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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.

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.

Exhibition:
Hans Werner Richter
Brief 1947-1978

An extensive collection of letters provides deep insights into the history of Hans Werner Richter and Group 47. Sabine Cofalla has scientifically edited 15.000 of the more than 400 letters left behind and published them in 1997 by Hanser Verlag. Look forward to a look behind the scenes of Group 47 and learn more about the connections that make this group of writers so special.

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.

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

Hans Werner Richter
GROUP 47

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.”

Interview Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Resonance

The Hans Werner Richter House is a real highlight for anyone interested in German literature. And we're not the only ones who think so. Many of our guests are also very enthusiastic and write their thanks in the guest book.