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Land Art Installation 'Friesian Freedom' by Monika Kühling in Ihlower Forest

Land Art Installation 'Friesian Freedom' by Monika Kühling in Ihlower Forest

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Land Art Installation 'Friesian Freedom' by Monika Kühling in Ihlower Forest

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Location: East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Joe Outside

March 29, 2025

In the Footsteps of Frisian Freedom
There, the artist Monika Kühling from Funnix has used ribbons, flags, banners, and cloths to manifest the fundamental law of Frisian Freedom, the so-called "History and Freedom," in the forest. This so-called land art project guides hikers on their way to the monastery site and is intended to symbolize a bridge between the independence of the Frisians and the motto of the Cistercian monks, "ora et labora" (pray and work). Both are inextricably linked to the history of East Frisia and Ihlow. The monastery, located near the "Upstalsboom"—the meeting place of the Free Frisians—served as the chancellery and archive of the all-Frisian "Frisian Freedom" movement. The seal of the monks of Ihlow also became the symbol of the Free Frisians in the Middle Ages.

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NiNa

December 27, 2021

Frisian freedom means:
Self-determination, responsibility, collective action, democracy and tolerance. But also: lightness, colourfulness, cosmopolitanism, freedom and breadth. Monika Kühling's Land Art project conveys all of this with its personal, artistic associations. And so a fantastic game of wind and flags, tracks and banners, old trees and ancient texts emerged. Symbols of liveliness and freedom.

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Volker

February 12, 2023

An unusual installation, visible from hundreds of meters away, but not really recognizable. When you get under this work of art, you almost involuntarily slow down in order to be able to read the text. Really a creative idea with an interesting text from the time of the Frisian chiefs.

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Land Art Installation 'Friesian Freedom' by Monika Kühling in Ihlower Forest

1. View of Klosterstätte Ihlow – Speckmannsweg loop from Ludwigsdorf

2. Ihlow Monastery Site – Ihlower Meer loop from Haxtum

3. Upstalsboom Memorial – Haxtumerfeld Drawbridge loop from Ihlowerfehn

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