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5 PROJECTS 6 Leipzig there must bemore toitthan affordable rents. Whatisitaboutthe city Creative mindsfrom alloverG ermany are movingtoLeipzig– that attractsallthese artists,architects and designers? Andwhat do theyhave tooffer thecity?We decided toask Leipzig! Hello, Interview AnkeEberhardt PhotosUrbanZintel Saxony

... From left: Franziska Klee (fashion designer), Lea Korzeczek (interior designer), Florian Bierbaum (media designer), Nanna Funke (communications designer), Matthias Hiller (industrial designer) and Steffen Sendelbach (architect) moved to Leipzig in 2015 – they've since added a puppy and an infant to their ranks. All of you moved to Leipzig in 2015 looking for more space for our interior independently of one another. What design studio. We particularly needed a were your reasons? Did you have a workshop where we could build our definite plan? furniture and prototypes. The shop here Steffen Sendelbach: The had been empty for ten years, and we were plan was to change something. able to design everything the way we Nanna Funke: In Berlin, we felt wanted. In Wiesbaden, where we'd been like we were living in a permanent rush living before, that wouldn't have been hour. We worked in a great design office possible. there for three years, but there came a point where we realized that we wanted Franziska and Florian, you most more focus. Steffen comes from southern recently lived in Munich. Why did you Germany, I come from North Rhine- decide to move to Leipzig? Westphalia, and we often took vacations in Florian Bierbaum: We're the eastern Germany. Leipzig was so nice, we classic case of people from the east who go just got stuck here. (laughs) to the west to learn a profession, study and Lea Kor zeczek: Matthias was gain our first professional experiences, but born in Leipzig, and we've always liked the who then return to the east to take the city. Another reason was that we were next step. We were expecting a baby and

Studio Oink Lea Korzeczek (33, interior designer from Wiesbaden) and Gohlis – designed by themselves, of course – they sell ceramic items from Matthias Hiller (35, industrial designer from Leipzig) run Studio Oink, which international artists alongside their own works. In the future, they hope to offers a wide range of attractive solutions for various clients. They design offer artists and designers from the local area a platform to present their classic interiors for private homes, cafés and shops but also work as stylists work. The couple's son Joseph was born shortly before this interview, and it for photo shoots and as furniture and product designers. In their studio in looks like he'll be Leipzig born and bred.  www.studiooink.de

8 Saxony wanted to see where we could take viewed in either a positive or a When you work in a creative Franziska's bag brand. negative way. Does being financially profession, cheap rents alone are not F r a n z i s k a K l e e : Moving to more relaxed help inspire you, or do enough; you also need inspiring Leipzig was a very conscious choice. It's you lack impetus? surroundings. Do you have that in convenient for trade fairs, because it's easy Matthias Hiller: For us, it's Leipzig? to get from here to anywhere in Germany. definitely a positive thing. You don't have N a n n a : I think that speed and The city isn't too big, but also not too so much pressure and don't have to accept abundance make up much of the small – it's just right. I actually started out any old job in order to get by. phenomenon of "inspiration." I am in the pharmaceutical industry, and in Lea: For example, we close our studio inspired by the fact that here we have a Munich, I wouldn't have dared to switch on Fridays because we want to use Friday choice between bustling crowds and quiet professions. as a creativity day for our own projects. spaces. It also depends on what you're S t e f f e n : Leipzig is just very doing. We design museum exhibitions; inviting. We were also looking for an the pace there is usually more leisurely. apartment in Berlin – and there'd be more "Lots of things When I'm doing editorial design or poster than one hundred other people trying to design, I do miss specialized book stores get the same place. In Leipzig, things are are happening. Design like "do you read me?!" in Berlin. We no more relaxed. If you want to renovate, like longer automatically know what's going on we did, it's likely that your landlord will let trade fairs come just from living our daily lives; we have to you live there rent-free for a time. The seek it out. advantage of lower living costs is nothing here and major bands Matthias: Although these days, so to be sniffed at. give concerts." much happens online that you usually do Nanna: The famous gallery owner have your finger on the pulse anyway. Gerd Harry Lybke once said, "If you can't If you're content and in harmony with Nanna Funke make it Leipzig, you won't make it your surroundings, you can be creative anywhere." (Everyone laughs.) anywhere. S t e f f e n : If it sounds like we're Franziska: I also have the feeling A Munich fashion designer, on the working less and have more free time, I that the creative scene in Leipzig keeps other hand, once said: "In Berlin, you have to say that the opposite is true: We're growing. There are happenings and can simply muddle along, but in working much more; we just don't have to fashion shows. The nice thing about it is Munich, you have to be successful earn money immediately in order to cover that everything is still very small and or you won't survive." That can be high costs. personal. › Leipzig

