Kleist Museum

After the end of the war a new collection was gradually pieced together in the municipal library.

The building and collection were officially opened on 20 September 1969 as the Kleist-Gedenk- und Forschungsstätte ("Kleist Memorial and Research Site").

Besides the care of the surviving intellectual and literary legacy of Heinrich von Kleist the museum also includes in its remit the literary legacy of his relatives Ewald Christian von Kleist and Franz Alexander von Kleist, and also of Caroline and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.

Readings, lectures and literary-musical events corresponding to whatever exhibition is on display take place regularly.

In June the summer festival is held, and in October the Kleist Festtage.