Leipzig Weiden Prag Nürnberg Amberg Regensburg Passau München Stadt Tirschenreuth Maximilianplatz 35 95643 Tirschenreuth ! < (+49) 9631 609 11 TIRSCHENREUTH’S % (+49) 9631 609 49 NEW PASSION [email protected] OF THE CHRIST For further information, please visit us at www.stadt-tirschenreuth.de 27 March - 18 April, 2020 TIRSCHENREUTH’S BIENVENUE! WELCOME! PASSION OF THE CHRIST HERZLICH WILKOMMEN! Foto: © Peter Schön Seated in “the Land of 1,000 Lakes”, Tirschenreuth and Tirschenreuth looks forward to hosting the many its eponymous district are important administrational and delegations of EUROPASSION – the association of economic locations in Bavaria’s Upper-Palatinate region. European Passion of the Christ theatre groups and venues – in Spring 2020. Several unique and inspiring experiences Tirschenreuth is known for its many cultural treasures, await you at Tirschenreuth’s New Passion staging: next such as the Fischhofpark, a landscaping park with its to the EUROPASSION convention on 18 April, 2020, you well-known Fischhof Bridge, the district’s centuries- will also have the opportunity to visit the birthplace of old traditional fi sh farming sites, and the district seat’s world-famous Catholic mystic Therese Neumann, also stimulating MuseumsQuartier, home to many a historical known as Resl of Konnersreuth. Her birthplace is situated and cultural artefact. only a few kilometres north of Tirschenreuth. One noteworthy cultural treasure is Tirschenreuth’s Passion of the Christ. Ever since its premier in 1997, EUROPASSION Tirschenreuth’s Passion, staged once every fi ve years, continuously fascinates and delights its audiences. Staging the Passion of the Christ is a longstanding With Johannes Reitmeier’s new staging titled tradition all across Europe. Many towns and cities stage Tirschenreuth’s New Passion of the Christ ( Production: their own Passions every year, in addition to the many res- Johannes Reitmeier and Stefan Tilch ), this Passion is pective plays and processions during the Holy Week. certain to continue the decades’-long success story. Almost 30 years ago, the idea to join eastern and wes- tern European theatre groups staging the Passion of the Tirschenreuth’s New Passion of the Christ will premier Christ to an association was born. This led to the founding on 27 March, 2020. Further dates are 29 March as well as of EUROPASSION with the help of the association‘s most 03 April, tireless advocate, the late Maurice Clos ( † 2009, Paris ). 04 April, The central goal of the association is the proclamation 05 April, of the Gospel by staging the Passion of the Christ, as well 09 April, as the support and promotion of cultural and social 11 April and 18 April, 2020. contacts between the various groups and venues..