[1] Fritz-Reuter-Literaturmuseum

Description

Where Low German is at home – Stavenhagen. Fritz Reuter once said that if you want to get to know our people, you have to make the small effort to learn our language. And indeed, millions of readers in Berlin, Munich, Zurich, and Vienna have studied Low German in order to read his books. Fritz Reuter (1810–1874) was the most widely read German author of the 19th century. To date, his works have been translated into twelve languages.
Visitors to the Fritz Reuter Literature Museum today will recognize the value of his books for the present day and leave feeling inspired and eager to read them for the first time or again.
The permanent exhibition in the former town hall shows the life, work, and influence of the Low German writer on two floors, displaying manuscripts, paintings by Reuter, and furniture from his estate. Several audio samples and the children´s section “för mi” are integrated into the tour, as is a film cabinet where feature-length films and television series based on Reuter´s work can be viewed. A lift is available for wheelchair users.
The painter and illustrator Ernst Lübbert (1879–1915), who spent his school days in Stavenhagen, is another theme of the museum. Since 2005, House 2 has housed the permanent exhibition “Ernst Lübbert – Life and Work.”