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Hans Werner Richter House

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Welcome to the Hans Werner Richter House

Immerse yourself in a time long gone, the time when literature woke up after 1945... In the small building with the red double doors, the estate of Bansin's famous son awaits you: Hans Werner Richter - author, writer, resistance fighter, presenter, Initiator and leader of the famous elite writers' association “Group 47”. Take a look at Carola Stern's specialist library or Hans Werner Richter's study, marvel at the countless, diverse pictures that the Richter family collected or the originals by Günter Grass. Listen to our small afternoon readings and the amusing to musical and poetic evening events. Visit our changing exhibitions and come in for a chat.

HWR Haus 1 Hans Zaglitsch

exhibition

Would you like to travel back in time to the literature of the post-war period? Visit the former red fire station, which is now dedicated to Hans Werner Richter, Carola Stern and the 47 group. From February 1st to May 31st you will also find a new exhibition about Group 47 here. Faces and the associated stories, which were presented next to Richter, sometimes in the hot seat, can be read and delved into here. See Hans Werner Richter, Günter Grass, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Johannes Bobrowski, Günter Eich and of course Ingeborg Bachmann. Learn more about these famous personalities and immerse yourself in one of his stories or poems.

study

At the opening there was only the writer's study in the original. Little by little, Toni Richter filled all the rooms with life. The study, completed before 2000, comes from Munich - the Richters' main residence. There are a few postcards from Bansin, his homeland, on his desk - above them is the typewriter - it's as if you could hear the rattling and Richter would come back to his desk at any moment to receive the invitations to the "Group 47" that are so coveted in the literary world “Send meetings.

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Hans Werner Richter © Toni Richter

“We believed that in the long term the mentality of a people would be shaped by their literature.”

Professor Dr.
Hans Dieter Zimmermann

“You will not believe it possible how an object changes simply through representation,” Hans Werner Richter once said to the writer Barbara König: “Even if everything that is reported is true, it is still not entirely true.”

Dr. Zimmermann Hans Werner Richter Stiftung

Events in the Hans Werner Richter House

Selected Literature
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Bansin
Waldstrasse 1
Fri., Sept. 20, 2024 19:00 p.m. - 20:30 p.m
With presale
Selected Literature
The legacy of Villa Sanddorn
Bansin
Waldstrasse 1
Wed., Sept. 25, 2024 17:00 p.m. - 18:00 p.m
With presale
Child
Selected Literature
Children's book reading: The Little Ghost, Hans Werner Richter - Haus
Bansin
Waldstrasse 1
Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:00 p.m. - 10:45 p.m
Selected Literature
The women of Group 47
Bansin
Waldstrasse 1
Wed 30 Oct 2024 17:00pm - 18:00pm
With presale
Selected Literature
Judith's Love by Meir Shalev, readingLive music
Bansin
Waldstrasse 1
Thu, Nov 21, 2024 17:00 p.m. - 18:30 p.m
With presale
Selected Literature
The Dairy Farm Series
Bansin
Waldstrasse 1
Thu, Dec 12, 2024 17:00 a.m. - 18:00 p.m

Open Hours

Tuesday - Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. & 13:00 p.m. - 17:00 p.m

Saturday: 12:00 – 17:00 p.m

Sunday & Monday: Closed

Furthermore, the Hans Werner Richter House is partially or completely closed on the following days:
Closed:
  • 14.09.2024
  • 28.09.2024
Partially open:
  • 08.09.2024
    • 12:00 am - 17:00 pm
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