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New photo exhibition in the museum: Memories of Paulusbrunn
The photo exhibition “Paulusbrunn: Before & Today” opened in the Museum Escape - Expulsion - Arrival and can be seen until October 11, 2024.
New photo exhibition in the museum: Memories of Paulusbrunn
A new photo exhibition was recently opened in the Escape - Expulsion - Arrival Museum, which sheds light on the history of the former village of Paulusbrunn on the German-Czech border. The exhibition entitled “Paulusbrunn: Before & Today” will be on display in the museum until October 11, 2024 and offers visitors a glimpse into the past of this vanished place.
Numerous guests were present at the opening, including Third Mayor Reinhold Kastner and museum director Jochen Neumann. Rainer Christoph, who heads the Paulusbrunn working group in the Via Carolina – Goldene Straße association, was also present and was pleased about the great interest in the exhibition. Neumann also welcomed the district resident Robert Schön and the photographers Elke Englmeier and Reinhold Bucher.
The history of Paulusbrunn
In a presentation, Rainer Christoph talked about the history of the village, which was once a scattered settlement with a church, several schools, inns and shops. He explained that the “Golden Road” that connected Prague with Nuremberg passed through this region. The first houses in Paulusbrunn were only built after the Thirty Years' War, when new residents from Upper Palatinate and Franconia moved to the area. The municipal area stretched over ten kilometers and included settlements such as Hermannsreith and Hinterpaulusbrunn, in which almost exclusively residents of German origin lived.
After the end of the Second World War, Paulusbrunn became part of the Czech restricted area. Many of the residents at the time had to flee, while others were expelled. Christoph described the tragic fates that took place during this time and reported that after 1945 all visible places in Germany were razed to the ground. The once thriving houses, schools and churches disappeared.
Christoph emphasized that many positive developments took place after the border was opened. Cemeteries were rebuilt, the Boettcher Column was restored, and partnerships and school projects emerged between people on both sides of the border.
Third Mayor Kastner took the opportunity to thank the museum team for organizing the exhibition. He emphasized the commitment to art, culture and history in the region. Kastner also expressed his thanks to the Via Carolina – Goldene Straße association, which brought the exhibition to Erbendorf. He described the photo exhibition as an important contribution to the culture of remembrance that preserves the history of the village and its people.