European Heritage Days at Wesserling Park
To celebrate European Heritage Days, Wesserling Park invites you to discover its history, its industrial heritage, and the people working today to preserve it in a whole new way.
Throughout the day, enjoy meet-and-greets, talks, and discussions to delve into the heart of Wesserling’s history and the region’s industrial heritage.
On the program:
• 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. + 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Ferme Patronale): Demonstrations of sheep’s wool carding and weaving on a vertical loom
Presented by the Ferme du Kolben in Mittlach, which will have a booth featuring wool-based products
• 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Ferme Patronale): The role of the Fondation du Patrimoine in the preservation and restoration of sites and buildings: a focus on the example of Wesserling
Learn about the missions of the Heritage Foundation through discussions with Claude Mongars, departmental delegate for the Heritage Foundation, and Nadège Galbourdin, heritage manager at the Wesserling Ecomuseum, and
• 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Ferme Patronale): Living Memory, featuring Paul Boeglin, a former textile worker who spent twenty years in Wesserling.
• 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Exhibition Hall of the Grande Chaufferie): Wesserling’s Grande Chaufferie versus the example of the Chalampé power plant
Talk with the former technical manager and the team from the Chalampé Energy Production Center.
• 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM (Château Group Room): Humanism and Paternalism in Wesserling in the 19th and 20th Centuries
A discussion on the social and industrial history of Wesserling, with Marc Ritzenthaler, curator of the temporary exhibition dedicated to the bicentennial of the Société Industrielle de Mulhouse and Vice President of the Dollfus Family Museum, Mieg, and Koechlin, and Nadège Galbourdin, Heritage Director of the Wesserling Ecomuseum.
• 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (1st floor of the Château): Presentation on Regional Industries Around 1850
Meet Pierre Fluck, honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France, Doctor of Science, professor emeritus, and Knight of the Legion of Honor. Then attend a short lecture in the group room at 4:15 p.m. and a book signing in the Turbine Room—shop starting at 5:15 p.m.
• 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (Turbine Room): Mini-lecture and discussion on industrial heritage
Discussion between François Tacquard, president of the Wesserling Park Management and Events Association, and Simon Edelblutte, associate professor at the University of Lorraine, on examples of industrial sites.
Practical information:
• Sunday, September 20
• Half-price admission
• Regular activities will take place as usual
To celebrate European Heritage Days, Wesserling Park invites you to discover its history, its industrial heritage, and the people working today to preserve it in a whole new way.
Throughout the day, enjoy meet-and-greets, talks, and discussions to delve into the heart of Wesserling’s history and the region’s industrial heritage.
On the program:
• 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. + 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Ferme Patronale): Demonstrations of sheep’s wool carding and weaving on a vertical loom
Presented by the Ferme du Kolben in Mittlach, which will have a booth featuring wool-based products
• 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Ferme Patronale): The role of the Fondation du Patrimoine in the preservation and restoration of sites and buildings: a focus on the example of Wesserling
Learn about the missions of the Heritage Foundation through discussions with Claude Mongars, departmental delegate for the Heritage Foundation, and Nadège Galbourdin, heritage manager at the Wesserling Ecomuseum, and
• 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Ferme Patronale): Living Memory, featuring Paul Boeglin, a former textile worker who spent twenty years in Wesserling.
• 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Exhibition Hall of the Grande Chaufferie): Wesserling’s Grande Chaufferie versus the example of the Chalampé power plant
Talk with the former technical manager and the team from the Chalampé Energy Production Center.
• 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM (Château Group Room): Humanism and Paternalism in Wesserling in the 19th and 20th Centuries
A discussion on the social and industrial history of Wesserling, with Marc Ritzenthaler, curator of the temporary exhibition dedicated to the bicentennial of the Société Industrielle de Mulhouse and Vice President of the Dollfus Family Museum, Mieg, and Koechlin, and Nadège Galbourdin, Heritage Director of the Wesserling Ecomuseum.
• 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (1st floor of the Château): Presentation on Regional Industries Around 1850
Meet Pierre Fluck, honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France, Doctor of Science, professor emeritus, and Knight of the Legion of Honor. Then attend a short lecture in the group room at 4:15 p.m. and a book signing in the Turbine Room—shop starting at 5:15 p.m.
• 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (Turbine Room): Mini-lecture and discussion on industrial heritage
Discussion between François Tacquard, president of the Wesserling Park Management and Events Association, and Simon Edelblutte, associate professor at the University of Lorraine, on examples of industrial sites.
Practical information:
• Sunday, September 20
• Half-price admission
• Regular activities will take place as usual
This text was translated by an AI.
