European Symposium Kaisersteinbruch

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Fountain sculpture "Zeus abducts Europe " by Ferenc Gyurcsek

The European Symposium Kaisersteinbruch is a Europe-wide sculpture symposium that is held in Kaisersteinbruch .

The “European Symposia” for sculptors were founded by the Museum and Culture Association Kaisersteinbruch in 1998, continued until 2007 and continued in 2019 with Belgium.

prehistory

As part of the 400th anniversary celebration in 1990, the Kaisersteinbruch Museum and Culture Association organized a symposium for stone carving to revive the Kaiserstein . The Austrian Christoph E. Exler was the founder and organizer . He was able to win the Hungarian Ferenc Gyurcsek and the Romanian Alexandru Ciutureanu to work together. Three monumental stone sculptures were created. With this, Kaisersteinbruch wanted to prepare for the 1995 Vienna-Budapest World Exhibition , which was canceled after a referendum in Vienna and Budapest in 1991. The symposium then changed its objectives. Until 1997, the sculptors took part in the removal of the structural damage to the site caused by the Second World War, which had not yet been completely repaired .

  • Hungarian symposium stone

  • Austrian symposium stone

  • Romanian symposium stone

European symposium

In 1998, master stonemason Fritz Opferkuh was commissioned with a plan for the completion of the well in the center of the village. The fountain was named Europabrunnen in honor of the Austrian presidency in the European Union .

At the annual symposia, sculptures by artists from 27 European countries were attached to the old stone wall, which stretches from the Europe Fountain to the former rectory. In order to achieve a certain uniformity, the works had to be made as square panels of a certain size. This was the only requirement for the sculptors. Participation was independent of EU membership - belonging to Europe was the sole criterion. The rose garden , which was laid out in 2001, embellished the "Europe Wall", which was also known as the "Wall of Unity".

The organization took place from 2002 together with the pan-European movement Austria . Numerous well-known personalities such as Otto von Habsburg , Erhard Busek , Günther Nenning , the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Moldova Andrei Stratan , Wander Bertoni , Štefan Holčík (Vice Mayor of Bratislava ) and Klara Köttner-Benigni were invited to the symposium celebrations . The Paneuropean President emphasized the peculiarity of the symposium in Kaisersteinbruch, as countries without EU membership such as Romania and Croatia were also represented on the “Wall of Unity”. Nenning emphasized that Europe can only acquire identity through the complexity of the individual nations and remarked, "Just as the Berlin Wall was once a symbol of the division of Europe, this wall should be a symbol of European unity."

For the presentation, the national flags were placed over each stone relief of the 27 countries. As a symbol of the bond between the individual countries, Ferenc Gyurcsek designed the rivers of Europe from blue-green stone.

Artist (selection)

  • Marek Moderau: The Polish artist presented the theme of the oldest Polish document relating to the formation of the Polish state.
  • Georg Miks: In the planning phase of this symposium - namely to invite a sculptor from “Austria” - it was not foreseeable that the European states would impose sanctions on Austria for political reasons . This fact impressed the young artist Georg Miks from Breitenfurt . On closer inspection of his work, a swastika could be seen (hidden).
  • Hugo Marxer: The Liechtenstein sculptor designed the relief "Principality of Liechtenstein".
  • Andrey Grabrovec : The Slovenian sculptor is also known by the pseudonym Gaberi and was visited by Furch in Maribor in January 2001 and showed some of his monumental works in the city.
  • Stefan Lyutakov: Together with Benedikt von Nursia , the Cyril and Method shown here were the patrons of Europe.
  • Adam Williamson: Adam Williamson, as a multi-award-winning sculptor, for example made a plaque for the Queen Mother from the slate of the country plate " United Kingdom " on behalf of the Prince of Wales .
  • Robert Rocca: The sculptor Robert Rocca's theme on Europe: "Unification".
  • Florijan Mićković: Kaisersteinbruch was almost completely destroyed after the end of the Second World War . Pictures from this period hang in the museum. This is what it looks like in Mostar now , the sculptor from Bosnia-Herzegovina ( Mostar ) realized when he unveiled his stone tablet. Even if the country was not yet a member of the European Community, it was intended to set a symbolic sign that this country was part of Europe.
  • Andrej Tyrtyshnikov: In 2007, after several years of effort, we received confirmation that Russia would participate in the project. The Moscow sculptor Andrej Tyrtyshnikov brought with him a stone and bronze slab which, based on a manuscript, represented highlights in Russian history . A solemn religious act took place at the cemetery under the direction of Archimandrite Georgi, Abbot of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Vienna .

