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RadwegはWüstenbrandまで続いています。完璧。

Lichtenstein Castle, Saxony. Information: A Renaissance-style castle situated at an elevation of 340 meters above sea level. Its first mention, though disputed, dates back to 1212 as "Castrum Lichtenstein." In 1240, "Albertus de Lychtenstein" is documented as the castle's owner. During the Thirty Years' War, it was destroyed/burned down on August 18, 1632. It was rebuilt in its present form in 1648.

Nicely decorated, but also very deserted on (winter) evenings. For example: the lights around the city park were already switched off at 8:15 pm.

The town hall in Gersdorf was built in 1894.

They look like oversized bottle caps – but Jan Kummer's "Heimat Ensemble II" is more than just XXL decoration. The round objects are reminiscent of DIY crafts from East German times, repurposed everyday items, and creative solutions to shortages. The resemblance to Mickey Mouse? No coincidence. Three circles, a global symbol. Kummer translates this pop icon into standard-sized, tinny spikes – painted in color, somewhere between an artistic figure and a critique of consumerism. A throwaway product becomes a monument, a memory becomes conceptual art. https://www.zeitsprungland.de/poi/jan-kummer-heimat-ensemble-ii

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The 🟣 PURPLE PATH 🟣 is a sculpture trail that connects Chemnitz, the 2025 Capital of Culture, with 38 towns and cities in the region. Numerous artists have contributed works of various kinds, telling an unknown history of the region. More information at https://chemnitz2025.de/purple-path/ Jan Kummer "Heimat Ensemble II" in Gersdorf (another group entitled "Heimat Ensemble" is located at the Garagencampus in Chemnitz) Material: fiber-reinforced resin, steel "The group "Heimat Ensemble II" by the painter, object, and conceptual artist Jan Kummer consists of equally sized, round elements reminiscent of enlarged bottle caps. The models for Kummer's sculptures seem to originate from the aimless tinkering in the private sphere of a GDR household, where anonymous everyday materials were transformed into individual objects. The vertically or horizontally assembled or center-folded elements with inward-curved edges and 21 prongs in black, red, blue, and green are reminiscent of Mickey Mouse, arguably the most famous fictional character in the world. In the 1930s, the later world-famous American illustrator and media entrepreneur Walt Disney created these from just three black circles together. Kummer transfers the famous silhouette to the form of patented, DIN-standardized everyday objects. Through playful and ironic exaggeration, allusion, and scaling, disposable products made of thin sheet metal, actually designed for single use, are elevated to permanent works of art. Jan Kummer, born in Weimar in 1965, now lives and works in Chemnitz. In his imagery, he incorporates narrative elements that create connections between a world of memory consisting of presumably fragmented set pieces and the present he observes. With the sculpture group Heimat Ensemble II, the artist cites the idea of home-grown crafts and handicrafts, as well as regional customs. With the motif of remembered self-perception, he also creates a retrospective on the GDR's scarcity society: Everything was tested for its usability, cleverly utilized in a second production cycle, and today, memory becomes art. (Text: Alexander Ochs / Ulrike Pennewitz)

The 🟣 PURPLE PATH 🟣 is a sculpture trail that connects Chemnitz, the 2025 Capital of Culture, with 38 towns and cities in the region. Numerous artists have contributed works of various kinds, telling an unknown history of the region. More information at https://chemnitz2025.de/purple-path/ Christina Doll "Angel + Miner" at Bergmannplatz, Hohndorf and others in Annaberg-Buchholz, Zwickau, Chemnitz, Wolkenstein, and Schneeberg Material: Timber-framed wooden sculpture "A young girl with outstretched arms and a wide robe stands next to a slender man wearing a miner's helmet, who appears to be offering the viewer a piece of ore. Christina Doll's two figures are reminiscent of the traditional Erzgebirge motif of angel and miner, which the artist translates into a contemporary visual language. Doll's figures, cast from various materials, are less reminiscent of the centuries-old design styles of Erzgebirge iconography. Her angel and miner appear to be taken from real life in their facial features, furnishings, and appearance. The artist observed a group of children with physical and cognitive disabilities rehearsing the nativity play and translated their gestures, facial features, and appearance into the figure of an angel. For the miner, the artist researched the history of one of the locations, St. Wolfgang in Schneeberg, where rich deposits were mined in the 15th century. Described as pitchblende and considered unusable, the ore that shaped Schneeberg from 1946 to 1956: uranium, was dumped on heaps over the centuries. Operated by the Soviet-German AG Wismut, the ore was mined in the mines of Object 03 under the strictest secrecy, initially using forced labor and with dramatic consequences for workers, the population, and the natural environment. Doll gave the miner figure the facial features of a Wismut worker based on an old photograph; its shape is reminiscent of Lucas Cranach's depiction of Adam on the Reformation altar in St. Wolfgang. With the pair of figures of angel and miner, the artist does not create an idealized representation, but rather creates a sensitive, almost humble memorial to real life, the people, their work, and their suffering. (Text: Ulrike Pennewitz / Alexander Ochs)