“Nativity Scenes” – International Nativity Scenes in Neuenbürg Castle

Press release February 17.10.2012, XNUMX

The "Nativity Worlds" exhibition at Neuenbürg Castle opens on Friday, November 9, 2012, at 19 p.m. From November 10, 2012, to January 6, 2013, the Badisches Landesmuseum, in its branch museum near Pforzheim, will be exhibiting nativity scenes from the collection of Hamburg native Maud Pohlmeyer, who amassed around 2007 nativity scenes from over 250 countries by 47.

Nativity scenes are generally associated with depictions of the birth of Jesus Christ from the Christmas story. Although these scenes were fixed in the "core personnel," stylistic periods, financial resources, and craftsmanship always influenced the design of nativity scenes. After the conflict between the Catholic Church and the Prussian government in the 1860s and 70s, the nativity scene was rediscovered as a didactic tool. Furthermore, with increasing missionary activity, it left its European area of origin and was used almost everywhere in the world. After the end of colonialism and with the Second Vatican Council (1962/65), the traditional figures of Mary and Joseph became Bantu, Hopi, or Inuit. A catalog will be published for the exhibition.