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Friends of the Museum
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The Museum for Sepulchral Culture has a Circle of Friends

Founded in 2020

The newly founded network of museum friends faces a wide range of opportunities and tasks. A central challenge is to support the preparations for the sweeping redesign of the museum, which have been underway since 2017. Particularly in this phase, the museum team has already experienced how helpful it is to have support in times of change, to be able to offer advice and assistance in such a project. The network of friends will intensify this commitment to a unique museum from now on.

For all those who would like to support the future of the museum in this way, special insights will be offered, for example with special guided tours and events. For their part, the Friends of the Museum agree to donate 150 euros annually. These donations are always allocated to specific purposes, such as the promotion of new positions in art, design and handicrafts in the context of the sepulchral culture or the acquisition of works for our museum collection. Cultural education projects in the context of the important educational work with children and young people can also be supported.

In this way, the Friends of the Museum make a very direct and visible contribution to the development of the museum, without, however, influencing the museum's orientation in terms of content and personnel.

Projects that can be realised with donations from the Circle of Friends are presented on the museum's website and annually in the Yearbook for Sepulchral Culture.

We would be very pleased if you would also support us. If you would like to become part of the circle of friends, please send us a message to: freunde@sepulkralmuseum.de

In November 2025, the Friends of the Museum launched a campaign to support the museum. All further information can be found on the dedicated website: todgehörtdazu.de

 

Bertram Hilgen, former Lord Mayor of the City of Kassel, is spokesman for the new Friends of the Museum.
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Exclusive preview of the special exhibition "Memento - Im Kraftfeld der Erinnerungen.
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The First Meeting of the Friends

14. September 2020

On September 14, 25 of the 52 Friends of the Museum met for the first exchange at the Museum for Sepulchral Culture.

The former mayor of the city of Kassel, Bertram Hilgen, the director of the museum, Dr. Dirk Pörschmann, as well as the trainee Tatjana Ahle presented the current projects, exhibitions and the upcoming new concept to the new friends. In the future, such meetings will take place once or twice a year to exchange information and report on the museum's activities.

Museum director Dr. Dirk Pörschmann reports on the activities and successes of the previous year.
Museum director Dr. Dirk Pörschmann reports on the activities and successes of the previous year.
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Our Friends

Spokesperson

Bertram Hilgen

Lord Mayor of the City of Kassel a. D. (2005 to 2017)

Nomination in alphabetical order and with express permission of the nomination:

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Stephan und Kathrin Balkenhol

Position: Artist

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Brigitte Bergholter

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MD Dr. Erhard und Brigitte Biermer

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Elke Bockhorst

Position: Journalist

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Kerstin Braun

Position: CEO West-Immobilien (Real estate)

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Brigitte und Wolfram Bremeier

Position: Lord Mayor of the City of Kassel, retired

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Ortrud Desch

Position: Teacher

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Hans Eichel und Gabriele Wolff-Eichel

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Graduate engineer Barbara Ettinger-Brinckmann

Position: Architect's office ANP Kassel

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Evangelische Bank Kassel

Position: Bank

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Burkhard Fincke

Position: City building councillor, retired

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Reverend Harald Fischer

Position: Reverend of the Catholic Parish St. Familia, Kassel

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Ilona Friedrich

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Gemeinnützige Wohnungsgesellschaft (GWG) der Stadt Kassel mbH

Position: Housing and renting

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Regine Glinicke

Position: CEO Car dealership Glinicke

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Vanessa Gronemann MdL

Position: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Minister of the State Hessen

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Mehmet Güler

Position: Artist

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Bertram Hilgen und Margit Berghof

Position: Lord Mayor of the City of Kassel, retired

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Dr. Beate Hofmann

Position: Bishop of the Protestant Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck

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Dr. Paul Hornung

Position: President of the Kassel Local Court, retired

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Elfriede Huber-Söllner

Position: Teacher

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Dr. Monika Junker-John

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Friederike Jünemann

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Kasseler Sparkasse AöR

Position: Bank

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MD Kai Leimbach

Position: Dentist

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Prof. Dr. med. Reinhard Lindner

Position: Head of the National Suicide Prevention Programme for Germany (NaSPro)

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Prof. Ingrid Lübke-Besch

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Dr. h.c. Peter Masuch

Position: President of the Federal Social Court, retired

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Karin Müller MdL

Position: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

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Christof Nolda

Position: Architect, former Manager of Heas of Urban Developement, Building and Evironment (Kassel)

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Matthias Nölke

Position: Treasurer of the City of Kassel

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Tatjana Rech

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Anne Riedel

Position: Journalist

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Michael Roth MdB

Position: SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany) Heringen, Member of Parliament

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Dr. Michael von Rüden

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Dietmar und Gisela Schaub

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Günter Schleiff und Regina Grunwald-Schleiff

Position: Architect and Teacher

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Horst und Ulli Schween

Position: Auditor

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Benjamin Schäfer

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Volker und Helge Schäfer

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Sparda-Bank Hessen eG

Position: Bank

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Jörg Sperling

Position: Teacher

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Stiftung Hübner und Kennedy gGmbH

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Städtische Werke AG Kassel

Position: Energy supply

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Volksbank Kassel-Göttingen eG

Position: Bank

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Monika Wiebusch

Position: City building councillor, retired

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Tianwa Yang

Position: Musician

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Brigitte Zypris

Position: Federal Ministry of Justice, retired

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Ute Zöllner

Position: Psychological counselling for marriage, family and life issues

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