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Lübeck Celebrates 125 Years of Buddenbrooks With Exhibitions and Events

From Die Zeit · () German

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  • Lübeck has organized exhibitions, readings and other events to mark 125 years since the publication of Thomas Mann’s Buddenbrooks.
  • The anniversary exhibition, “Family Affairs. 125 Years of Buddenbrooks,” will open on Oct. 29 at the St. Annen Museum.
  • The Buddenbrook House has remained closed since 2020 and is currently expected to stay under construction until the end of 2030.

Lübeck is celebrating 125 years of Buddenbrooks with a major exhibition, readings and a wide range of events devoted to Thomas Mann’s novel.

Buddenbrooks was published on Oct. 13, 1901, when Mann was 26. Caren Heuer, director of the Buddenbrook House, called it “the novel that made Lübeck world-famous.” She said that almost all of the city’s Buddenbrooks events had sold out.

It is the novel that made Lübeck world-famous.

· Caren HeuerThe director of the Buddenbrook House described the novel’s importance to the city.

The anniversary program will include the exhibition “Family Affairs. 125 Years of Buddenbrooks,” which opens on Oct. 29 at the St. Annen Museum. It will explore what holds families together through the characters in Mann’s novel.

The Buddenbrook House on Mengstrasse, the site associated with the book, has been closed since 2020. According to the current schedule, it will remain a construction site until the end of 2030.

Our events for Buddenbrooks are almost all sold out.

· Caren HeuerHeuer highlighted strong interest in the anniversary program.
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