Info brochure Remembrance Connects Oder-Warta

Three new places of encounter and remembrance In the project, three historic buildings were also refurbished in order to pre- serve and put them to new uses. Three new tourist focal points were created for the cultural tourism brand „Remembrance connects“, through which visitors can be informed and guided to the region. „Museum History Station Seelow (Mark)“ The former Seelow (Mark) sta- tion building is a representative functional building from the 19th century in typical railway archi- tecture. The reception building from the German Empire has permanently lost its function, although the station on the Frankfurt (Oder) - Eberswalde line is still in oper- ation. On 200 barrier-free square metres, a modern museum learning and ex- perience site for recent regional history has been created on the ground floor, corresponding with the “Seelow Heights” memorial 300 meters away. On the upper floor there is a project flat and office and archive rooms. “Cultural, Educational and Meeting Centre for Regional History Słońsk” The building, a former town house in the centre of the vil- lage, was built at the end of the 19th century in an eclectic style. Vacant and decaying since around 1980, it has now been extensively renovated and equipped with barrier-free access. Today, it con- veys the diverse history of the municipality of Słońsk and the region and com- plements offerings from the Martyrdom Museum and the ruins of St. John’s Castle Sonnenburg. On the ground floor there is a large conference room. The upper floor houses exhibition rooms, rooms for workshops and research work, and a library. The top floor has dormitories for students and project staff. “Communication Centre and Meeting Place in Villa Wagener Kostrzyn nad Odrą” The Wagener Villa is a former factory owner’s villa built in 19th century Küstrin by the Wagener family (machine, steam boiler, copper factory Cüstrin-Neus- tadt). It survived the heavy bom- bardment by the Red Army in spring 1945 as one of very few buildings and was subsequently used as the administrative headquarters of the Soviet occupiers and later of the town of Kostrzyn nad Odrą. Vacant since 2006, it has now been transformed into a modern German-Polish communication and creative centre.