In the Bornstedt district, a history trail is to be created that brings local history to life through both non-digital and digital elements. Under expert guidance, interested residents, especially school classes from the district, will be able to explore the rich history of the neighbourhood. The elements for this will be developed during the implementation. For example, the initial use as a hunting ground and later military use, as well as the importance of Bornstedt for garden and landscape history, could be explored.
Local history will be made interactive through audiovisual experiences – such as with virtual reality elements. Physical markers in the neighbourhood will connect analogue elements (information texts) with digital components (virtual or augmented reality elements).
The aim of the history trail is a neighbourhood project that brings the community together and strengthens identification with the district. In addition, the project will make a valuable contribution to the quality of social relationships within the district through its methodology, i.e. through the joint development process with its culture of remembrance. The project is thus in the tradition of the historical workshops of the 1970s and 1980s, which were mostly carried out in the western German federal states during this time. Here, residents also came together, sometimes founding associations, to examine the history of their district or place of residence. These associations are still active in some cases today. The focus was, and still is, on the critical examination of regional history, which is why the work in the historical workshop also had a political educational mandate.
The completed history trail will be interesting for both locals and tourists.
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