On July 13 and 14, 2024, the Hanseatic City Festival "Bunter Hering" on the Holzmarkt will be enriched by historical play scenes that shed light on the life of the preacher Thomas Müntzer. Thomas Müntzer was a leading preacher in the Peasants' War of 1524/1525 and an important representative of the Renaissance and Reformation. The historical play scenes offer guests of the HanseStadtFest an impressive journey into the past.

As part of the HanseStadtFestival "Bunter Hering", guided tours of the renovated town hall, Marktplatz 1, will be offered on Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14, 2024 – in accordance with the expert approvals granted up to this point. On both days, two simultaneous guided tours of a maximum of 60 minutes will take place at 10.00 a.m., 12.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. Guided tours are offered for Polish-speaking visitors at the following times: Saturday and Sunday, at 1.00 p.m. and 3.00 p.m. respectively.

The AGRARGENOSSENSCHAFT NEUZELLE, an agricultural enterprise equipped with state-of-the-art technology and "scattered" across 18 municipalities and 13 locations in south-east Brandenburg, was awarded the pro agro Marketing Prize 2024 in the direct marketing category. As active cooperative members, the more than 60 families rely on closed cycles as a quality feature.

With the onset of the Ukraine crisis and the inflation-related price trends for food across the board, the reluctance to buy is also affecting small and medium-sized companies in the food industry in Brandenburg. The opportunity to influence consumer attitudes and, not least, purchasing behaviour in the medium term in these times had already been recognized by the Brandenburg Food Industry Entrepreneurs' Initiative and flanked by campaigns in 2022 and 2023.

In perfect weather, around 75,000 visitors made their way to rural Brandenburg on the second weekend in June to find out about agriculture, regional products and economic cycles, discover the region's farmers and get to know the faces behind the products better at the largest state-wide event. The organizers, pro agro e.V., the Brandenburg State Farmers' Association and the Brandenburg Rural Women's Association, and the almost 150 hosts were very satisfied.

He wrote the lyrics for Udo Jürgens' "Griechischer Wein" and "Ich war noch niemals in New York", wrote the libretto for "The Lion King" and has been honored with more than 50 gold records and 20 platinum records. Michael Kunze is at home in the glamorous world of music – and at the same time has a second, completely different life: as a legal historian. The lawyer, author and songwriter will be talking about this unusual combination on Tuesday, July 16 at 7.30 pm in the Logensaal of the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) at the event "The Lion King & The Fight for Justice – An Evening with Michael Kunze".

Curtain up: The Fantadu Children's and Youth Circus will be performing its new show "Toi Toi Toi" in the Great Hall of Frankfurt's Kleist Forum from July 11 to 16. The four morning performances are already sold out. There are still a few tickets left for the two family performances in the afternoon.

According to the organizer, Messe- und Veranstaltungs GmbH (MuV), the "Bunte Hering" promises to be the largest German-Polish folk festival in East Brandenburg. The traditional evening concert by the Singakademie on Thursday, July 11 at 10 p.m. in St. Mary's Church marks the start of three days of music on four stages. The Hanseatic City Festival will be officially opened the following day at 6 p.m. on Brunnenplatz by Frankfurt's Lord Mayor René Wilke and his new Słubice counterpart Marzena Słodownik with the tapping of a beer barrel by Frankfurter Brauhaus and 1,000 fish sandwiches for the physical well-being of visitors.

With the "MedEx 2024" project, the Office for District Development and Infrastructure would like to invite medical students who have passed their final medical exams to spend two days in the Oder-Spree district in September and present the municipality to them as an interesting, modern and exciting place to work and live. Applications are still possible until August 23, 2024.

The Karl Dedecius Foundation of the European University Viadrina, in cooperation with the Oekumenisches Europa-Centrum Frankfurt (Oder) and the University of Gdansk, is offering a study trip to Gdansk/Gdańsk for all interested parties. Under the motto "Gdansk / Sopot / Gdynia – Science, Culture and Ecumenism in the Polish Tri-City on the Baltic Sea", participants can expect meetings and excursions, lectures and discussions on the history and present of the historic and modern metropolis on the shores of the Baltic Sea from Wednesday, September 25 to Sunday, September 29.