Passing through Oderberg, you come across the Riesa - a paddle steamer from the 19th century, which today rests like an elegant colossus on the lawn of the Oderberg Inland Navigation Museum.
The days when the ship sailed the Elbe day in, day out as a ferry steamer or was decked out for the visit of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I are long gone. And yet there is still a touch of splendor on the deck - material from which adventurous stories can be spun.
Over the course of three days, the Year 3 class at Oderberg Primary School woke the Riesa from its slumber. The ship became the stage for a magical voyage: the pupils encountered stranded ghosts who asked them for help, and finally met a group of pirates who - after they couldn't find any gold on the noble steamer - decided to join forces with the children. Only together were they able to reignite the steam engine and steer the ship safely back to its home port.
"Come with us on a great journey! Because everyone is equal on board - rich and poor alike. For freedom is, freedom is the reward!" - sang the children together with their teacher Joseph Singer at the end of their play.
In the three-day theater workshop, sailors' yarns were spun, played and researched: with imagination and great enthusiasm, the children developed their own play - and set the Riesa to sea once again.
This project of landscape education at the Oderbruch Museum was supported by the KAG Kultuterbe Oderbruch.
