Origami in Germany

• Once a year Origami Deutschland organises a major convention with an international attendence, which is also open to any non-members who may be interested. The conventions are held in different parts of the country and are normally attended by around 100-150 people. As an added incentive we generally invite one or two notable origami creators from abroad to present their latest designs and give workshops explaining how to fold them.

• For more information concerning the next convention (venue, dates, invitation, information, special guests, layout guidelines and submission deadline for contributions to the convention book, registration forms etc.), click either here or on the convention logo.

Information about previous Conventions

  01. Freising 1989
  02. Freising 1990
  03. Bad Blankenburg 1991
  04. Karlsruhe 1992
  05. Freising 1993
  06. Altenberg 1994
  07. Freising 1995
  08. Berlin 1996
  09. Würzburg 1997
  10. Freising 1998
  11. Hildesheim 1999
  12. Hohenwart 2000
  13. Brannenburg 2001
  14. Merseburg 2002
  15. Bonn 2003
  16. Melle 2004
  17. Brannenburg 2005
  18. Dresden 2006
  19. Bonn 2007
  20. Freiburg 2008
  21. Berlin 2009
  22. Bonn 2010
  23. Salem 2011

Bergisch Gladbach

Meeting:
Every second Saturday
in odd months -
(with summer break)

Place:
Evangelische Begegnungsstätte
August-Kierspel-Str. 96
Bergisch Gladbach - Paffrath

Contact:
Elfie Franke, Steinenkamp 13
51469 Bergisch Gladbach
Phone: 02202-50828

Berlin

Meeting:
Every last Sunday
in the month -
16:00-19:00 h

Place:
Duisburger Str. 14
10707 Berlin (ground floor, through the front garden,
next to Wahl, near Adenauerplatz) -
2 € Entrance fee !!!

Contact:
Rainer Caspary, Mickestraße 3,
13409 Berlin
Phone: 030-4915216

Bönen (near Unna)

Meeting:
Every second Monday in the month -
start at 18:00 h

Place:
Please ask Mrs. Trowe for the room

Contact:
Pamela Trowe

Breisach am Rhein

Meeting:
Once a month, at Saturday -
14:00-18:00 h
(dates upon arrangement)

Place:
Kandelstr. 31
opposite of LIDL-Market
79206 Breisach

Contact:
Sabine Käfer - Tel: 07667-941019

Anja Drews - Tel: 07665-9320487

Bremen

Meeting:
Every first Saturday
in the month -
14:00-16:00 h

Place:
St. Joseph Stift
Schwachhauser Heerstr. 54
28209 Bremen

Contact:
Barbara Frank
Tel: 0421-271865

Chemnitz

Meeting:
Every second month -
Friday, start at 14:00 h
(dates upon arrangement)

Place:
Therapeutische Fördereinrichtung
Zschopauer Str. 107
09126 Chemnitz

Contact:
Dr. Angela Häußler
Tel: 0371-5382420

Freiburg

Meeting:
Every last Sunday
in the month -
14:00-18:00 h

Place:
Johannesgasse 3
Freiburg-Rieselfeld, tramway 5,
stop: Maria-von-Rudloff-Platz,
multi-function-room, entrance at lower
level via outdoor staircase

Contact:
Joan Sallas, Am Anger 6
79110 Freiburg
Phone/Fax: 0761-4767971

Greifswald

Meeting:
Every second Tuesday
in the month -
16:30-18:00 h

Place:
"Treffpunkt Kirche"
Lomonossow-Allee 55
17489 Greifswald

Contact:
Tel: 03834-885879
homepage / blog

Grenzach

Meeting:
Every third Friday
in the month, 19:30-22:00 h

Place:
ev. Gemeindehaus
Hauptstraße
79639 Grenzach

Contact:
Brigitte Lindemann
Phone: 07624-913229

Halle / Saale

Meeting:
Every last Thursday
in the month -
start at 19:00 h

Place:
Origami-Stammtisch
Gasthof "Goldenes Herz"
Mansfelder Str. 57
Halle

Contact:
Ilona Schönewerk
Phone: 0345-5500035 and
Regina Kasparek
Phone: 0345-1240210

Hamburg

Meeting:
At following Sundays:
22.01. + 25.03. + 22.04. +
10.06. + 12.08. + 16.09. +
18.11.2012

Place:
14:00 - 14:15 h
Entrance hall, at the museums shop,
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Hamburg, Steintorplatz

Contact:
Ines von Felbert
Phone: 040-68919520

or
Dagmar Humsi

Hannover

Meeting:
Meeting of the "Nordlichter"
once a year -
on appointment

Place:
Liebfrauen-Gemeinde-Haus
Karl Kellner Straße 67
Hannover-Langenhagen

Contact:
Heide Karst

Hessen

Meeting:
on appointment

Place:
on appointment

Contact:
Sabine Dirks, Von-Ketteler-Straße 13
64297 Darmstadt
Phone: 06151-53448

Ingolstadt

Meeting:
info on her site
look at "Links / private homepages"

Place:
"Kunst-Werk" im Klenzepark
Flankenbatterie 105
Ingolstadt

Contact:
Carmen Sprung, Schubertstraße 2
85276 Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Phone: 08441-805750

Jena

Meeting:
Every last Wednesday
in the month
(except July, August, December) -
15:00-17:00 h

Place:
Seniorenbüro "55 plus"
Dammstraße 32
(DRK)
Jena

Contact:
Ingrid Flößner, Leo-Sachse-Straße 36
07749 Jena
Phone: 03641-331403

Kassel

Meeting:
Every second month -
ask for exact dates -
(maximum 15 participants)

