square, the Hague Street will be blocked. In addition, the parking in the downtown Moers is severely impaired.By blocking the bus stops at the Royal Court are all breakpoints stop the "Royal Court" on the street "Neuer Wall" relocated.

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