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[22] Birthplace of Ringelnatz

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There are numerous houses in Germany where more or less famous personalities have lived, worked, or been born, and this is also the case in Wurzen. However, there is only one birth house of Ringelnatz. The building, whose history dates back to 1511, is the last remaining baroque building in the town. Here, on August 7, 1883, the painter, writer, and cabaret artist Joachim Ringelnatz, born as Hans Gustav Bötticher, came into the world at "11 ¾ o´clock" in a room above the hallway, as the midwife´s birth certificate attests. A plaque on the birth house commemorates the artist who died at a very early age and was put up as early as 1945, in the presence of his sister Ottilie.

From 1983 to 1998, the only exhibition in Germany that provided insight into the life and work of the poet, cabaret artist, and painter, as well as of his father, Georg Bötticher, the pattern designer, using valuable unique pieces, was located here. Today, it can be seen in the Cultural Historical Museum in Domgasse. In 2016, the Joachim Ringelnatz Association took over the operation and opening of the house, in which regular exhibitions, events, and tours were already taking place even in its unsanitized state. The grand reopening after extensive renovation took place in April 2023, and the house has been open to Ringelnatz fans from all over the German-speaking area ever since.

The aim is the gradual, long-term development of the Ringelnatz birth house into a literary memorial, meeting place, and research site for a significant German literary heritage and a great Saxon artist. The attractions in the Ringelnatz birth house are meant to make a wide audience excited about encountering Ringelnatz´s legacy. The reading café hosts lectures, concerts or readings. In the hall, which can accommodate up to 70 guests, puppet theatre shows, cabaret, exhibitions, or concerts can be held. Themed tours are offered for kindergartens and schools, and there is room for creative courses, art projects, or museum education offerings in the project room. In cooperation with art schools, exhibitions and art competitions are also planned to be organized.