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Am Freitag, 27.2.2026, treffen wir uns um 13.00 h in der Neo-Brasserie Hoiz, Karlstr. 10, 80333 München.

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The meeting of FAHBI will take place on Friday, 27.2.2026, at lunchtime, 13.00 h, in the restaurant Neo-Brasserie Hoiz, Karlstr. 10, 80333 München. 

Digitales Mitgliedertreffen am Freitag, 24.10.2025, 16.00 h, English version below

Bitte beachten Sie, dass das Meeting erst um 16.00 h beginnt!

Das Programm unseres Treffens mit den angekündigten Projektvorstellungen von Markus Späth, Ute Engel und Christian Berger finden Sie hier.

Der Link zum digitalen Webmeeting wurde per Webex versendet. Falls Sie keinen Link bekommen haben, melden Sie sich bitte bei Prof. Dr. Ute Engel.

English version

We would like to invite you to the next digital webmeeting of our Forum Art History of Britain and Ireland (FAHBI). The meeting will take place on Friday, 24.10.2025. Please note, that we will start at 4 pm (continental time). The programme of the meeting is attached (see hier underlined), including the project presentations of Markus Späth, Ute Engel and Christian Berger.

The link to the webmeeting per Webex has just been sent; please contact Prof. Ute Engel if you did not get the link.

On April 4^th and 5^th 2025 we are going to visit landscape gardens and country houses of the Gartenreich around Dessau. On Friday, 4 April, we will visit the Luisium and its park as well as Oranienbaum with its country house, Chinese garden, Pagoda and dragon´s house.

On Saturday, 5 April, we will visit the park at Wörlitz with a number of its attractions and collections, including the chateau, the Gotisches Haus and the Villa Hamilton. These places will offer to us ample possibilities to discuss the connections and exchange between British and German art and architecture in the late 18^th century and beyond.

We are very much looking forward to see you in Dessau-Wörlitz and share this promising programme with you!

Organisation: Prof. Dr. Ute Engel (Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Archäologien und Klassische Altertumswissenschaften, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), Frau Isabel Pfeifer (B.A. Kunstgeschichte, Uni Halle) und Frau Tianyang Xing (B.A. Kunstgeschichte, Uni Halle)

In Kooperation mit: PD Dr. Jana Kittelmann (Leiterin des Referats Kunstforschung und Sammlungen der Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz)

Programme

4 April 2025

14.00 h - meeting at Dessau main station and start of the tour, transport by coach or cars.

c. 14.30 h - visit of the landscape garden and country house of Luisium

c. 16.30 h - visit of the country house and Chinese garden with the Pagoda and Dragons´ house at Oranienbaum

c. 18.00 h - departure back to Dessau

c. 19.30 h - dinner in the restaurant Am Georgengarten, which is situated in the Orangery of the English landscape park.

As we will be staying overnight in Dessau, you will have the opportunity to visit the famous Bauhaus buildings and the Masters' Houses, at least from the outside - in the year of the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus in Dessau!

5 April 2025

c. 9.00 h - arrival and visit of Schloss Wörlitz, afterwards we will have to whole day to discover the park and visit the Gotisches Haus and the Villa Hamilton.

Departure: individually. The Bus 304 (Welterbe Linie, Haltestelle Neue Reihe) or the train (Dessau-Wörlitzer Eisenbahn, Wörlitz Bahnhof) depart in turn every hour back to Dessau main station (Bus 304: 14.09/16.09; train: 15.20/17.20 h).