"A place that stays"
Three women, three generations - a garden by the sea. A novel about transience, new beginnings and hope. And about what it means to put down roots in a foreign country.
Magda's life changes in one fell swoop: her husband Alfred, a botanist in Münster, loses his professorship in 1933 because he is Jewish.
As the situation in Germany came to a head, the Heilbronn family packed their bags. A surprising offer beckons in distant Istanbul: the founder of the republic, Atatürk, wants to modernize the country's universities,
and a magnificent botanical garden with plants from all over the world is to be built on the Bosphorus. So Magda stows seeds from her Westphalian homeland in her luggage. But will she put down new roots in a foreign country?
A few years later, the garden in the old city of Istanbul is a flourishing place of science. The talented botanist Mehpare takes care of the beds and greenhouses as Alfred's assistant.
So much can be collected and researched in the world - only Mehpare's feelings remain undiscovered territory. Until she loses her footing after a tragic accident.
Decades later, the young urban planner Imke finds herself in Istanbul. She is to draw up a study on the future of the Botanical Gardens - and thus help decide the fate of this special place.
As always, the team from "de Holter Wienkeller" will be providing culinary delights.
On 21.05.2026 at 20:00 in the Fehntjer Forum (admission: from 19:30).
Three women, three generations - a garden by the sea. A novel about transience, new beginnings and hope. And about what it means to put down roots in a foreign country.
Magda's life changes in one fell swoop: her husband Alfred, a botanist in Münster, loses his professorship in 1933 because he is Jewish.
As the situation in Germany came to a head, the Heilbronn family packed their bags. A surprising offer beckons in distant Istanbul: the founder of the republic, Atatürk, wants to modernize the country's universities,
and a magnificent botanical garden with plants from all over the world is to be built on the Bosphorus. So Magda stows seeds from her Westphalian homeland in her luggage. But will she put down new roots in a foreign country?
A few years later, the garden in the old city of Istanbul is a flourishing place of science. The talented botanist Mehpare takes care of the beds and greenhouses as Alfred's assistant.
So much can be collected and researched in the world - only Mehpare's feelings remain undiscovered territory. Until she loses her footing after a tragic accident.
Decades later, the young urban planner Imke finds herself in Istanbul. She is to draw up a study on the future of the Botanical Gardens - and thus help decide the fate of this special place.
As always, the team from "de Holter Wienkeller" will be providing culinary delights.
On 21.05.2026 at 20:00 in the Fehntjer Forum (admission: from 19:30).
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Target Group Adult
Target Group the Elderly
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Foreign Language
German
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Karten zu 15 € gibt es direkt im Fehnbuch, bei der Volksbank Westrhauderfehn und bei Nordwestticket.
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Helga Kruse
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