{"id":16029,"date":"2026-09-24T13:23:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oderbruchmuseum.de\/?p=16029"},"modified":"2026-09-27T11:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:57:10","slug":"4-deutsch-polnische-begegnung-europaeisches-kulturerbe-zucker-im-oderbruch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oderbruchmuseum.de\/en\/4-deutsch-polnische-begegnung-europaeisches-kulturerbe-zucker-im-oderbruch\/","title":{"rendered":"4th German-Polish Exchange: \u201eEuropean Cultural Heritage: Sugar in the Oderbruch\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"

4. German-Polish<\/strong> meeting:<\/strong> European Cultural Heritage<\/strong> \u2013<\/strong> Sugar from the Oderbruch<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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SUGAR in the Oderbruch\u2014a sweet topic that is not only closely intertwined with today\u2019s world but has also left its mark on the landscape in the past. For one week, 45 children from the Letschin Elementary School and from the Polish partner community of Pszczew engaged with the topic during this year\u2019s German-Polish exchange at Trebnitz Castle and explored it in four different workshops. An excursion to the Oderbruch Museum Altranft, a cultural heritage site, and to the former Th\u00f6ringswerder sugar factory provided inspiration and background knowledge. In this vast industrial ruin, it was particularly easy to imagine that sugar production must once have played a significant role in the Oderbruch region and continues to shape the landscape to this day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CUKIER and the Oderbruch\u2014a sweet topic that is not only closely tied to the modern world but has also left its mark on the landscape in the past. For a week, 45 children from the elementary school in Letschin and from the Polish partner municipality of Pszczew explored this topic in four different workshops during this year\u2019s Polish-German meeting at Trebnitz Castle. Inspiration and knowledge came from field trips to a cultural heritage site\u2014the Oderbruch Museum in Altranft\u2014and to the former sugar refinery in Th\u00f6ringswerder. Amid these vast industrial ruins, it became particularly clear that sugar production in the Oderbruch region must once have played a significant role and continues to shape the local landscape to this day. German text<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Participants:<\/strong> Ben, Emma, Hania, Karol, Laura, Lilianna, Mila, Ola, Tilda, Samir, Sandra
Workshop leader: <\/strong>Ma\u0142gorzata Gajdemska

Storytelling and Theater Group<\/strong>
This group\u2019s workshop activities focused on developing stories\u2014both oral and written\u2014as well as theatrical activities inspired by the theme of sugar, particularly in the context of the Oder region. A visit to the Oderbruch Museum in Altranft and a former sugar factory in Th\u00f6ringsweder served as the starting point for writing short texts as well as for preparing and staging a theatrical performance. We worked with a variety of creative methods\u2014ranging from brainstorming, discussions, and research to incorporating the young people\u2019s own experiences, as well as theatrical improvisations and free-flowing imagination about the role of sugar in a distant past and a mysterious future.
The result is a narrative in which different time periods, worlds, characters, and perspectives intertwine. Sugar serves as the central motif of the story and invites us to view history, social and cultural changes, consumption habits, and our everyday decisions through its lens. Sometimes as a sweet memory, sometimes as a bitter reflection\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Participants:<\/strong> Ben, Emma, Hania, Karol, Laura, Lilianna, Mila, Ola, Tilda, Samir, Sandra
Workshop leader: <\/strong>Ma\u0142gorzata Gajdemska<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Storytelling and Theater Group<\/strong>
This group\u2019s workshop activities focused on creating stories\u2014both spoken and written\u2014as well as theatrical performances inspired by the theme of sugar, particularly in the context of the Oder region. Visits to the Oderbruch Museum in Altranft and the former sugar factory in Th\u00f6ringsweder served as a starting point for creating short texts, as well as for preparing and staging a theatrical performance. We used a variety of creative methods\u2014from brainstorming to discussions,
searching for information, drawing on the young people\u2019s own experiences for theatrical improvisations, and letting their imaginations run wild about the role of sugar in the distant past and the mysterious future.
The result is a theatrical narrative in which different time periods, worlds, characters, and perspectives intertwine. Sugar serves as its central theme, prompting us to view history, social and cultural changes, consumption patterns, and our daily choices through its lens.
Sometimes as a sweet memory, sometimes as a bitter reflection\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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