Wewerka Pavillon - Münster
Hinrich von Hagens Schatz im Aasee
14.09. - 19.10.2003
Dirk Dietrich Hennig - exhibition view: Hinrich von Hagen´s Schatz im
Aasee Wewerka Pavillon Münster © photo: Seth Widman, 2003
Hennig, Dirk:
Der Schatz im Aasee
Die ganze Wahrheit. - Nach den Aufzeichnungen
von Dr. Jaap van Hoofstraat
Münster: Solibro-Verl., 2004
1. Aufl. – 143 S.: Ill. – 8,90 €
ISBN 978-3-932927-23-2
(Historoman, Bd. 1) German
Book review:
"If you take a walk on Lake Aase in Münster on a sunny
weekend and see several other walkers with a spade, you
shouldn't be surprised. These “spade walkers” have browsed
the bookstore and discovered the book “The Treasure in Lake
Aa - The Whole Truth” by local researcher Dirk Hennig. Yes,
there is said to be the treasure of the Münster merchant Hinrich
von Hagen. And the treasure, as this book tells us, is still not
upscale. Hard to believe? The author has a completely different
opinion and, in addition to exciting reading, provides the
historical facts. Every reader who has only saved a little of his
carefree childhood imagination from sunken treasures feels
tempted to run immediately into the basement to look for the
spade, so credible is the book.
Seriously: Dirk Hennig provides credible evidence that wealth is
slumbering somewhere under the Aasee waves. It was only a
few years ago that the author was given the fascinating
opportunity to browse the archive of the historian Dr. Jaap van
Hoofstraat. He came across the story of Hinrich von Hagen,
followed it and wrote a captivating treatise in which even
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff finds her mysterious place.
Hinrich von Hagen lived in Münster in the time of the
Anabaptists, who condemned all wealth. In the 16th century the
merchant had no choice but to take his gold and silver to the
city walls and bury it on a dark night. Incidentally, he did not
return alive from this task, this adventure. Documentaries,
records, stories and diaries want to underpin the authenticity of
this story. Dirk Hennig took great care to accurately reproduce
these historical facts. The book contains the treasure map from
1534 discovered in 1844 and also photographs from the early
period of the previous century, which show that the treasure
hunt on Lake Aa is actually nothing new.The treasure of von
Hagen never left the search of the Münster residents. Does it
exist or not?
Whatever the answer may be: Dirk Hennig has created a lively
documentary that deserves to be called a home thriller. And by
no means only for historians and local historians. Where's my
spade?"
Stefan Herringslack
Heimatpflege in Westfalen – 20. Jg., 5/2007 S.37
Press releases:
"And this in an exciting way that you would like to be there if
you tried to recover the treasure yourself, because maybe only
a few meters are missing ..."
Münsterland Magazin, 4/2004, p.126f
"Telling more about the book would relieve the tension on the
well-written book. (...) Would history be taught in our schools -
there would be significantly more twos than five! (...) Very
recommendable!
draußen!" 9/2005, S.28
"The title (...) is an exciting documentary."
Westfälische Nachrichten, 23.10.2004
"Could it be that you will soon see the Münsterländer marching
to Münster's Aasee with shouldered spades." Münster Zeitung,
23.10.2004
"The archive of historian Dr. Jaap van Hoofstraat (...) forms the
basis for a very smart game of documentation and fiction."
Gig magazine, 2/05, S.76
"After reading this book you can not avoid believing in a
treasure in the Aasee (...) The rather slim book reads very
pleasantly (...) The whole story looks particularly attractive due
to the numerous pictures and illustrations Bridging the cloudy
weather in winter (...) invites the book to dream of treasure and
dive in Lake Aa"
Semesterspiegel, 1/05, p.33
"Author Hennig has documented the search for gold on wet
ground. Is there still a treasure in Lake Aa?"
Die Glocke, 25.10.2004
"Dirk Hennig provides credible evidence that wealth is
slumbering somewhere under the Aasee waves. (...) Dirk
Hennig has created a lively documentary that definitely
deserves to be called a home thriller."
Heimatpflege in Westfalen, 5/2007, p.37
"This lively documentation is intended for every Münsterlander
who wants to read an exciting book and learn something
enlightening about his local history."
Provincial-Magazin, 3/04, p.56
"... mandatory reading for every Münsterlander who still
believes in adventure. Grafschafter Nachrichten, 09.11.2004
Read a gripping book and learn something enlightening about
its history. The documentary about Hinrich von Hagen and his
immense treasure in the Aasee Münsters does both. (...) Must-
read for Münsterers with an adventurous spirit."
Wirtschaftsspiegel (IHK), 6/2005, S.32
"New book encourages search for treasure."
Wir in Detten, Wir in Rheine, Wir in Greven, 04.11.2004
