Stair beetle

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Stairs beetles are works of art in the public space of the city Nordhausen in the form of bronze - dwarfs , which were installed mainly due to the numerous stairs of the city. There are currently 21 staircase beetles in Nordhausen. It is about 10 to 40 cm tall bronze figures of very different shapes. The stair beetles are based on an idea by two employees of the JugendSozialwerk Nordhausen e. V. from 2008. In 2009 the first staircase beetles created by the citizens of Nordhausen emerged.

history

Jacob

The inspiration for the idea were dwarfs in Poland . Two employees of the JugendSozialwerk Nordhausen, Ines Gast and Rüdiger Neitzke, discovered these dwarfs on a business trip in Wroclaw . This gave them the idea of ​​doing something similar in Nordhausen, especially to draw attention to the many stairs in the city. In the summer of 2008 they developed the Beetle idea, which the managing director of the JugendSozialwerk campaigned for.

Drama

The city administration and now many other partners were also convinced by this idea. In the spring of 2009, the first pottery workshops started to shape models . In autumn 2009 the first five stair beetles had their place on the pedestals .

target

Moneti
Max the gardener

Nordhausen is a city of stairs. There are 260 stairs and 2530 steps in Nordhausen. The stair beetles as works of art in public space accentuate the stairs more concretely and thus come into a more individual focus. The stairs should become points of attraction and strengthen Nordhausen's perception as a family-friendly and history-conscious city.

List of individual stair beetles

All stair beetles were financed by sponsors:

  1. Max, the gardener , location: Schlunztreppe, donated by the State Chancellery of Thuringia
  2. Der Rosenkavalier , location: Frauenberger Stiege, donated by the Sparkassen-Kultur-Stiftung Hessen-Thüringen
  3. Selina Marie, the child beetle , location: LGS stairs, donated by the city ​​of Nordhausen
  4. Ecki, the Beetle around the corner , location: water staircase, donated by the youth welfare organization , stolen in June 2017
  5. The water carrier , location: Wassertreppe, donated by Froebel Academy International (FAI) GmbH
  6. Stair beetle train , location: LGS staircase, donated by Nordthüringer Volksbank eG
  7. Froebicus (scarabaeus froebicus internationalis), location: Stadt Information, donated by Froebel Academy International (FAI) GmbH,
  8. The brick from the nightingale gate, location: Promenade nightingale gate, donated by the brickworks Nordhausen Dipl.Ing Sourell GmbH
  9. Moneti , location: Kreissparkasse car park, donated by the Kreissparkasse Nordhausen
  10. Jakob , location: Lesserstiege, donated by the Diakonie in Nordhausen Foundation Maria im Elende GmbH
  11. Double grains Henry and Henriette , location: Rähmentreppe, donated by Echter Nordhäuser Spirituosen Nordhausen GmbH
  12. Lehi , location: Petriturm, donated by Nordthüringer Lebenshilfe gGmbH
  13. TeleFunny , location: Rautenstrasse TeleFun Shop, donated by O2 and Vodafone Shop TeleFun
  14. Humrich , location: Altendorfer Stiege, donated through activities of the Humboldt-Gymnasium
  15. The Käfer family , location: family center, donated by the prize money Der Ideale Ort
  16. Findulin , location: library stairs at the FH, donated by the flight of stairs
  17. Plasmolio , location: Rautenstrasse, donated by Plasma Service Europe GmbH Nordhausen
  18. Democracy , location: city library, donated by the citizens of Nordhausen
  19. Park attendant , location: Beethovenring - stairs to Hohenrode Park, donated by the Hohenrode Park Friends' Association
  20. Dramatikus , location: Theater Nordhausen, donated by the Friends of the Nordhausen Theater
  21. Zwahebro , location: Nordhausen city administration, donated by the development association of the St. Martin development center, stolen in January 2019

Web links

Commons : Stair Beetle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stair beetle , on the website of the city of Nordhausen. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ Further development , on the website www.treppenkaefer.de . Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ^ Sibylle Klepzig: Animators with six legs: stair beetles in Nordhausen. In: Allgemeiner Anzeiger, August 5, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  4. ↑ underside our vision , on the website www.treppenkaefer.de . Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  5. ^ Stair beetle , on the website of the city of Nordhausen. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  6. ↑ Sylvia Spehr: Who does that? "Ecki" stair beetle kidnapped. In: NNZ-Online from June 29, 2017. Accessed June 25, 2020.
  7. ↑ stairs beetle Findulin , on the website of the University Nordhausen . Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Week in the Park". May 17 , 2016 - May 22 , 2016 , on the joint website of the "Park Hohenrode" eV association and the Park Hohenrode community foundation . Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  9. ^ Peter Cott: Staircase beetle from the Roland group in Nordhausen. In: Thüringer Allgemeine from January 16, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  10. ↑ Only one leg left: Thieves steal metal beetles. In: Welt from January 16, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2020.