Place:
on appointment

Contact:
Matthias Eichel, Christian-Beyer-Straße 9
34128 Kassel
Phone: 0561-3160373

Kreuztal

Treffen:
Every last Friday
in even months -
15:00-18:00 h

Treffpunkt:
Turnhalle des TuS Fellinghausen
Schulstr. 6,
57223 Kreuztal

Kontakt:
Sigrid Fuhrmann
Tel: 02732-26808

Kiel

Meeting:
Meeting of the "Nordlichter"
once a year -
on appointment

Place:
Eivid-Berggrav-Zentrum
Altenholz bei Kiel

Contact:
Jens Boll

Ladenburg

Meeting:
- no info -

Place:
- no info -

Contact:
- no info -

Langen (Hessen)

Meeting:
Every first and third Friday
in the month -
start at 15:00 h

Place:
Nordendtreff
63225 Langen

Contact:
Winchen Krull, Feldbergstr. 35/76
63225 Langen
Phone: 06103-27622

Leipzig

Meeting:
Every second Sunday
in the month -
14:00-17:00 h

Place:
Café Grundmann
August-Bebel-Str. 2
04275 Leipzig

Contact:
Anja Markiewicz

München

Meeting:
Every second Monday
in the month -
start at 18:00 h

Place:
on appointment

Contact:
Helmut Bichler, Bahnhofstraße 103
82166 Gräfelfing
Phone: 089-8542776
http://www.gruen-design.de/origami.html

Oldenburg

Meeting:
Every third Saturday
in the month - start at 15:00 h

Place:
Meeting at: Café "Obendrauf"
Weißenmoorstraße 299
26125 Oldenburg

Contact:
Birgit Schumacher
Tel: 0441-6001055

Potsdam

Meeting:
Every Monday -
17:00-20:00 h

Place:
Am Neuen Palais
House 12, Room 00.01

Contact:
Anja Markiewicz

Schleswig

Meeting:
March + April + October + November
(dates upon arrangement) -
Kids: 15:00-17:00 h
Adults: 19:00-22:00 h

Place:
upon arrangement

Contact:
Helga Labs
Tel: 04621-22277

Stuttgart

Meeting:
Every first or second Saturday
in odd months

Place:
Esslingen-Berkheim

Contact:
Antonie Gallasch
Phone: 07161-42211

Sülfeld

Meeting:
Every Monday
in the month -
start at 19:00 h

Place:
Bistro am Altenheim
Stoltenweg
23867 Sülfeld

Contact:
Dr. Ulrike Krallmann-Wenzel
Buchenweg 6
23867 Sülfeld
Phone: 04537-424

Newspaper Articles

• Announcement: International Convention of Origami Deutschland 2004 in Melle
• Report: International Convention of Origami Deutschland 2004 in Melle
• Exhibition 2004: Historische Spuren in Halle, organised by Joan Sallas
• Es gibt Liebe auf den ersten Knick - Interview about Origami with Andrea Thanner
• Christmas Origami 2004 in the Landeskreditkasse/Kassel by Matthias Eichel
• Announcement: Evi Binzinger organises the Origami Peace Tree Festival 2005 in Münster
• Origami nach Dresdner Art (concerning the meeting in Dresden 2006)
• Falzende Faltkünstler (concerning the meeting in Dresden 2006)
• Joan Sallas präsentiert alte Dresdner Origami-Modelle (concerning the meeting in Dresden 2006)
• Falten wie Profis - Origamikünstler geben Einblicke in die Papierkunst (concerning the meeting in Dresden 2006)
• Mehr Oper als Dusche - Interview with Joan Sallas (concerning the Conference about the Didaktics of Paperfolding in Freiburg-Rieselfeld 2006)
• Die Kunst der Entfaltung (concerning the Conference about the Didaktics of Paperfolding in Freiburg-Rieselfeld 2006)
• Origami: Schere und Kleber sind der Feind (concerning the Conference about the Didaktics of Paperfolding in Freiburg-Rieselfeld 2006)
• Hauptstadt des Papierfaltens (concerning the German Convention 2007 in Bonn)
• Origami sans frontières (German-French Origami Meeting at Durrenentzen/France)
• Große Welt aus kleinem Papier (about the origami by Gabi Vogt)
• Geschickt geknickt (article out of the Apothekenrundschau)
• Papierkünstler verraten den Kniff (Jens Boll organizes local Meetings in Kiel)
• Dodecahedron und Donnerknaller - Origami in der Therapie (about the application of origami in therapy by Dr. Angela Häußler)
• Exhibition 2007 about the art of paperfolding by Wilhelm Möller
• Papierfalten à la Kawasaki ist Kunst - About the 20th Convention of Origami Deutschland
• Wie ein Blatt Papier zum Kunstwerk wird - About the 21th Convention of Origami Deutschland
• Mitteldeutscher Origami-Tag in Gera - Die Falter kommen
• Mitteldeutscher Origamitag in Gera - Kunst des Papierfaltens in Gera
• Ausstellung in den Gera Arcaden - Origami: Falten erwünscht!
• Mitteldeutschland faltet in Gera erstmals gemeinsam
• Wenn Papier fliegen lernt
• Papier und Technik - Information about origami
• Falten für ein Kinderheim in Japan - announcement new
• Falten für ein Kinderheim in Japan - report new

Articles

• The History of Paperfolding. A German Perspective -
  by David Lister (pdf-file)
• Foil-Backing Paper - by Sebastian Kirsch (pdf-file)
• Info-Flyer about the paper art of Junior Jacquet (pdf-file)