Haingedicht - Weil am Rhein, BW, Germany
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A small poem transformed to a sculpture made of living trees was a gift of the Swiss Canton Basel-Stadt to the German city Weil am Rhein.
Waymark Code: WMNZT0
Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date Posted: 05/31/2015
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"Haingedicht" (bosk poem) is a sculpture in the park south of Weil am Rhein that evolved from the area of the state horticulture festival in 1999.
The sculpture is a spiral of trees, according to the Celtic tree alphabet Beth-Luis-Nion it can be read as the sentence: "Ich binn ein Baum und zugleich das Kind das darauf klettert." (I am a tree and at the same time the child who climbs on it.)
Haimgedicht was created by the artists Barbara Maria Meyer and Markus Gadient. It was a gift of the canton of Basel-Stadt to the city of Weil as a contribution the the aforementioned horitculture festival.
Country or International City that Gave the Gift: Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Country or International City that Received the Gift: Weil am Rhein, Germany
Website Verifying this Item as a Gift from Another Country or International City: Not listed
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