The heart – no joke!

06.10.2022, 19:00 p.m., admission free

Cold Heart Syndrome: An Anatomy of Greed. Reading and discussion with Ulrich Grober, journalist, author, and sustainability expert. Can new sparks be ignited from Wilhelm Hauff's fairy tale "The Cold Heart"?

With Registration info@schloss-neuenbuerg.de

21.10.2022, 19:00 p.m., admission free

F!nder luck: Neuenbürger author Nathalie Janda reads from her new novel “F!nder-Glück,” in which she accompanies her heroine through amusing online dating disasters.

October:

Cool heart workshop for kids: With the graffiti artist Sebastian Bauer (color error.art), Exact date will be announced

 Lecture on the heart organ, in planning

The heart – no joke!

26.06. – 06.11.2022

It can hurt, break, slip, burn, desire, and conquer. Sometimes we open it, grasp it with our hands, place it on our tongue, or at someone's feet. Sometimes it is stolen from us or feels as heavy as a stone: The heart, a powerhouse of nature, is far more than a pumping organ or twitching hollow muscle.

Revered by the Egyptians as the seat of reason and by the Greeks as the seat of conscience, the heart has been associated with emotions and feelings since the beginning of Christianity. In the Middle Ages, it stood for love and bravery, and since the 19th century at the latest, it has become part of mass culture.

As an organ, the human heart remains a medical challenge – even since the groundbreaking discovery of the circulatory system by William Harvey (1578 – 1657) and the invention of the stethoscope by René Laennec (1781 – 1826) – to this day.

As a symbol, the heart has asserted itself consistently across cultural boundaries like no other symbol and has become an integral part of our communication society.

But let's be honest: Do you know, dear visitor, where the typical heart shape originally comes from? When did hearts first begin to be depicted as red? What exactly is meant by a heart burial? Where does the phrase "one heart and one soul" come from? – And how can a heart break?

Find the answers as you explore the diverse world of hearts. Enjoy!