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The following clubs are participating:
Many clubs have already pledged their assistance:
Schleitheim Association for Local History
Schleitheim Tourism
Schaffhausen Tourism
Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park
Schleitheim Music Society
Beggingen Gipsy Singers
Schleitheim Gymnastics Club
Schleitheim Men's Gymnastics Club
Schleitheim Rural Women's Association
Schleitheim Weaving Room Girls
Schleitheim Senior Hiking Group
Schleitheim Traditional Costume Group
Schleitheim Theater
Schleitheim Gipsmine Association
Schleitheim Senior Soccer Club
Schleitheim Tennis Club
Waldsdhut Hubmaier Group (Black Forest / Germany)
Swiss Association for Anabaptist History
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“I greatly appreciate this initiative from the village because it demonstrates once again how active our village associations are and, together with the Schleitheimertal Museum, is helping to make our community’s name known far beyond our municipal borders.”
Urs Fischer
Mayor of Schleitheim
‘I am pleased with the lasting effect. People from all over the world come to visit us, from places where Baptists have been tolerated.’
Willi Bächtold
Honorary President of the Association for Local History Schleitheim and Initiator of the Anabaptist Room
Wanted:
Cultural Anabaptist Exhibition
The ‘Anabaptist Café’...
The main objective of the whole commemoration is to encourage encounters. Amongst other things, we would like to organise an Anabaptist exhibition, which is located in a large café. In this way, people automatically come into contact with each other.
For this purpose we have an auditorium with a stage available. Someone from the village is supposed to offer coffee and cake. Along the walls, however, there are partition walls and tables for a very special exhibition that has never been seen in Schaffhausen / Schleitheim before:
The idea is that visitors from abroad can give an insight into their culture:
Quilts?
Other typical small items
Photos / pictures
Typical textiles
Typical Dresses
Children and young people should also be able to do something (something practical is very popular or maybe a little game?), participation is required at some of the exhibition posts
Clever ideas are needed...
Status of planning:
A Swiss Mennonite organisation will exhibit
A Swiss quilt collector will exhibit
Cultural Anababtist Exhibitation in a Café (Digital illustration, created using AI)
Wanted:
Hobby researchers and creators
Wanted:
Locals with old family names who are interested in helping discover ancient connections between their family name and godparents and to investigate them.
And to help create a moment in the life of a historical figure with the same surname at the Schleitheimertal Museum.
The following names are historically interesting for this project:
Bächtold / Bechtel (Genealogical research from Canada., with ties to Schleitheim)
Brendli
Greutmann / Grütmann
Hess (Genealogical research from USA, with ties to Schleitheim)
Heusi / Hösi / Heise (Genealogical research from Canada is currently underway, with ties to Schleitheim)
Keller
Mäder / Mader?
Meyer / Meier / Moyer / Myer (Genealogical research from the U.S. is currently underway, with ties to Schleitheim)
Müller / Miller
Peter
Peyer / Peier / Paier
Pletscher / Pletcher / Bletcher?
Rössler
Russenberger / Rosenberger / Rosenberry? Rosenburger?
Schudel
Stamm / Stammen / Stamman / Stammheimer / Stehman?
Tenger / Tanger / Denger?
Vogelsanger / Fogelsanger
Vögelin / Vögeli
Wanner (Genealogical research from the U.S.)
Werner / Warner?
Weniger / Weninger / Wininger / Winiger / Linggi / Lingge / Lincki / Lingki
Interested persons please get in touch:
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Bookcase with binders belonging to genealogist Joanne Hess Siegrist of Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, USA, chair of the Hess Historians. She has a total of 130 binders of her research.
Wanted:
Non-professional performers
The local association "Theater Schlaate" is looking for interested adults, teenagers and children who would like to participate as amateur actors in the performances.
Participation is possible with or without speaking parts.
For speaking roles, English skills are an advantage but not required.
Interested parties, please contact:
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Seeking:
Anabaptists in the Southern Black Forest?
Wanted:
Information about Anabaptists in Stühlingen and the surrounding area...
So far it is only known that Balthasar Hubmaier acted as an Anabaptist leader in Waldshut and that an unknown Swiss Anabaptist bought a mill in Mauchen.
We are interested in further evidence of Anabaptist activities in our German neighborhood: stories, places, names...
If you know anything, please get in touch:
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Wanted:
Local artists offering affordable artworks
Wanted:
Local artists from the Schleitheimertal and neighboring municipalities who would like to offer landscape paintings of Schleitheim at affordable prices.
Interested parties, please contact:
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Wanted:
Movie makers
We’re looking for independent, capable people who can film important events and, if possible, edit the footage accordingly—plays, talks, guided tours, and more.
We’ll use the results in the future for our virtual museum, so visitors can stay informed even when the museum is closed.
Interested? Please get in touch:
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Wanted:
Sponsors and Patrons
The organizing committee and the many volunteers work in their free time for the event without pay. However, costs still arise, for example for matching T-shirts for helpers or for the memorial.
Interested parties, please contact:
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Initiator
The Schleitheim Association for Local History works to promote and preserve local cultural heritage and historical knowledge. The association was founded in 1889.
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