{"id":5230,"date":"2020-12-16T12:17:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T11:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mannhardt.alfahosting.org\/institutionen_archiv\/klosterruine\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:25:07","slug":"klosterruine","status":"publish","type":"ct_institutions","link":"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/en\/institution\/klosterruine\/","title":{"rendered":"Klosterruine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-element=\"km-image-slider\" id=\"km-custom-block_bfa8168c72ea67af4a0513cb83d462a5\" >\n                            <!-- more than one image in slider -->\n        <!-- slick slider -->\n        <div class=\"slick mt-3 mt-md-5\">\n                                                                                            \n                <figure role=\"group\">\n                    <div class=\"slick-open-lightbox\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/klosterruine_neda_saeedi-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Twisted tubes in a church ruin, at the centre stands a woman in sun glasses\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"caption-container mt-3\">\n                                                            <span class=\"slick-slide-num\">1\/5<\/span>                                                                                        <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center\">\n                                    <span>Neda Saeedi with her work &#8220;Monuments of Oblivion: Rivers of Lethe&#8221; at Klosterruine Berlin. 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Credit: Paul Niedermayer<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/figure>\n                                                                                            \n                <figure role=\"group\">\n                    <div class=\"slick-open-lightbox\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC07308-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Silhouettes of people in dramatic blue light against the backdrop of a church ruin\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"caption-container mt-3\">\n                                                            <span class=\"slick-slide-num\">5\/5<\/span>                                                                                        <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center\">\n                                    <span>Creamcake, &#8220;Paradise Found&#8221; (2019), Credit: Ink Agop \n<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/figure>\n                    <\/div>\n    \n                <div class=\"content-side-padding-negate \">\n        <hr class=\"mt-4\"><\/div>    \n        <div class=\"km-lightbox-slider gone\">\n    <div class=\"btn-lightbox-close-wrap p-3 p-md-4\">\n        <button class=\"btn-lightbox-close\" type=\"button\" data-parent-url=\"\"  data-parent-title=\"\">\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">close overlay<\/span>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon-close\" src=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/themes\/kulturmitte-theme-v3.1\/library\/images\/close-icon.svg\" alt=\"\">\n        <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n                            <!-- slick slider -->\n        <div class=\"slick-lightbox \">\n                                                                                                            <div class=\"slide\">\n                    <figure role=\"group\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/klosterruine_neda_saeedi-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Twisted tubes in a church ruin, at the centre stands a woman in sun glasses\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    <div class=\"caption-container\">\n                        <div class=\"d-flex align-items-start justify-content-center w-100\">\n                                                            <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center pt-3\">\n                                    <span>Neda Saeedi with her work &#8220;Monuments of Oblivion: Rivers of Lethe&#8221; at Klosterruine Berlin. Credit: Piotr Pietrus<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                                                        <span class=\"slick-slide-num p-3 p-md-4\">1\/5<\/span>                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                                                                                            <div class=\"slide\">\n                    <figure role=\"group\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/klosterruine_sound_web-15-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"Person sitzt mit Laptop und Mikro auf dem Boden vor einem Publikum\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    <div class=\"caption-container\">\n                        <div class=\"d-flex align-items-start justify-content-center w-100\">\n                                                            <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center pt-3\">\n                                    <span>Soundperformance von Nicole L&#8217;Huillier<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                                                        <span class=\"slick-slide-num p-3 p-md-4\">2\/5<\/span>                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                                                                                            <div class=\"slide\">\n                    <figure role=\"group\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper contain\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/klosterruine_neda_saeedi-16-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"Verschlungene Rohre in einer Kirchenruine, darum herum die Skulptur betrachtende Menschen\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    <div class=\"caption-container\">\n                        <div class=\"d-flex align-items-start justify-content-center w-100\">\n                                                            <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center pt-3\">\n                                    <span>Neda Saeedi: &#8220;Monuments of Oblivion: Rivers of Lethe&#8221; at Klosterruine Berlin. Credit: Piotr Pietrus<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                                                        <span class=\"slick-slide-num p-3 p-md-4\">3\/5<\/span>                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                                                                                            <div class=\"slide\">\n                    <figure role=\"group\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/KR_2023_Out-of-Season_Paul-Niedermayer1-19-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Colourful