Rose garden by the European fountain

gallery


  • Czech Republic, Jiří Sobotka 2000

  • Poland, Marek Moderau 2000

  • Austria, Georg Miks 2000

  • Liechtenstein, Hugo Marxer 2001

  • Slovenia, Andrej Gabrovec Gaberi 2001, Ambassador Ivo Vajgl

  • Italy, Saura Sermenghi 2001


  • Kai - Bulgaria.JPG
  • EU- Estonia.JPG
  • EU- Malta.JPG

  • Association " All around the Leithagebirge "

  • gives away a street sign

  • European fountain Kaisersteinbruch


On May 18, 2004 the association " Rund ums Leithagebirge ", founding members, donated 1st photo architect Ivo Pelnöcker Sommerein , married couple Waltraud and sculptor Wander Bertoni Winden am See , contractor Johann Hums Sommerein, 2nd photo architect Friedrich Kurrent Sommerein, BAXA-Kalkofen Karl Tschank Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge , metal construction Christian Eybel Hainburg , the European fountain Kaisersteinbruch, represented by teacher Helmuth Furch , a street sign. A picture of it can be seen on the table.


  • Lithuania, Vaclovas Krutinis , 2004, Ambassador Jonas Rudalevičius

  • England and Lithuania, between the ambassadors Otto von Habsburg as the keynote speaker.

  • England, Adam Williamson, 2004, Ambassador John Malcolm Macgregor

  • Otto von Habsburg in the rosarium .

  • Moldova, Gheorghe Postovanu, 2005

  • France, Robert Rocca, 2005


  • Switzerland, Frederic Steinmann, 2005

  • Bosnia-Herzegovina, Florijan Mićković , 2005

  • San Marino, Saura Sermenghi, 2006

  • Sweden, Dina Hviid, 2006

  • Russia, 2007

  • Andrej Tyrtyshnikov came from Moscow, Dr. Brigitte Tschol translates.

literature

  • Helmuth Furch : Historical Lexicon Kaisersteinbruch. 2. Vol. 2004, pp. 513-550. ISBN 978-3-9504555-8-8 .
  • Klara Köttner-Benigni: This is about talking and keeping quiet, very personal. Text in [1] , photos by Walter Benigni .
  • Communications from the Kaisersteinbruch Museum and Culture Association, ISBN 978-3-9504555-3-3 , therein
    • Josef Wolf : The story of Kaisersteinbruch. No. 43, August 1996, pp. 1-36.
    • Josef Wolf: A Kaisersteinbrucher Life (1892–1966), especially 1938–1955. Reprint 2005.

Web links

Commons : European Symposium Kaisersteinbruch  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • [2] 8-10 June 2007 10th European Symposium Imperial Quarry in the Russian Church in Vienna, European Wall Imperial Quarry, camp cemetery - a peace festival.

References and comments

  1. ↑ Martfü Állampolgárok Sajtója: … The citizens of Kaisersteinbruch have decided to build a fountain with the name “Europe”. You have invited the sculptor Ferenc Gyurcsek, Munkácsy Prize winner, to create a marble fountain sculpture ... Citizens' newspaper of Martfü, Hungary
  2. ^ Founding of the International Artists' Symposium Stone Sculpture Kaisersteinbruch 1990 . Historisches Lexikon Kaisersteinbruch, 2nd volume, 2004, p. 482ff.
  3. ↑ Klara Köttner-Benigni: Past and future conjuring up. Punctuation in two municipalities in Burgenland, Gols and Kaisersteinbruch. In: Pannonia. Magazine for international cooperation. Volume 26, autumn 1999, pp. 38-40
  4. ↑ Kaisersteinbruch - Europe set in stone. In: Paneuropa Austria. No. 8/2004, pp. 18-19.
  5. ^ European association in Kaisersteinbruch. In: Eisenstädter Kirchenzeitung. June 29, 2003.
  6. ↑ Liechtensteiner Vaterland , from June 19, 2001. Full-page report on page 7.
  7. ↑ Sign for Bosnia. In: Paneuropa Austria. No. 10/2005, p. 11.
  8. ^ Letter from Ursula and Xaver Klingenstein from Bavaria to the chairman, Christmas 2007

Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 17.5 ″  N , 16 ° 42 ′ 6.5 ″  E