An entertaining, literary, thoroughly researched, and captivating journey focusing on Ringelnatz and Asta Nielsen, which takes us to Hiddensee.
The well-known Hiddensee author Ute Fritsch has taken an in-depth look at the brilliant poet-sailor Joachim Ringelnatz and the silent film star Asta Nielsen on Hiddensee. The result is an amusing and entertaining read about Hiddensee—a literary stroll that transports readers back to the island in the late 1920s. Thoroughly researched, Ute’s book blends historical and contemporary elements.
In the summer of 1929, Joachim Ringelnatz was invited by his longtime friend, Asta Nielsen—then Germany’s biggest female movie star—to her summer home, “Karusel,” on Hiddensee. (The Asta Nielsen House still stands on Hiddensee today.) Together with his wife “Muschelkalk” and other artist friends, he spent some of his happiest weeks there. The island inspired him to write enchanting poems; he painted, built sculptures, and collected stones on the beach… The presence of his close friend Asta led him to write the now-little-known seafaring drama “Die Flasche.” Just five years later, Ringelnatz died in poverty at the age of only 51. Asta Nielsen was so distraught by her friend’s death that she left her beautiful “Karusel” on Hiddensee and Germany forever.
Ute Fritsch has succeeded in writing a moving historical account that also whets the reader’s appetite for the island of Hiddensee. Funny stories and newly uncovered details about Ringelnatz by the sea will enchant the audience. The author will supplement the book reading with stories about Ringelnatz’s close friend on Hiddensee, the painter Helene Herveling-Brockenheuser, and his “favorite house on Hiddensee.”
We are very much looking forward to her author reading from her book “Mit Ringelnatz auf Hiddensee” on November 19, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m.) here at our lovingly restored Alte Pferdestall Fahren.
“We attended a reading by Ute Fritsch on Hiddensee, and we enjoyed it so much that we asked her if she’d be willing to read for us as well…” reported association member Jan Rose.
When the registered cultural association Alter Pferdestall Fahren e. V. isn’t using this idyllically situated venue for concerts or readings, it can be rented for weddings, family celebrations, corporate events, or as vacation accommodations, offering spacious facilities for groups and/or families.
Fahren is conveniently located, just 3 km from the Zurow highway exit: off the beaten path in the countryside, yet still close by.
Drinks and light refreshments.
Start: 7:00 p.m. · Doors open: 6:00 p.m.
Admission: 10 € · Tickets available online at www.alter-pferdestall-fahren.de or at the box office
Photos: © Ute Fritsch
