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'''Die Knollestromber e. V.''' is an amateur theatre group in [[wikipedia:Nisterau|Nisterau]] in the [[wikipedia:Westerwald|Westerwald]], [[wikipedia:Rhineland-Palatinate|Rhineland-Palatinate]], Germany. It grew out of a theatre group founded in 1996 and stages comedies in the local [[wikipedia:German dialects|dialect]], usually every two years.<ref name="site" />

== History ==
Early in 1996 six residents of Nisterau founded the theatre group "Die Akteure", with the aim of offering some diversion during the winter months and of cultivating the local dialect. Its first production, ''Eine Frau muss her'', was staged in November 1996 and repeated two months later. In November 1999 the theatre association "Die Knollestromber" emerged from "Die Akteure".<ref name="site" /> A 2002 press report, by contrast, gives 1995 as the founding year and counts five productions up to that point.<ref name="wz2002" />

The name refers to the "Knollestromber", a part-time farmer who goes to the field with his ''Korscht'' (hoe) to break up large clods of earth; the association chose the figure as its symbol to express its ties to the Westerwald and its people. The group performed from 2000 to 2011, then paused for four years before returning in 2015 with ''Tante Trude aus Buxtehude''.<ref name="site" /><ref name="wz2015" />

== Repertoire ==
The group performs comedies in the local dialect, ''Pöhler Platt''.<ref name="wz2002" /> According to the municipality's page, improvisation after slips on stage has become part of its style.<ref name="site" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions (incomplete)
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Notes
|-
| 1996 || ''Eine Frau muss her'' || || First production, as "Die Akteure"; repeated two months later<ref name="site" />
|-
| 2001 || ''Das verflixte Klassentreffen'' || Regina Rösch || Comedy in three acts; further performances in autumn 2002<ref name="wz2002" />
|-
| 2015 || ''Tante Trude aus Buxtehude'' || || Comedy; return after a four-year break<ref name="wz2015" />
|-
| 2017 || ''Frauenpower'' || Bernd Gombold || Comedy in three acts<ref name="wz2017" />
|-
| 2019 || ''Das Stammtischkind'' || || Premiere in a sold-out hall<ref name="wz2019" />
|}

== Venue ==
The group performs in the "Großer Saal" of the Nisterau Dorfgemeinschaftshaus ([[wikipedia:Village hall|village hall]]), which seats about 150. Its roughly 20 active members build the stage, set and costumes themselves.<ref name="site" /> In 2002 the municipality bought a raked stand for the hall for the performances of the group and of the children's and youth theatre "Hoppelpoppels".<ref name="wz2002" />

== Organisation ==
The children of the Nisterau kindergarten formed the theatre group "Die Hoppelpoppels", which presented its first piece, ''Isemir Hoppelpoppel'', in March 2000.<ref name="site" /> The 2002 press report describes it as the Knollestromber's youth troupe.<ref name="wz2002" /> In 2002 the Hoppelpoppels received a commendation in the district competition "Wäller Jugend hat Zukunft".<ref name="hoppel2002" />

== References ==
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<ref name="site">[https://nisterau.de/gemeinde/vereine/knollestromber Die Knollestromber], Ortsgemeinde Nisterau, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027162452/https://nisterau.de/gemeinde/vereine/knollestromber Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="wz2002">[https://web.archive.org/web/20021213061542/http://www.nisterau.de:80/aktuell/amuesante_thea/amuesante_theaterkunst_blueht.htm Amüsante Theaterkunst blüht in Nisterau], Westerwälder Zeitung, 6 November 2002, reproduced on nisterau.de, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="wz2015">[https://web.archive.org/web/20190822123127/https://nisterau.de/aktuell/11-tante-trude-besucht-den-westerwald Tante Trude besucht den Westerwald], Westerwälder Zeitung, 26 October 2015, excerpt on nisterau.de, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="wz2017">[https://web.archive.org/web/20191021054907/https://nisterau.de/aktuell/35-theater-wahlkampf-wird-zum-krieg-der-geschlechter Theater: Wahlkampf wird zum Krieg der Geschlechter], Westerwälder Zeitung, 16 October 2017, excerpt on nisterau.de, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="wz2019">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200815111722/https://nisterau.de/aktuell/42-die-knollestromber-klaeren-vaterschaftsfrage Die Knollestromber klären Vaterschaftsfrage], Westerwälder Zeitung, 14 October 2019, excerpt on nisterau.de, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="hoppel2002">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020715213002/http://nisterau.de:80/aktuell/hoppelpoppels_auszeichnung.htm Hoppelpoppels Auszeichnung], Wäller Blättchen, 2002, reproduced on nisterau.de, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
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