The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

The names and works of the painters Friedrich Becker, Ludwig Erdmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Heithecker, Franz Xaver Laudage, Paul Graf von Merveldt, Franz Thöne, and Max Todt are virtually unknown today. They all came from the Paderborn region and studied at the "Royal Prussian Art Academy" in Düsseldorf in the 19th century, at that time one of the most internationally renowned training centers for visual artists. The painters from Paderborn participated in the epochal movements of the "Düsseldorf School of Painting" in religious art ("Nazarenes"), in portrait, history, genre, and landscape painting. However, unlike the works of many of their classmates, their paintings are rarely found in the exhibition spaces and archives of museums and public collections. The exhibition in the Castle Hall of Wewelsburg offers the opportunity for their rediscovery.

View of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840)

One of the few works by the students of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the possession of the District Museum Wewelsburg is this view of the former Kloster Böddeken (around 1840). The painter Ludwig Erdmann was born there in 1820 as the son of a Prussian head forester.

In the Castle Hall

Entry to the special exhibition and for visiting the Historical Museum:

Adults 3€ | Children, reduced 1.50€ | Family ticket 6€

Tue to Fri 10am-5pm; Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10am-6pm; Closed on Mondays

During the entertaining tour, one gets an overview from the Stone Age to the end of the Prince-Bishopric in the 19th century. A wide arc is drawn from the nobility, the clergy, the citizens to the farmers. Noteworthy architectural traces such as the historic witch cellar or unique sacred treasures of the Baroque and Rococo periods convey a vivid picture of life in past centuries in the Paderborn region.

Participation fee (per person): 2 €

Advance ticket sales during opening hours at the museum or online at www.wewelsburg.de

During the entertaining tour, one receives an overview from the Stone Age to the end of the Prince-Bishopric in the 19th century. A wide arc is drawn from the nobility, the clergy, the citizens to the farmers. Noteworthy traces of construction such as the historic witch cellar or unique sacred treasures of the Baroque and Rococo periods convey a vivid picture of life in past centuries in the Paderborn region.

Participation fee (per person): 3 €

Tickets can be purchased during museum opening hours or online at www.wewelsburg.de

The tour offers a detailed and informative insight into the ideological foundations of the Schutzstaffel (SS) of the NSDAP and their criminal consequences.

The memorial educators provide information about the local events in Wewelsburg as well as the European dimensions of the SS activities. The permanent exhibition is the only comprehensive museum presentation of the history and crimes of the SS.

Participation fee (per person): 3 €

Tickets can be purchased during opening hours at the museum or online at www.wewelsburg.de

Everyone knows maps and street signs. But how did princes-bishops and their guests find their way to Wewelsburg in earlier centuries, without any technical aids? The museum provides answers and you can learn a lot about traveling in the past. After an introduction to GPS devices for "Muggles", it's off on an adventurous journey to the coordinates. There are tricky tasks to solve around Wewelsburg. The kids can look forward to it!

Please note: Sturdy footwear and weatherproof clothing should be considered. In case of very bad weather, an alternative program may be arranged.

Participation per person: 3 €

Tickets can be purchased during museum opening hours or online at www.wewelsburg.de

The tour offers a detailed and informative insight into the ideological foundations of the Schutzstaffel (SS) of the NSDAP and their criminal consequences.

The memorial educators provide information about the local events in Wewelsburg as well as the European dimensions of the SS activities. The permanent exhibition is the only comprehensive museum presentation of the history and crimes of the SS.

Participation fee (per person): 3 €

Tickets can be purchased during opening hours at the museum or online at www.wewelsburg.de