In the Middle Ages, the vast majority of the population lived in the countryside. Women carried out a variety of tasks in addition to the strenuous work in the fields: They prepared the daily meals, washed clothes, hauled water and made clothes for their families. The only way to escape the grueling cycle of childbearing and hard physical labor was to live in a monastery. It was only in the flourishing cities of the late Middle Ages that new opportunities opened up for women. Women were successful in trade, they worked in many trades, ran merchant stores or sold their products. The economic development of the cities had a lasting effect on the position of women. The exhibition highlights the different roles of women in the Middle Ages. The many tasks that women had to perform are vividly illustrated, from basket weaving to feather grinding, from gathering herbs to brewing beer . The exhibition "Women's lives in the Middle Ages" was conceived by the art historian Dr. Alice Selinger, Dreieich. Saturday, 15.03.2025 to Sunday, 22.06.2025 EXHIBITION The exhibition is complemented by an accompanying program for different age groups . Further information will be available from March at www.kloster-wechterswinkel- kultur.de and in the Rhön-Grabfeld cultural calendar. Wednesday - Sunday and public holidays from 13:00 - 17:00. Wechterswinkel MonasteryUm den Bau 6, Wechterswinkel, Bastheim, 97654 Bastheim OT Wechterswinkel

Program from 14. - June 15, 2025: Opening hours Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm Sunday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Artists and craftsmen demonstrate old craftsmanship - forging, spinning, paper making, calligraphy, veduta painting, stone carving... Monks from Neuzelle (Oder) present the new Cistercian monastery Handmade music with the medieval band Wolgemut Lupus the juggler ZOEKON, incense & singing bowls with Roland Ratzburg (Not only) children learn juggling and other circus tricks Pony rides and petting sheep Painting ceramics Duo pessulantus with old children's games Saturday 12, 1.30 and 3 p.m. Birte Bernstein tells fairy tales 10-17 h “Schönes aus Papier” - Creative design at the stand of the youth art school Sunday 1, 2.30 and 4 p.m. Birte Bernstein tells fairy tales 13.30 in the circus tent Youth theater group from the Kornhaus with “The big question” Admission: 5 Euro per person, children up to 14 years free 3 Euro for pupils and severely disabled persons Visitors to the Klostermarkt receive a discount of 1 euro on presentation of their Münster admission ticket.  

Travelling folk, craftsmen, clanking swords and shining armor, smoking fires and much more can be discovered at our medieval festival. You can also be creative or compete in medieval children's games. Saturdays from 12:00 - 20:00 Sundays from 11:00 - 18:00 Family tours through the current exhibition Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 pm Admission: €5, children up to the age of 6 free (tickets only available at the box office) Wechterswinkel MonasteryUm den Bau 6, 97654 Bastheim OT Wechterswinkel Organizer: Kulturagentur Rhön-Grabfeld