The river that disappeared
The River Mulde used to flow along the village Pouch. In 1975, the river
was diverted to drain the open-cast mining ´´Goitzsche`` and
to be able to mine about 80 million tons of brown coal. The project
reminds us of the former riverbed of the Mulde. The artists formed the
old riverbed of the Mulde in a wave-like movement with bushes, perennial
herbs, soil, sand, road ledges and old parts of basement. Because of the
wave-like shape, the old riverbed of the Mulde is to be seen again. In
the course of the years, this created movement of landscape will wind its
way through the countryside like a green river with a length of 1,8 km.
The nature ´´as the last partner of the project`` will care
for this lasting change of waves and lines. Where the old riverbed reaches
the future lake, wood pegs of different heights mark the wave theme.
