Heinrich Zschokke’s 250th. birthday

THE JUBILEE’S PARTY

(September the 25th, starting 10.30 am)

Grossratsgebäude (Great Council’s house), Obere Vorstadt 10, Aarau, Switzerland

Greetings : Hans Fahrländer, President of the Heinrich-Zschokke-Gesellschaft.

Film extracts of the Matthias and Adrian Zschokke’s movie.

Address to the meeting of State’s counsilor Alex Hürzeler, Argovian direction of Education and of Dr. Hanspeter Hilfiker, Aarau’s mayor.

Three songs
composed by Heinrich Zschokke.
Gesang sterzett « Soltanto Soprano ».

Presentation by Dr. Werner Ort, Zschokke’s Biographer : « Heinrich Zschokke as Communicator ».

Five popular songs  from Zschokke’s times.
Gesang sterzett « Soltanto Soprano ».

Speech by Christine Egerszegi, ex-councilorin and member of the Swiss upper chamber.

Film extracts of the Matthias and Adrian Zschokke’s movie.

Thanks and outcome from the presidents.

Apéro riche in the Great Council’s hall.

Silhouette portraits by Emil Zschokke (Private collection). All rights reserved for Zschokke Stiftung. Design by belle vue.

THE COMPLETE FESTIVITIES

(Autumn/winter 2021-22)


18th. of September 2021, 10.00–17.30, Landenhof Unterentfelden (Meeting point)
« Vom Landenhof 2021 zur Taubstummenanstalt von 1836 ». An historical walk on the traces of Heinrich und Nanny Zschokke. See the “Blumenhalde” Zschokke’s family house

23th. of September 2021, 7.30 PM, Blumenhalde, Küttigerstrasse 21, Aarau
Debate on Heinrich Zschokke’s « Stunden der Andacht » with Priestress Dagmar Bujack and Zschokke’s biograph Werner Ort.

25th. of September 2021, Grossratsgebäude, Aarau  : The Jubilee’s party
Under the presidence of Christine Egerszegi.

19th. and 26th. of November 2021, Aarau’s public library
« Gastmahl des Lebens », reciting from Ortrud Gysi along the transverse flute music of Barbara Bossert ; 4-Gang Essen from Gregory Kilcullen. Registration open from 1st of October at the library.

Automn in Restaurant Speck
Arti-Zschökkli! Visual arts.

Winter 2021, Public library of Aarau
« Hört zu um vier », Vivianne Mösli and Hansrudolf Twerenbold are reading different Zschokke’s texts.

At the city museum and Naturama
Two exhibits about Heinrich Zschokke.

SEE ALSO

We have a Zschokke movie!
The Zschokke brothers Adrian from Zürich (Born 1952), producer and film maker, and Matthias from Berlin (Born 1954), writer and also film maker are making this film.
More information : www.zschokkefilm.ch. 

And a Zschokke beer too!
Brewed in Aarau’s brewery, and to be ordered directly on the Heinrich Zschokke’s association website www.heinrichzschokke.ch.

On this website is also available for sale a three postcards set showing the “Denkmal” statue of Heinrich Zschokke in sommer and in wintertime, as well as a nice picture of the Heinrich’s house in Aarau, “Blumenhalde”.

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