4th Saxon State Exhibition

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The 4th Saxon State Exhibition with the title Boom. 500 years of industrial culture in Saxony takes place in the region of south-west Saxony and is dedicated to industrial culture and the industrial history of Saxony . The exhibition can be seen from July 11 to December 31, 2020. The focus of the state exhibition, which is being held for the first time in several locations in the Free State, is the relationship between industry, culture and people and their environment, which is shaped by industry. The central exhibition takes place in the Audi building in Zwickau . In addition, six technology and industrial museums in the region, the so-called Schauplätze, host additional special exhibitions. The title refers to the constantly newly created economic dynamism in industrial development, for the characteristic Saxon history since the Renaissance - mining is.

Finding phase

According to the resolution of the Saxon State Parliament of April 19, 2011, the 4th Saxon State Exhibition was to be held in the region of south-west Saxony on the topic of industrial culture. The state exhibition was originally supposed to take place in 2018. After the award to the city of Zwickau in 2014, it was determined that the planned implementation in the listed Horch building could not be implemented. In spring 2015, the Saxon State Ministry for Science and Art decided that the central exhibition in Zwickau should be supplemented by further exhibitions in other locations in order to achieve greater integration of the South West Saxony region. In the early summer of 2015, the 4th Saxon State Exhibition was postponed to 2020 after no municipality in the region was able to provide a property for the flagship exhibition with the necessary security for 2018. In mid-September 2016, the state government decided to hold the central exhibition in the Audi building in Zwickau. On January 4, 2017, the then Minister of State for Science and Art, Eva-Maria Stange , announced that the German Hygiene Museum Dresden is organizing the Zwickau central exhibition and is taking on the coordination of the overall project in cooperation with the locations.

Central exhibition in the Audi building in Zwickau

The Audi building

Audi construction (2020)

The central exhibition of the 4th Saxon State Exhibition will take place in the Audi building in Zwickau. The approximately 115-meter-long clinker building is a two-storey assembly building with a full basement. This was designed in 1937 and 1938 as part of a larger factory expansion by the architect Theophil Quaysin and built under his direction. The contractor Curt Leutsch from Zwickau was entrusted with the construction. The client was the automobile group Auto Union AG . The building served as the production facility for the first series of small car series with front-wheel drive, the DKW front models . After the outbreak of World War II, the focus of production at the Audi plant shifted to the manufacture of guns, air force accessories and the assembly of Steyr-1500 trucks.

In the course of its existence the building has housed a training center, a dining room with a kitchen, a cultural room and a social department store. Until 2018, the building, which was completely renovated between 1992 and 2002, housed a training center, including a. for metalworking, a classic car repair shop and storage rooms. The name Audi-Bau, occasionally also Audi-Halle, is probably a slang term that was given to the building after 1989 by former employees of VEB Sachsenring . The name probably refers to the general designation of the factory premises as the Audi factory or the Zwickau factory.

The Audi building was made barrier-free for the state exhibition and upgraded to meet the requirements of the museum. This includes the creation of a temporary entrance area with cash registers, common areas, cloakrooms and sanitary areas as well as the construction of barrier-free access ramps. The first floor was converted into a museum exhibition floor. Further exhibition areas, storage rooms, a museum shop, a café and workshop and event rooms were set up in the basement. The state company Sächsisches Immobilien- und Baumanagement (SIB) commissioned the consortium consisting of AFF Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, Berlin, and GEORGI Architektur und Stadtplan, Chemnitz, which emerged as the winner in an architecture competition, to upgrade the Audi building.

The central exhibition as part of the state exhibition

The central exhibition discusses the thesis of 500 years of industrial culture in Saxony as well as its significance for the Saxon identity and provides an outlook on its future. The focus is less on technical aspects than on economic and social-historical topics. The exhibition area is around 2,800 m². The curator of the central exhibition is Thomas Spring.

