Cultural Development
Participatory & Intermunicipal
Cultural as a Location Factor
Culture is a significant location factor and an important component of regional development policy. Cultural offerings create and maintain quality of life. They also have the great potential to attract people to rural areas, foster identity, and offer social participation.
Cultural Transformation
Culture is currently undergoing a tremendous transformation. Times of major societal reorganization demand further development in the cultural sector. To meet the numerous new requirements, enabling structures are needed to strengthen cooperation, so that sustainable projects and developments can be initiated.
Experiencing Culture Digitally
A reorientation of the cultural sector, particularly towards digitalization, has become necessary. It is therefore essential to actively shape and advance this transformation for the future viability of the regional cultural sector.
Cultural Development Concept
#freiraum für Kultur FICHTELGEBIRGE 2030
To reform and further develop the cultural sector, the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge has developed a cultural development concept as part of the LEADER project “#freiraum für Kultur FICHTELGEBIRGE 2030.” This concept includes specific areas of action and goals that have emerged through intermunicipal dialogue and participatory involvement of cultural actors and interested parties.
Goals
The concept particularly aims to strengthen regional identity and develop a cultural narrative for the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge. It ensures sustainable cultural education and participation, and improves accessibility and usability of cultural offerings. By connecting stakeholders, it facilitates the creation of permanent exchange structures and generates greater visibility for culture in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge and beyond.
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Initial Steps
At the beginning of the project, all cultural institutions in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge were cataloged with the help of the towns and municipalities. A Cultural Advisory Board was established to oversee the project and provide advisory support.
Cultural Workshops
Cultural institutions, artists and creatives, cultural initiatives, associations, organizations, individual contributors, as well as businesses, educational institutions, and those interested in culture are invited to participate in a comprehensive online survey on the topic of culture in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge.
Online Public Participation “Cultural Space Fichtelgebirge”
Citizens are invited to contribute to a new narrative about the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge. The results of the survey have been incorporated into the development of the cultural development concept.
Network Analysis
Cultural institutions, artists and creatives, cultural initiatives, associations, organizations, individual contributors, as well as businesses, educational institutions, and those interested in culture are invited to participate in a comprehensive online survey on the topic of culture in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge.
Expert Interviews
In addition to the participatory processes in the #freiraum für Kultur Fichtelgebirge 2030 project, professional stakeholders will also be interviewed in guideline-based expert interviews regarding their wishes, ideas, and concepts for a connected culture in the Fichtelgebirge area.
Adoption of the Cultural Development Concept
On July 22, 2022, the concept was adopted by the district council of the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge, including prioritized measures and areas of action.
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