Regiofactum Notizblog

Writing that reflects a mélange of culture, history and language differs in content and style from what we are used to. Christine draws this conclusion while reading the new book by Waltraud Mittich, Ein Russe in Kiew (Ed. Laurin, Innsbruck 2022). Trying to write about it, she discovers that reading out loud the text does make much more sense... [..] weiterlesen

This correspondence is a plead for the broad variety of languages including local dialects, all spoken in the cross border areas between Saar and Moselle to connect people on different levels, e.g. in daily life, but also in matters of a common family and regional European history. [..] weiterlesen

Selbst das Leben ist an einer Grenze entstanden: an der Erdoberfläche. Worauf es ankommt, ist die Frage, ob die Grenzen durchlässig sind oder nicht : Même la vie a surgi à une frontière. Ce qui est primordial, c’est de savoir si une frontière est perméable ou non. [..] weiterlesen

The Saar State quite often becomes the target of the German press, it is too small, too unknown, too poor, too... whatever... a typical border region, located on "the other side of the Rhine". Claude, our friend from Luxemburg, takes a closer look... [..] weiterlesen

Christine has a closer look at impact of history and culture on a border city in Ireland. [..] weiterlesen

Despite / because of all the difficulties of our common past we never have to give up constructing Europe as cultural community. Marie describes the importance of sharing heritage from the point of view of a young architect and European. [..] weiterlesen

Let's go and visit one of the places, where you can discover the facets of the industrial culture of the Greater Region, berceau de la CECA, a knowledge built throughout the centuries in a sometimes tumultuous border land, Wiege der Europäischen Gemeinschaft für Kohle und Stahl. [..] weiterlesen

Christine from Metz encourages us to appreciate the cultural heritage of the neighbors in the Greater Region: L’Europe entsteht in den Grenzregionen de l’Esprit comme la Heimat utopique des contrebandiers d’idées, die ihre Wurzeln an die Luft hängen pour mieux voir la terre! (Martin Graff) [..] weiterlesen

The politician Robert Schuman, "homme des frontières", wrote his pladoyer "For Europe" after 1945 and published it in 1963 in French. It is time to re-translate and reinterpret the precious text. [..] weiterlesen

The conversation between Hervé and his mother describes the procedure getting a new passport... which sometimes is not so easy, when you are born in a country that does not exist anymore. In this case, it is a small french village, cut in half under German occupation in 1941... [..] weiterlesen