The Kunstpfad am Mummelsee (literally: "Art Trail at the Mummelsee") is a sculpture path around the

Mummelsee The Mummelsee is a 17-metre-deep lake at the western mountainside of the Hornisgrinde in the Northern Black Forest of Germany. It is very popular with tourists travelling along the Black Forest High Road. According to legends, the lake is inhab ...

, which is located in the municipality of Seebach near Achern in the northern

Black Forest The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

(

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

). The sculpture path is 0,8 kilometres long is primarily used for nature and art walks.

History

In 1999, artists from Germany, France and Switzerland designed an art path at the shore of the Mummelsee. Its themes are the symbiosis of nature and art as well as the myths of the Mummelsee. From 1999 to 2004, Martina Sauer was the executive cultural officer of the project.

Collection

The collection of the Kunstpfad features the following installations: * Roger Aupperle: ''Ausflug an den Mummelsee'' (2001/10) * Rolf Bodenseh: ''7 Würfel'' (2000) * Stefan Bombasi: ''Fester Grund'' (2000) * Josef Bücheler: ''Waldengel'' – Kunst am Baum (1999) * Sandra Eades: ''Spiegelnde Tore'' (2000) * Armin Göhringer: ''Kreuzschichtung'' (1999) * Albert Huber: ''Hängende Steine'' (2003) * Reinhard Klessinger: ''Auf dem Weg zum Horizont'' (1999) * Margaret Penelope Praed Mackworth: ''Hochmoorbläuling'' (2001) * Karl Manfred Rennertz: ''Wer ist wie Gott? Flügel des Erzengel Michael'' (2002/03) * Gert Riel: ''ohne Titel'' (1999) * Robert Schad: ''enFIM'' (2001) * Alf Setzer: ''ohne Titel'' (1999) * Reinhard Sigle: ''Grün in Grün'' (2000) * Reinhard Sigle: ''Amors Pfeile'' (2010) * Gabi Streile: ''arboris aspectus'' (2001) * Ilse Teipelke: ''Der Tiger des Herrn von Grimmelshausen'' (2000) * Gillian White: ''Wave White Wedded Words 2'' (2002/03)

Trails

* Seibelseckle circular trail (4:30 h, 15,5 km): Seibelseckle – Ochsenstall – Hans-Reymann-Weg – Kunstpfad am Mummelsee – Berghotel Mummelsee – Seibelseckle * Seebach mountain tour (3:30 h, 13,3 km): Silbergründle (old mining area) – Elsaweg (NATO pumping station) – Hohfelsen – Kunstpfad am Mummelsee – Seibelseckle – am Seebächle (along the little brook) – Mummelseehalle

Photo gallery

File:Bodenseh Mummelsee 032.jpg, ''No. 2: 7 Würfel (2000) – "7 Cubes"'' File:Bücheler Mummelsee 009.jpg, ''No. 4: Waldengel (1999) – "Forest Angel"'' File:Hüber Mummelsee 025.jpg, ''No. 7: Hängende Steine (2003) – "Hanging Stones"'' File:Klessinger Mummelsee 024.jpg, ''No. 8: Auf dem Weg zum Horizont (1999) – "On the way to the horizon"'' File:Maeckworth-Praed Mummelsee 004.jpg, ''No. 9: Hochmoorbläuling (2001) – "High Moor Blue"'' File:Riel Mummelsee 033.jpg, ''No. 11: Ohne Titel (1999) – Untitled'' File:Sigle Mummelsee 037.jpg, ''No. 14: Grün in Grün (2000) – "Green in Green"'' File:Streile Mummelsee 010.jpg, ''No. 16: Arboris Aspectus (2001)'' File:Teipelke Mummelsee 015.jpg, ''No. 17: Der Tiger des Herrn von Grimmelshausen (2000) – "The Tiger of Grimmelshausen's Lord"'' File:White Mummelsee 016.jpg, ''No. 18: Wave White Widded Words (2002/03)''

References

External links

Official website of the Kunstpfad at the Mummelsee
(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mummelsee German art German sculpture Black Forest