Mecklenburg Lake District: 1.35 million euros for cultural projects!

Mecklenburg Lake District: 1.35 million euros for cultural projects!

A new star in Germany's cultural sky sees the light of day! The district of Mecklenburg Lake District was selected for the innovative cultural support program "All.Land". A total of 30 regional projects are funded by the federal government, and the present project "Culture for everyone in Dreistrom.Land" has convinced the jury. Over the next five years, the initiators can look forward to around 1.35 million euros in funding, such as Strelitzius reported.

But what exactly does this exciting project include? The Kultur.schule, the central network node of the project, will act as an extra-curricular educational and cultural institution with its branches in Altentreptow, Demmin, Malchin and Stavenhagen. A wide variety of offers are provided here that are supposed to revitalize the local culture.

What is the goal of "Aller.Land"?

The program "All.Land" has decided to advance the regional anchoring and networking of cultural projects. It aims to strengthen the cohesion in rural regions and to promote democratic and cultural participation on site. The federal government has budgeted for a total of 45 million euros, which will be distributed over the next five years. Each of the 30 funded projects gets 1.5 million euros, while the countries and municipalities participate with a co-financing of 10 percent, as bundes-regierungung.de

A central component of the project "Culture for everyone in Dreistrom.Land" will be the residence program "Mein.Block". Artists move into vacant prefabricated apartments and develop participatory projects. The mobile singing project "Unser.Chor" and the museum project "Our Museum" are also on the agenda. The latter aims to make exhibits of the Demmin regional museum accessible again.

A look into the future

The personnel structure of the project will be located in the administration of the district and mainly in culture. And the network work? This is supported by an annual specialist day and the establishment of a regional accompanying committee. Over 97 regions had developed concepts for cultural projects in the context of "Aller.Land" last year, and the selection of the funded projects is made by independent juries that are under the direction of cultural manager Hortensia Völckers.

Overall, “All.land” aims to strengthen the people's voices by creating new, creative spaces of expression and cooperation. With such a commitment and the relevant funding, the Mecklenburg Lake District region can look at the next five years. It seems that a real "good hand" was asked when choosing the projects!