Seddiner See boulder garden

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The Seddiner See erratic boulder garden is a 25,000 m² open-air exhibition of erratic boulders . It is located in the Kähnsdorf district , which belongs to the Seddiner See community in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district in the Nuthe-Nieplitz nature reserve . In addition to erratic boulders, treasures from the Ice Age, and Nordic arches , contemporary works by twelve artists such as Marina Schreiber , Karl Menzen and Volker Bartsch are shown in an open-air sculpture exhibition. The sponsor is the Foundlingsgarten Seddiner See e. V.

background

The formation of the region around today's Potsdam-Mittelmark district originated around 20,000 years ago during a cold-age advance of the inland ice and the associated meltwater . At that time, the entire area was completely covered with ice during the most recent, the Vistula Ice Age - for example, the Zauche plateau was formed . After it had melted, a ground moraine surface with till clay emerged . A large number of erratic boulders accumulated during the agricultural use of the region through asparagus cultivation .

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Panoramic view of the Seddiner See boulder garden

Concept of the garden

The boulder garden shows characteristic shrub and tree species in a regional arrangement, both from the late ice age, the warm period and the post-warm period. The entire area is enclosed by a blackberry hedge. In the northwest, next to a small information booth with a permanent exhibition, is the entrance to the site. Here, the vegetation zone of the post-ice age was reproduced, which was supplemented by an exhibition of treated natural stones and a tapping area for processing the boulders. In the middle area, the visitor arrives over a wooden walkway to a simulated dead lake and a terminal moraine . Plants that belong to the warm period predominate here. Behind the terminal moraine there is a drumlin , a Wallberg (Os) and a ground moraine lake. In this area of ​​the warm period there are examples of sediment deposits as well as granite and gneiss .

In 2006 the exhibition was supplemented by sculptures by contemporary artists.

  • Boulders in the warm period area of ​​the garden

  • Sculpture counter-sentence by Karl Menzen

  • Foundling "Moment" by Victor Bisquolm

  • Information booth and entrance to the site

  • Permanent exhibition in the information booth

Web links

Commons : Foundlingsgarten Seddiner See  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Exhibition flyer for the opening of the sculpture garden on the Ruhnke Gallery's website, (PDF, 458 kB), accessed on June 2, 2012.

Coordinates: 52 ° 16 '2.4 "  N , 13 ° 2' 16.5"  E