German Protestant Church Convention Hanover 2025

Guided tours, lectures and talks at Villa Seligmann


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Villa Seligmann is part of the German Protestant Church Convention Hanover 2025.

1,500 events at over 60 locations in Hanover. Over 3,000 brass players, 1,200 singers, over 500 initiatives in the Market of Opportunities at the trade fair and 650 guests from Germany and abroad. The German Protestant Church Congress presented its program for the event from 30 April to 4 May 2025 in Hanover today at a press conference in the House of Religions there. The aim is to attract up to 100,000 people to the Kirchentag. For five days, the host city of Lower Saxony will be home to the unique melting pot of social dialog, questions of faith and cultural highlights that characterize church congresses. In addition to thousands of socially committed people, federal ministers, heads of business associations and companies, activists, church leaders, representatives of social organizations and well-known names from science, culture and the Internet will also be taking part. In view of the date of the event around the expected formation of a new federal government, one focus will be on the joint search for a stable democratic basis. All information about the Kirchentag and the program can be found on the official Kirchentag website.

May 01

11 – 12:15 a.m.
The Villa Seligmann in the focus of contemporary events – house, family and surroundings
Guided tour of the house and garden with a lecture on aspects of the Seligmann family and the house with its role in socio-political developments from 1905 to the present day.

Dr. Peter Schulze, historian (Hanover)

2 – 3.15 p.m.
The organ of the synagogue – A musical snapshot
Lecture and presentation of the in-house Sauer organ (1896)

Norddeutscher Synagogalchor
Martin Lüssenhop, organ and choir director
Eliah Sakakushev-von Bismarck, Director of Villa Seligma
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4 – 5.30 p.m.
Jewish calligraphy – an art between faith and law
Lecture and exhibition tour

Akiva Rozskowski, sofer (Torah scribe) and author of the calligraphy exhibition

May 02

11 – 12.30 a.m.
Jewish music today
Discussion and musical performance by Jewish musicians with aspects of identity and character, religion and diversity in the creation and performance of Jewish music in Germany today

Marina Baranova, composer, pianist
Eliah Sakakushev-von Bismarck, moderator

2 – 4 p.m.
A life for the family: Johanna Seligmann-Coppel
Film screening as a search for clues about the Seligmann family from the perspective of the former landlady of Villa Seligmann

The events at Villa Seligmann as part of the Kirchentag are accessible with tickets that can be booked via https://www.kirchentag.de/tickets. Due to the limited number of places available, registration is required by e-mail to anmeldung@villa-seligmann.de or by telephone on 0511 844887-200.

Please note that we will be taking photos and videos during this event. The image material will be published on our website and/or social media channels and used for press work. By participating, visitors to this event agree to this.