The exhibition was advised by a scientific advisory board appointed by the German Hygiene Museum:

  • Helmuth Albrecht , professor for the history of technology and industrial archeology at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
  • Ulrich Borsdorf , founding director of the Ruhr Museum Essen
  • Claudia Emmert , director of the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
  • Thomas Hänseroth , professor for the history of technology and technology at the TU Dresden
  • Winfried Müller , managing director of the Institute for Saxon History and Folklore eV
  • Karl Borromäus Murr (chairman), director of the State Textile and Industry Museum Augsburg
  • Bénédicte Savoy , head of the Department of Modern Art History at the TU Berlin
  • Susanne Schötz , professor for economic and social history at the TU Dresden

The Saxon State Ministry for Science and Art (SMWK) convened the 45-member board of trustees of the 4th Saxon State Exhibition for the first time on January 22nd, 2018 to “accompany the preparation of the state exhibition as multipliers and supporters”.

Historical-narrative framework

The history of industrialization and its commercial culture has a long history in Saxony. During the Renaissance, a close relationship between capital , labor , knowledge and technology and a special industrial diligence based on it were established here. In the Baroque in Saxony with the extensive could mining and knowledge hut the European porcelain developed. A diverse pre-industrial business landscape arose on the basis of home, manufacturing and publishing. So Sachsen was mainly from rétablissement , the economic miracle after the Electorate of Saxony disastrous Seven Years' War (1756-1763) on the actual Industrial Revolution of the 19th century to the eve of World War II to one of the leading economic regions in the German Reich and develop in Europe. Industry and trade met in the metropolis of Leipzig , which set international standards with its sample fair concept . Around 1900 Saxony was one of the most densely populated industrial regions in Europe. Not only in Chemnitz , Zwickau and Dresden , but also in small towns and villages, leading companies worldwide manufactured a wide variety of products. Although traditional markets and branches of production were lost after 1945, skilled workers fled to the FRG and well-known brands emigrated, Saxony remained the center of industrial production in the GDR and one of the most important of the entire Comecon . The reunification of Germany meant the temporary end for many companies, since the export markets in the eastern economic area were lost due to the conversion from a domestic currency to DM . But a lot of new things also emerged and Saxon industry recovered. Mechanical engineering , microelectronics and automobile construction became the most important branches of industry and engines of the Saxon economy.

The six scenes

The central exhibition in the Audi building in Zwickau is supplemented by six branch-specific additional exhibitions at authentic locations of Saxon industrial culture.

Freiberg research and teaching mine (Ore scene)

Ore scene, Reiche Zeche Freiberg (2020)
The Freiberg site of the 4th Saxon State Exhibition is located on the site of a former ore mine. The "Reiche Zeche" mine is used by the TU Bergakademie Freiberg as a visitor, teaching and research mine . The special show as part of the state exhibition is dedicated to the Freiberg mining district, which was the most important silver supplier for Saxony for over 800 years. In addition, the future development of ore mining and current research on resource technologies are discussed. Visitors are granted access to the mine in guided tours.

Mining Museum Oelsnitz / Erzgebirge (coal scene)

Coal scene, Oelsnitz / Erzgebirge mining museum (2020)
The Oelsnitz / Erzgebirge mining museum, which opened in 1986, is located in the former “Karl Liebknecht ” coal mine. Thanks to rich hard coal deposits, Saxony is considered a pioneering region for industrialization. The approximately 300 million year old coal seams of the Lugau-Oelsnitz coalfield , the centuries of mining, the processing technologies and the importance for people and the landscape are the focus of the Oelsnitz exhibition. This includes part of the newly conceived and designed permanent exhibition of the mining museum.

Cloth factory Gebr. Pfau in Crimmitschau (scene textile)

The cloth factory Gebr. Pfau is a textile factory in Crimmitschau that was built in 1885 and operated until 1990 . The monument, with its original machine inventory from over 100 years, provides a glimpse into the working and living conditions in textile production from the mid-19th to the late 20th century. In addition, all the work steps involved in fabric production are comprehensible and demonstrated.

Chemnitz Industrial Museum (site of mechanical engineering)

Showplace mechanical engineering, Chemnitz Industrial Museum (2020)
The Chemnitz Industrial Museum is located on the former site of the machine tool factory Hermann and Alfred Escher AG and is housed in the former foundry hall and the machine house. Starting with the early technology transfer to the factories of the future, the special exhibition presents the art of mechanical engineering in Saxony . The focus of the exhibition is the relationship between man and machine.

Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Railway Museum (Railway scene)

Railway boom, Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf.
The Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf Railway Museum is located on the historic site of the former Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf depot and presents an extensive inventory of historical railway vehicles , including steam , diesel and electric locomotives . The history of the Saxon railroad and transport system is presented on the site of the "largest still functioning steam locomotive depot in Europe".

August-Horch-Museum (scene of the automobile)

While the August Horch Museum in Zwickau is primarily dedicated to the history of automobile construction in Zwickau in its extensive permanent exhibition, the special exhibition focuses on the present and future of the automotive industry in Saxony. Here, too, the focus is on the relationship between people and technology and both crises and opportunities in this connection are highlighted.

Year of industrial culture

In the year of industrial culture 2020, activities in the field of industrial culture will run as accompanying and supplementary events throughout Saxony. With this project, the state topic of industrial culture and the existing structures in this area are strengthened and presented to the public through the Architecture Route - Industrial Culture in Saxony , actors in this field are networked and qualified and specific projects are promoted, developed and marketed. Preparations for the year of industrial culture 2020 began in 2018 and are coordinated by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony .

literature

  • Thomas Spring: Boom. 500 years of industrial culture in Saxony . Ed .: German Hygiene Museum Dresden. Dresden 2020, ISBN 978-3-95498-544-9 .

Web links

Commons : 4th Saxon State Exhibition  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Boom: Boom. 500 years of industrial culture in Saxony. In: boom-sachsen.de. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
  2. ^ Resolution of the Saxon State Parliament of April 19, 2011 (plenary minutes 5/3269, 3279) on LT-Drs. 5/5552 - “Preserving Saxony's industrial heritage and making it tangible”.
  3. ↑ Free Press January 16, 2015: Saxony dares to restart the state exhibition.
  4. ↑ The Saxon State Exhibition on Industrial Culture 2018 will be postponed. In: medienservice.sachsen.de. Saxon State Ministry for Science and Art, June 15, 2015, accessed on October 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ Leading exhibition of the 4th Saxon State Exhibition “Industrial Culture” 2020 in Zwickau. In: medienservice.sachsen.de. Saxon State Ministry for Science and Art, September 13, 2016, accessed on September 13, 2016.
  6. ↑ a b Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden named as sponsor of the 4th Saxon State Exhibition for Industrial Culture 2020. In: medienservice.sachsen.de. January 4, 2017, accessed July 15, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Martin Kukowski / Rudolf Boch, War Economy and Labor Deployment at Auto Union AG Chemnitz in the Second World War, 2014, p. 70
  8. ^ Sächsisches Staatsarchiv, archival material in the inventory 31050, Auto Union AG, Chemnitz, No. 5724
  9. ^ Kukowski: Findbuch Auto Union, 2000, 8.2.2. Plant (and brand) Audi , No. 3892, p. 604
  10. ↑ Press release Medienservice Sachsen from February 12, 2018
  11. ↑ The German Hygiene Museum is responsible for the 4th Saxon State Exhibition of Industrial Culture 2020. In: dhmd.de. DHMD, January 4, 2017, accessed on July 15, 2020 (press release).
  12. ↑ The scientific advisory board for the 4th Saxon State Exhibition 2020 was constituted at the German Hygiene Museum. In: dhmd.de. DHMD, December 15, 2017, accessed on July 15, 2020 (press release).
  13. ↑ Board of Trustees for 4th State Exhibition for Industrial Culture 2020 meets for the first time. In: medienservice.sachsen.de. January 22, 2018, accessed July 15, 2020 .
  14. ↑ DHMD (ed.): 4th Saxon State Exhibition. Industry. Culture. Man . Dresden April 2018 (leaflet).
  15. ↑ Railway boom . Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf railway scene. In: dampfbahn-route.de. Saxon Railway Museum Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf, accessed on July 16, 2020 .
  16. ↑ See http://www.industriekultur-in-sachsen.de/gestalten/projekte/details/jahr-der-industriekultur-2020/ , accessed on July 16, 2018