OffenheitWie offen

How open

How open we are. They are. You are. I am. Value scale. No borders. No nations. Semipermeable. No one is illegitimate...

OffenheitKunst am Bau

Art in architecture

Before the values workshop, I sat on Lübeck's newly designed Drehbrückenplatz in the warm fr...

OffenheitOhne Abschied

Without saying goodbye

About 15 years ago, my father separated from my mother. He had started a new relationship, which...

OffenheitWas wir sind

What we are

I discovered the city's alchemy with my sister. Of course, we could meet under the name...

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OffenheitDas gestohlene Geld

The stolen money

Here's a story from my childhood! I was seven years old and collecting Bonanza cards (in 1960)...

OffenheitHerz verschenkt

Heart given away

In 2007, after finishing my studies, I moved to Costa Rica for about six months. M...

OffenheitRing

ring

The beach walk about honesty. Should I say it or not? The ring, it's so wonderful...

OffenheitGedrehtes Seil

Twisted rope

One day, I spent some time with children in the history room spinning ropes on a Reeperbahn. A...

OffenheitJeder so wie er will

Everyone as they want

I'm open about my cancer, which not everyone likes. A good friend said, so...

OffenheitDie Alchemie

The Alchemy

It was a special day on the calendar. The entry "Alchemy" piqued my curiosity. The small...

OffenheitDie Seele

The soul

I recently came to Lübeck for a job interview. I'd spent my entire life in...

OffenheitTischgemeinschaft

Table fellowship

Limitless possibilities seem—paradoxically—to place limits on openness. Standing on the bus...

OffenheitGeklaut

Stolen

She had only been with us for a few weeks. I had waited so long for this moment, and now...

OffenheitDie Jugendlichen

The youngsters

Community work, church, sports, interaction with people on the street, respect for young people...

OffenheitDantons Tod

Danton's Death

A friend of mine was the acting director at the local theater for a while 20 years ago. His...

OffenheitKapuze

hood

Once, when I was little, I was at the main train station. I wasn't the only one bustling around me...

OffenheitNachtigall

nightingale

In my 26 years as a pastor, I have experienced these special experiences time and again, through ups and downs...

OffenheitDie Blumen Europas

The Flowers of Europe

In my study, there's a postcard hanging above the desk showing Lübeck's town hall...

OffenheitIn der Deutschstunde

In German class

I was born in Istanbul. When I was three years old, my mother and I moved to Germany...

OffenheitLiebe

Love

The story comes from my 98-year-old grandmother. She grew up in the countryside in Lower Saxony during...

OffenheitSchlüsselbegriff

Key term

Reminder: Here, in this city, last summer – a "master class" of a different kind. A young...

OffenheitMein drittes Kind

My third child

My husband and I have two bright, healthy boys. When the youngest started kindergarten, he said...

OffenheitKaffee

Coffee

As a student, I always have a little too little money, but too much desire for freedom and...

OffenheitDas Lächeln

The smile

During my 2021 summer vacation in the Allgäu, I took part in the “Run of Good Hope” with my family, a...