Culture landscape "Goitzsche"
For the EXPO 2000 the former federal minister for environment Angela
Merkel wanted to document the historically unique change in Germany 10
years after the reunification by the project of remodelling of the old
pits and pitheads. According to Merkel, around 8 million DM were spent
for the „Greatest Project of the Redevelopment of Environment of Europe“
since 1991. The overall costs of the project are 20 billion DM because
the reestablishment of the groundwater level is expensive and lengthly.
06/07/1998 - 1. Probationary flooding
The flooding of the opencast mining areas by the help of the water of
the River Mulde. The flooding should be finished around 2002.
26th April, 1999 - Young linden trees at the Agora - Park
40 young linden trees were planted at the Agora - Park, which adorn
the lakeside of the future lake „Goitzsche“. By this plantoperation on
the peninsula Pouch, the Rotary-Club put a sign for the formation of the
„Hochkippe“. The expenses were 70,000 DM for buying and transporting plants.
6th June, 1999 - Beginning of the project water - level, tower and
seabridge
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The level tower gets ist shape of a coil,
of which the height is determined by the rise of the water level
of the Goitzsche (lake). The coil is a spiral staircare, which makes it
possible for the visitors to reach the viewing platform. The level tower
is situated next to the flooding install action of Mühlbeck
along the federal highway (B 100). The draft and the design was developed
by Prof. Wolfgang Christ, architect and town planning manager of the media
city Weimar. Finally the leveltower drifts on the water, the rising water
level should be indicated by that. Horst Tischer, former county councillor
of Bitterfeld, described the level tower as „kleinen Eiffelturm“ of the
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Since 1984 environmental walking days have been organized. The first
tour led through Möhlau. On 5th June, 1999 the 16th environmental
walking day took place, the aim was a 13 km long hike through the Goitzsche
(area).
Another project was the building of a shore promenade in Bitterfeld,
which at the moment already exists. Furthermore shops and houses (residental
homes), sportsgrounds, playgrounds and a port will be built. The shore
promenade ranges over a distance from 2.5 km from Fritz - Heinrich - Stadion
to the level tower.
The landscape artist Herrmann Prigann (Spain) created the course of
the old Mulde River, which had to make way for mining.
This is a reminiscence of the former course of the river, Prigann has
reset the Mulde River in form of ground waves which are different covered.
Formed out of different grounds, set with bouldes, planted with roses and
low bushes the waves pass on the history of the river. Hermann Prigann
said: „I have registrated the history and I have had a critical look at
the landscape of this charming wasteland of desert and the feelings of
the people here. The Mulde River belongs to this piece of landscape.“
One of the projects out of the largest open air projects of art in the
world is created near Pouch. The artist Hartmut Renner covers the new landscape
with his project „The Skin“ and this covers their wounds. From different
grounds and plants an intensively coloured surface structure is supposed
come into being.
The Agora-Peninsula Pouch
The Agora has the shape of an ear. The designers
and artists want to emphasize the deliberately - produced acoustic characteristics.
The draft of the hearingexperience area was created together with the sound
artist Andreas Bosshard from Zurich.
Furthermore he has been planning an acoustic
scenery of mirrors with a forest reproducing special sound effects.
The Agora shall become a central place for events
in the Goitzsche. It covers an area of about 5,000 m2 and offers
room for 4,000 people. Its lowest point is 5 m under the lawn edge and
its highest one 6 m over the ground level - comparable to a ring.22 seat
or standing tiers, which are divided by 8666 granite blocks, are terraced
in style. The Agora, that can also be used for open-air concerts,
should be part of a natural stage in between the world`s largest landscape
art project.
The Labyrinth Project
It was built by Zenon Polus (Poland). The four
fortresslike buildings, which belong to that project, are in between
a pineforest on the peninsula Pouch. Out of the labyrinth you have different
views, expressing various characteristics of the landscape. The four 40x40
big labyrinths are put on in coats in deliberately coarse
stone structure. The different views out of the ruins show the forest and
will open the view of the Goitzsche Lake later on. The labyrinth
is topless. It symbolizes the man being open to further changes in life.
Marc Babarit and Gilles Bruni (France) have created hills and cones
which are supposed to remind of past forms of former opencast mine landscape.
The mountains are covered with material from the mine, lite rubble and
sand, steel rails and rusty pieces of metal that will soon have disappeared.
Floating islands
This is how Nadia Schmidt (Germany) called her work of art. With her
project the intensively red coloured stones of the Goitzsche were rescued
from sinking and consequently kept alive for future generations.
The Guards
Anatol Herzfeld (Germany) set up the guards of the Goitzsche. The figures
form a group around a boulder from the opencast mine, pupils are supposed
to work out stories about them which will be included in the work of art.Meanwhile
all these projects are realized and became a crowdpuller. (next)
