Are you interested in the culture and literature that connects Germans and Czechs today? Are you keen to explore multifaceted events that arouse curiosity about Germany’s common history with its eastern neighbor, the Czech Republic? You will receive invitations by newsletter or, on request, the most recent four-month programme by mail.
The Cultural Office organizes events on 
Bohemia
deu. Böhmen, lat. Bohemia, ces. Čechy

Bohemia is a historical landscape in present-day Czech Republic. Together with Moravia and the Czech part of Silesia, the landscape forms the present territory of the Czech Republic. Nowadays, almost 6.5 million people live in the region. The capital of Bohemia is Prague.

Böhmen in the Online Encyclopedia of the Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe (German)Böhmen at Google Maps
 and 
Moravia
deu. Mähren, lat. Moravia, slk. Morava, ces. Morava

Moravia is one of the three historical landscapes of the Czech Republic. Together with Bohemia and Czech Silesia, Moravia constitutes the state territory of the Czech Republic. Moravia is located in the southeast of the country and shares borders with Slovakia, Poland and Austria. Today, almost 3.1 million people live in Moravia. The most important cities in Moravia are Brno, Ostrava and Olomouc.

Mähren in the Online Encyclopedia of the Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe (German)Mähren at Google Maps
 history, literature and culture across generations, for example in the form of readings, film evenings, lectures, panel discussions, exhibitions and concerts. These events are often set up in collaboration with partner organizations such as the Czech Center in Munich or the Ackermann-Gemeinde. Particular attention is paid to current developments and discourses taking place in Germany’s neighbor to the east, the 
Czechia
ces. Česko, deu. Tschechien

The Czech Republic is a country in Central Europe with a population of about 10.5 million people. The capital and largest city of the country is Prague. In the Czech Republic lie the historical landscapes of Bohemia, Moravia and parts of Silesia. In 1918 the state of Czechoslovakia was formed, but the Czech Republic was not founded until 1993. The country has been a member of the EU since 01.05.2004.

Tschechien in the Online Encyclopedia of the Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe (German)Tschechien at Google Maps
. Celebrating and preserving the cultural heritage left behind by Germans from the Czech Lands is mutually understood as a joint mission of (Sudeten) German and Czech organizations.
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Cultural promotion

Project funding of the cultural departments for communication and education concerning the culture and history of the Germans in Eastern Europe

On the basis of §96 of the Federal Expellees and Refugees Act (BVFG), the nine cultural departments support external projects that provide opportunities for encounters and effectively communicate to the broader public in the interests of presenting, maintaining and passing on cultural, historical...
Reading series

Written and read

What connects contemporary German television actors with Czech literature? A lot!
Travelling exhibition

Born in Bohemia and Moravia – (un)known to us?

Did you know that Ferdinand Porsche, constructor of the VW Beetle, came from Bohemia? Or that the author of "The Robber Hotzenplotz", Otfried Preußler, was born in 1923 in Reichenberg (Liberec) in what was then Czechoslovakia? The touring exhibition of the Cultural Office for the Bohemian Lands "In...
Travelling exhibition

Czechs of prominence

How did Antonín Dvořák perceive the German language? What was the relationship of the composer Leoš Janáček or the soprano Ema Destinová to the Habsburg Monarchy? What moved Karel Čapek and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk to become so committed to peaceful German-Czech coexistence? The travelling...
Travelling exhibition | Online exhibition

Faded, but not gone

In October 2019, students from the universities of Prague, Ústí nad Labem, Regensburg and Passau joined an excursion into the Bohemian forest in search of traces of the region's former German-speaking population. Each participant then chose a photograph taken during the trip and produced a text...
Conference Series

Bohemian Forest Seminar

Lectures, audience discussions, film screenings, concerts – entertaining and authoritative contributions to German-Czech cultural history are presented by the Cultural Advisor for the Bohemian Lands at various locations around the Bohemian Forest region.
series of lectures

Bohemian Biographies

Biographies are treasure troves of history. They often span several political eras and offer a personal perspective of history, shaped by individuals’ experiences of day to day life. 
series of lectures

My path to our Germans

"Our Germans" is what Czechs often call the Sudeten Germans. Both ethnic groups lived together in the Czech Lands for centuries until Nazi terror and expulsions brought this to an end. What personal experiences do Czech intellectuals associate with their former compatriots?

Double-checked

Multiperspectivity enriches discussions enormously. How do representatives of the German-Czech network view current developments in the mutual relations between the two countries? The Cultural Advisor for the Bohemian Lands poses this thought-provoking question.