Lothar Lauterbach

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Lothar Lauterbach (born June 3, 1929 in Kleinosterhausen ) is a German miniature carver. He received three entries in the Guinness Book of Records for his filigree carvings . In Mansfeld country Lauterbach is also known as a conservationist, tree experts, bird watchers and home to connoisseurs. He is also an expert on herbs, mushrooms, wild bees and hornets.

Life

As a 15-year-old Lauterbach - at the time an apprentice to orthopedic shoemaker - was patterned in March 1945. Although he only sees in one eye, he was found fit and had to do his duty in a flak unit of the Reich Labor Service. After a few weeks in action, he was wounded at the front by a shrapnel. On April 29, he was taken prisoner near Düben and was taken to the Remagen-Sinzig prisoner-of-war camp. After four weeks in the camp, he was released home to complete his apprenticeship.

As a result of the war effort and imprisonment, Lauterbach fell ill with tuberculosis in 1949 and spent a total of eleven and a half years in hospitals and lung sanatoriums until he was finally cured in 1967. Lauterbach used the grueling, idle time with alternating hospital stays for various creative activities: He began to sew, knit, paint and carve. Despite his final healing, he received an early disability pension. After his recovery in 1967, Lauterbach married and a daughter was born. Lauterbach has lived in Lutherstadt Eisleben since 1943 .

Miniature carvers

Attending a nature conservation school in the Ore Mountains and above all the encounter with the Borstendorfer miniature carver Horst Schreiter (1926–2017), his role model and teacher in the art of carving, has inspired him for nature and miniature carving ever since. Lauterbach's goal was to create ever smaller works of art. Since the 1970s he has been happy to present prominent skiers with his tiny art objects: Lauterbach made miniature ski jumps in nutshells for Hans-Georg Aschenbach , Jens Weißflog , Martin Schmitt and, most recently, Andreas Wank . His miniature ski jumps with a surrounding natural landscape that fits into a walnut shell half earned him his first entry in the Guinness Book of Records in 1998.

Forest landscape in walnut shell

In addition, the editors honored him with two certificates: in 1999 for his "Chip tree forest in the cherry stone inside a peach stone" and in 2001 for the fir forest, which was incorporated into a cherry stone, as well as another coniferous forest in the core of a blackthorn fruit (sloe), both in one Walnut shell were used.

It is not just the small size of Lauterbach's art objects that is remarkable. Since 1999 some of his objects have had a permanent place in the permanent exhibition at the Museum of Saxon Folk Art in Dresden . The museum particularly emphasizes Lauterbach's creativity in dealing with his natural materials: the artist processes all kinds of nuts, kernels, cones, as well as willow and linden wood, horn and amber in landscapes with trees, mushrooms, forest houses and animals. These are processed into large and small nuts or into pieces of jewelry. Lauterbach pays full attention to his miniature works of art even in old age, developing new ideas and perseverance in the manufacture and presentation of his artistic objects and products. He is present with his miniature carvings in the partner cities of Lutherstadt Eisleben and at many regional markets, farmers' markets, especially at Easter and Christmas. He also connects with bringing his educational nature conservation topics closer to the visitors. In Dresden Lauterbach visits the State Art Collections twice a year. Since 1999, Lauterbach has been presenting its products for a weekend in the Museum of Saxon Folk Art, located in the former electoral Jägerhof.

Conservationists

Lothar Lauterbach is an expert on hornets in his region. He conducted educational hikes in nature for children, schools, vacationers and children's homes. He was particularly happy when he explained to the school children at the Levana School (special needs school for the mentally handicapped in Lutherstadt Eisleben) that humans can only live and survive in harmony with nature and animals. His goal was to work for the preservation of hornets and wild bees and to create an insect-friendly awareness among the population, not to destroy hornet nests, but to implement them professionally. Lauterbach acquired special knowledge with the native herbs and plants, whose healing powers he knows, which is why he is often asked as a mushroom expert. Tree care activities and the settlement of storks in a species-appropriate habitat and in association with other animals are also among his passions.

Honors

  • Mansfelder of the year 1993 and conservationist
  • Appreciation as a volunteer citizen by the Eisleben city administration on the day of volunteering on December 5, 2007
  • Award for the honorary office for his commitment to nature conservation and the transfer of his knowledge to the next generation on December 4th, 2016
  • On his 70th birthday, Lothar Lauterbach received four trees from the city of Eisleben for his many years of consultancy work, which were planted for him: a hazel tree, a mountain ash, a tulip tree and a trumpet tree.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Exhibits in the permanent exhibition of the Museum of Saxon Folk Art in the Jägerhof in Dresden
  • State Art Collections Dresden (SKD)
  • Museum of Saxon Folk Art
    • In September 2013 on the occasion of the museum's 100th anniversary.
    • In summer 2016 as part of the special exhibition "Gallery of (ur) old masters"

Works (selection)

  • SKD online collection, selection:
    • Chip tree forest in the cherry core, Lutherstadt Eisleben, around 1990, inventory number G 8839
    • Chip tree forest in the cherry core, Lutherstadt Eisleben, around 1999, inventory number G 8897
    • Chip tree forest in the Schlehdornkern, Lutherstadt Eisleben, around 1990, inventory number G 8898
    • Coconut with micro-carvings, Lutherstadt Eisleben, around 2000, inventory number G 10839
    • three owls, two flower baskets, eleven badges, Lutherstadt Eisleben, around 1990, inventory number G 8840

Award-winning works for the Guinness Book of Records

  • 1998: Manufacture of the smallest carving in the world of a ski jump and a surrounding natural landscape that fits into a walnut shell half
  • 1999: Forest landscape made of willow wood, which is set in a cherry stone within a peach stone
  • 2001: Fir forest, which was worked into a cherry stone. Another coniferous forest found its place in the core of a blackthorn fruit (sloe). Both miniatures were placed in a walnut shell.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wladimir Kleschtschow: Contemporary witnesses describe their experiences "I was Hitler's last attempt" , in Mitteldeutsche Zeitung on May 7, 2015
  2. ↑ Wolfram Bahn: Schanze in the nutshell for Wank , in: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of March 31, 2010
  3. ^ Artists from Eisleben "Miniatures from Eisleben in Dresden" , in Mitteldeutsche Zeitung from April 6, 2015
  4. ↑ Filigree mini worlds: Lothar Lauterbach from Eisleben carves entire landscapes in miniature , on MDR television , national magazine "MDR at 11" from November 26, 2014
  5. ↑ Trees and mushrooms adorn tiny nutshells , in: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of June 2, 2009
  6. ↑ Eisleber Naturschützer builds reed villas for wild bees , in Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of June 11, 2008
  7. ↑ Wladimir Kleschtschow: Hotel space for insects Eisleber grants wild bees shelter , in: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of July 8, 2014
  8. ↑ Jürgen Birkhahn: Protected area at the Bruchmühle, Bussard should be at home on Silberweide , in: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of April 24, 2003
  9. ↑ Jörg Müller: City thanks volunteers , in: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of December 5, 2007
  10. ↑ Kathrin Labitzke: Award for honorary office "Laudation in Eisleben moves you to tears" , in: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of December 4, 2016
  11. ^ Daniela Messerschmidt: Birthday present flourishes splendidly , in: Wochenspiegel Sangerhausen from July 31, 2013
  12. ↑ Ski flying hill in walnut shell , photo in fotocommunity by Astrid Hallmann, seen on the Konradsburg at the castle Christmas 2007
personal data
SURNAME Lauterbach, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German miniature carver and environmentalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Kleinosterhausen