objects on sticks in a church ruin\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    <div class=\"caption-container\">\n                        <div class=\"d-flex align-items-start justify-content-center w-100\">\n                                                            <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center pt-3\">\n                                    <span>&#8220;Out of Season&#8221;, Shirin Sabahi 2023. Credit: Paul Niedermayer<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                                                        <span class=\"slick-slide-num p-3 p-md-4\">4\/5<\/span>                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                                                                                            <div class=\"slide\">\n                    <figure role=\"group\">\n                        <div class=\"slick-img-wrapper cover\">\n                                                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/kultur-mitte.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC07308-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Silhouettes of people in dramatic blue light against the backdrop of a church ruin\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    <div class=\"caption-container\">\n                        <div class=\"d-flex align-items-start justify-content-center w-100\">\n                                                            <figcaption class=\"slider-caption font-mono text-center pt-3\">\n                                    <span>Creamcake, &#8220;Paradise Found&#8221; (2019), Credit: Ink Agop \n<\/span>\n                                <\/figcaption>\n                                                                                        <span class=\"slick-slide-num p-3 p-md-4\">5\/5<\/span>                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <!-- EOF slick slider -->\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    \n\n\n<div data-element=\"km-introtext\" id=\"km-custom-block_dbde9c16a5d8d24d405baee937ba165a\">\n    <div class=\"row has-border pb-0\">\n        <div class=\"col\">\n            <h2 class=\"font-size-big font-size-24-36\">\n                <p>The ruin of the Franciscan monastery church is one of the last remaining testimonies to Berlin&#8217;s founding history and is one of the city&#8217;s most important architectural monuments that is open to the public and used for cultural purposes. Located in the historical and present-day centre of Berlin and in the immediate vicinity of Alexanderplatz, it is considered an outstanding monument of medieval architecture. Its changing function and usage reflect the eventful history of the city.<\/p>\n\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"content-side-padding-negate \">\n        <hr ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div data-element=\"km-2-columns\" id=\"km-custom-block_15a505825a05a87931b4817866e588ee\">\n\n    <div class=\"row mt-5 mb-md-5\">\n        <div class=\"col-24 col-sm-10 col-md-6\">\n            <div class=\"two-column-content-left font-size-base mt-2 mb-5 my-sm-0\">\n                <p>Klosterruine<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"col-24 col-sm-14 col-md-18 col-lg-17 \">\n            <p>Every year since 2016, artists and curators have been invited to draw the monastery ruins into the light of the present and open up new perspectives. These site-specific formats reflect on the architecture and history of the former Franciscan monastery church and form a radically contemporary exhibition and performance programme, thus making the monastery ruins, along with B\u00e4renzwinger, &#8220;one of the most exciting places for contemporary art&#8221; (Kunstforum 2020).<\/p>\n<p>Detailed information on how it is used &#8211; expressed in concepts that bring together contemporary artistic perspectives and the historical circumstances of the monastery ruins, as one of the last remaining testimonies to Berlin&#8217;s founding history, with current debates about the historical centre of Berlin and city planning surrounding the Molkenmarkt &#8211; can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berlin.de\/kunst-und-kultur-mitte\/kunstorte\/klosterruine\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Klosterruine Berlin\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aEmrcK7MO7U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"content-side-padding-negate \">\n        <hr ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div data-element=\"km-2-columns\" id=\"km-custom-block_772bcd4c411295e7398488507909fe13\">\n\n    <div class=\"row mt-5 mb-md-5\">\n        <div class=\"col-6 col-sm-10 col-md-6\">\n            <div class=\"two-column-content-left font-size-base mb-4 mb-md-0\">\n                <p>Address<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"col-18 col-sm-14 col-md-18 col-lg-17 \">\n            <p>Ruine der Franziskaner Klosterkirche<br \/>\nKlosterstr. 73a,<br \/>\n10179 Berlin<\/p>\n<p>Free entry<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/klosterruine.berlin\/en\">www.klosterruine.berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"content-side-padding-negate \">\n        <hr ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div data-element=\"km-2-columns\" id=\"km-custom-block_dc4865a2fb42ca15629cdce8810ef973\">\n\n    <div class=\"row mt-5 mb-md-5\">\n        <div class=\"col-6 col-sm-10 col-md-6\">\n            <div class=\"two-column-content-left font-size-base mb-4 mb-md-0\">\n                <p>Contact<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"col-18 col-sm-14 col-md-18 col-lg-17 \">\n            <p>Program Coordination and Curatorial Assistant<br \/>\nAlin Daghestani<br \/>\n(030) 9018-33477<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alin.daghestani@ba-mitte.berlin.de\">alin.daghestani@ba-mitte.berlin.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"content-side-padding-negate \">\n        <hr ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div data-element=\"km-2-columns\" id=\"km-custom-block_a1259b29a262c240a042114a9af932e9\">\n\n    <div class=\"row mt-5 mb-md-5\">\n        <div class=\"col-6 col-sm-10 col-md-6\">\n            <div class=\"two-column-content-left font-size-base mb-4 mb-md-0\">\n                <p>Opening Hours<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"col-18 col-sm-14 col-md-18 col-lg-17 \">\n            <p>April \u2013 September:<br \/>\nMonday \u2013 Sunday, daily 10am-6pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"content-side-padding-negate \">\n        <hr ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5230","ct_institutions","type-ct_institutions","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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