Wood sculpture meadow
On the wood sculpture meadow in Tornau , wood sculptures are exhibited, which are created with the help of chainsaws in the annual competition "Art with chainsaws" .
Emergence
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In 1999, the Heidem painter Wolfgang Köppe (1926–2018) initiated the International Wood Sculpture Competition, now known as “Art with Chainsaws”. Since then, the event has taken place annually on the last weekend in July with international participation and growing numbers of visitors. By 2017, around 150 wooden sculptures had been created in the competitions. Some of the figures remain on the wooden sculpture meadow, other works are auctioned for the benefit of nature park projects or find a place as decoration in the Düben Heath .
"Art with chainsaws" competition
The party
Every year on the last weekend in July, the event has taken place on the wooden sculpture meadow at Hammerbach in Tornau since 2000 . The organizers are the municipality of Tornau, the association Dübener Heide e. V. and the inventor of the competition Wolfgang Köppe . In addition to a tour of the carving art , there is a colorful entertainment program with music, food and drinks as well as a Heidemarkt with typical products from heather fire to wooden sculpture tea . At the same time, the annual election of the "Köhlerliesel" takes place. Your task is to blacken men on the cheek with charcoal , this should bring them luck and a life 10 years longer. As compensation for the "art of painting" the men get a kiss.
"From an event for lovers, a family festival and the largest and most beautiful summer festival on the heath has developed"
Production of the works of art
Artists from Germany and several other countries carve the works of art out of two to three meter tall tree trunks with the help of chainsaws and other tools. The wood from poplar and oak is mostly used.
Award ceremony
The best works of art are awarded prizes in the following categories:
- Artist award
- Audience award, the festival visitors can vote for their favorite artist
- Köppe Prize, from 2018 Köppe Memorial Prize, donated by the festival's inventor Wolfgang Köppe
Award winners
No. | year | Artist award | Audience award | Köppe Prize | Information about the event |
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1 | 2000 | ? | ? | ? | |
2 | 2001 | ? | ? | ? | 20 artists |
3 | 2002 | Roland Lindner | Alf Kampfmeier | ? | |
4th | 2003 | Sebastian Seiffert | ? | ? | |
5 | 2004 | ? | ? | ? | |
6th | 2005 | Frank Mueller | ? | ? | 26 artists, 3,000 visitors |
7th | 2006 | Günther Wurl | Sebastian Seiffert | Dieter Kruger | 35 artists, 4,000 visitors Motto " Trees grow for the benefit of the people " |
8th | 2007 | Ted Behrens | Axel gloss | Dieter Kruger | Motto " Trees don't just grow into the sky, they also make history " |
9 | 2008 | ? | ? | ? | |
10 | 2009 | ? | ? | ? | 34 artists, 6,000 visitors |
11 | 2010 | ? | ? | Raik Zenger | 29 artist motto " Trees are the elixir of life for humans and animals " |
12 | 2011 | Sergei Dischlewoi | Axel gloss | Raik Zenger | 39 artists, 3,500 visitors |
13 | 2012 | ? | ? | ? | |
14th | 2013 | Winfried Breuning | Mike Richter | Raik Zenger | 45 artists, 2,500 visitors |
15th | 2014 | Christian Schmidt | Andrej Löchel | Raik Zenger | 35 artists, 5,582 visitors Motto "The soul of a person is the soul of the tree " |
16 | 2015 | Christian Schmidt | Axel gloss | John Buckland Callum Evens Patrick Shaughessy |
40 artists, 6,000 visitors |
17th | 2016 | Michael Krüger Christian Schmitt |
Michael Krüger Christian Schmitt |
? | 39 artists, 5,000 visitors slogan " Trees connect generations " The MDR turned with Maxi Arland and Frank Sinatra for the entertainment show "Music in the Country" |
18th | 2017 | Axel gloss | Axel gloss | Alf Kampfmeier | 30 artists, 5,000 visitors Motto " Trees build bridges " |
19th | 2018 | Ted Behrens | Alf Kampfmeier
Olaf Jensen |
Alf Kampfmeier | 40 artists, 3,000 visitors (due to the heat of 34 degrees)
Motto "When the bees die, the humans die too" In honor of and in memory of the Heidem painter and initiator of this event, Wolfgang Köppe , who died in 2018 , the participants planted a beech tree on the fairground on July 28, 2018 at 12:00 noon and put up a wooden plaque with the inscription "Köppe-Buche" . |
20th | 2019 | Bogumila Canibal | Sonja Kremer | Felix Altenburg | 36 artists from Germany, Poland, Denmark, England, Austria and Switzerland, 4,000 visitors (despite 30 degrees of heat)
Motto "In the footsteps of fairies, elves and forest spirits" The popular band " De Randfichten " from the Ore Mountains performed for the 20th anniversary . |
Web links
- Association Dübener Heide e. V.
- Wolfgang Köppe, inventor of the wood sculpture competition
- Tornau community
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of Heidemaler Wolfgang Köppe " . Biography, accessed on August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung from July 17, 2017 . Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ^ Website of the Dübener Heide Nature Park . Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of August 1, 2016 . Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of July 30, 2016 . Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Wood sculpture festival in Dübener Heide - 34 artists are at the start. Leipziger Volkszeitung , July 16, 2014.
- ↑ Dübener Wochenspiegel from August 2nd, 2001 . ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Dübener Wochenspiegel from August 1st, 2002 . ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Dübener Wochenspiegel from August 14, 2003 . ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Dübener Wochenspiegel from August 4th, 2005 . ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Dübener Wochenspiegel from August 9, 2006 . ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ^ Website of the Dübener Heide Nature Park . Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Dübener Wochenspiegel from July 29, 2009 . ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Dübener Wochenspiegel from August 4th, 2010 . ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung from July 23, 2010 . Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Dübener Wochenspiegel from August 3rd, 2011 . ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Dübener Wochenspiegel from July 31, 2013 . ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Dübener Wochenspiegel from August 6, 2014 . ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Dübener Wochenspiegel from August 5th, 2015 . ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung from July 31, 2016 . Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Dübener Wochenspiegel from August 2nd, 2017 . ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article, accessed August 29, 2017.
- ↑ Steffen Brost: Dübener Heide: Artists sweat at 40 degrees. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. Leipziger Volkszeitung, July 29, 2018, accessed on July 29, 2018 .
- ^ Verein Dübener Heide eV: International wood sculpture competition in the Dübener Heide nature park. In: Homepage. Verein Dübener Heide eV, July 19, 2018, accessed on July 29, 2018 .
- ↑ 20th International Wood Sculpture Competition in Tornau. Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 50.1 " N , 12 ° 35 ′ 37.1" E