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The Earth Is Not a Perfect Sphere (Art on the Canal)

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    Location: Berg bei Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Landkreis Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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    March 23, 2025

    Cycling

    Unmissable are three spheres made from individual sheets of metal lying on the canal bank. Perhaps as a metaphor that nothing is perfect.
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    May 2, 2020

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    art on the canal

    “The rusty-brown iron spheres are elaborately assembled collages that are set up over a scaffolding and trimmed at the seams after the welding process. The material, dull, rusty and porous, is designed for change."

    Ute Lechner, Hans Thurner

    The earth is not a perfect sphere
    Ute Lechner, Hans Thurner, created 2007
    Material: black sheet rolled 5 mm, up to 3 m high, up to 1.2 tons weight
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    May 13, 2020

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    In the area of the municipality of Berg, a sculpture path with six large-sized objects was created along the industrial monument Ludwig-Donau-Main-Kanal. They were designed by regional and international artists from stone, wood and steel.
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    1. Gruberbach Valley – Shepherd Kämpf Memorial loop from Berg bei Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

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