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Geographical Center of North Rhine-Westphalia (Kokon Sculpture)

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Geographical Center of North Rhine-Westphalia (Kokon Sculpture)

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Gehrenbach Pond – View of Schwerte loop from Aplerbecker Mark

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2. Spaten Garden at Freischütz – Schwerte Forest loop from Aplerbecker Mark

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3. Huntesiepen Pond – Forest Art Museum loop from Aplerbecker Mark

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Jake the hiker

August 21, 2020

The work of art shows the outline of NRW. Two bench seats invite you to linger

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Rapunzel

December 30, 2022

The center of North Rhine-Westphalia is in the Dortmund district of Aplerbeck.
The work of art "Cocoon" symbolizes the center of the country. The 2.50 meter high monument shows the outlines of NRW. This is spanned with steel cables.

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May 23, 2020

Ideal starting point for a walk in the forest!

Here is some information about the artwork:

The artwork, which is located at the geographical center of North Rhine-Westphalia, was created by the artist Christine Böse in 2019. The initial question was "What is a work of art"?
Where is the axis of a country? What is the state of NRW about? What is central to NRW today?
In the past, NRW stood for industry. Coal mining and steel production shaped the country.
For some years now, however, NRW has been experiencing a unique change, a metamorphosis, the full result of which is not yet foreseeable.
In nature, such a change, a metamorphosis, takes place protected in a KOKON.
The outline of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia is cut from steel and mirrored around an inner axis so that it can be seen from all directions. The sculpture is encircled by a steel wire KOKON. The material steel refers to the country's past. The KOKON symbolizes the magical structural change and the networking of NRW in the present and future.
The incredible versatility of the KOKON sculpture places NRW at its center in Aplerbeck.
The starting point of the figure is the outline of the map of NRW. This outline is arranged twice on an axis at right angles to the center. Both outline contours were welded together at right angles and connected to a base point.
This is how the cross-shaped basic structure was created, around which the steel wires were then tensioned and welded.
more information at:
dortmund.de/de/leben_in_dortmund/stadtbezirke/stbzportal_aplerbeck/stadtbezirksmarketing_apl/mittelpunkt_nrw/index.html

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Geographical Center of North Rhine-Westphalia (Kokon Sculpture)

1. Gehrenbach Pond – View of Schwerte loop from Aplerbecker Mark

2. Spaten Garden at Freischütz – Schwerte Forest loop from Aplerbecker Mark

3. Huntesiepen Pond – Forest Art Museum loop from Aplerbecker Mark

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