Franziska Klee Franziska Klee (31, from Gernrode, Thuringia) is a sideline for Franziska, but now she focuses all her energy on it. Her actually a certified chemical laboratory assistant, and spent the past ten boyfriend Florian Bierbaum (30, media designer from Rodewisch, Saxony) years living in Munich. In 2012, she and her boyfriend founded the works for public broadcaster MDR in Halle / Saale and assists her with copy, "Franziska Klee" fashion label selling high-quality bags, accessories and photography and her website. Their son Fritz was born in Leipzig in 2015. children's shoes. They use only plant-tanned leather, and all the minimalistic He sleeps best to the sound of a whirring sewing machine. designs are hand-made. Before the move to Leipzig, the business was just  www.franziskaklee.de // www.meinbabyschuh.de // www.wunschclutch.de

Making Plans 9 L e a : And you really can create more in the way people work with one showroom. They might be a bit something new, although many people another. For example, here, bartering plays overwhelmed by the large, empty space who have always lived here often aren't a greater role than it does in southern and the gallery atmosphere. aware of that. Some people are dissatisfied Germany. You get something, you give S t e f f e n : Our work is also very and don't realize how much potential there something. That makes things more abstract – composition, conception, is here. intimate and friendly. design. That might not mean much to some people at first. That dissatisfaction is currently Are there also negative aspects to F r a n z i s k a: On the other hand, finding expression through LEGIDA, taking it easier? people do feel a connection when you say which has been making disturbing Nanna: The question is, what exactly you come from Leipzig. You just need headlines. do you mean by "negative," and do you points of contact. At trade fairs in Nanna: But that isn't representative consider speed to always be a positive particular, the people of Leipzig are always of Leipzig. thing. People used to have to get dressed very enthusiastic. The StijlMarkt came Lea: Leipzig is actually more left wing. up just to give a presentation. These days, here for the first time last year, and the You can see that from the counter- we're casually dressed, or we're covered in event organizers said that it went alright demonstrations, which attract far more for a first time, but that the Leipzigers still people. needed to get used to it. Florian: I imagine there are people "Wide streets and long Steffen: Although I really don't who feel a great sense of uncertainty. An want it to sound like we're coming over incredible amount of stuff is happening in avenues: This city from the west to offer developmental aid in Leipzig right now. It's one of the fastest aesthetics. Good heavens, no! growing cities in Germany; buildings are can breathe, and that being renovated left, right and center, and Is the old east-west divide still a prices are rising. You can see how people relaxation spreads to topic? who have lived here a long time might feel the people." S t e f f e n : In my experience, it neglected. There can be misunderstandings doesn't play any role in the west at all when it comes to change: Often, anymore. But here, people sometimes Florian Bierbaum development is seen as implicitly make jokes like, "In peacetime we used criticizing the things that have been to…" or "You going across the border around for a while. mud because we've come straight from the again?" S t e f f e n : I wouldn't want to allotment. But is that worse? Florian: Half of us in this group generalize, though. Yes, there are Lea: I think it's quite nice. It means were children in , the other differences in mentality, but I see that you concentrate on the things that really half are from West Germany. Franziska matter. came back here after ten years, I came back after five. And you do notice this difference To what degree has this change in mentality among people who have never influenced your creative style? lived anywhere else. Although I wouldn't Lea: We can grow in any way we want. want to generalize. S t e f f e n: I even believe that our Lea: We notice a difference between style has becomes more genuine. east and west when we're on the highway. Nanna: Here, we can develop our As soon as we get on the A4 and head east, work properly; we can do things we used we feel like we can breathe properly again; to be scared of doing – such as starting a there's so much more space. furniture brand. We've become much Florian: It's a similar thing with the more courageous and confident. atmosphere in Leipzig. You have this Prussian-style urban planning here with How is your work received by the wide streets and long avenues. This city people of Leipzig? can breathe, and that relaxation spreads to Franziska: In our case – we make the people. expensive leather bags – Munich was, of course, a better location. People there How well do the public institutions simply have more purchasing power, here support creative efforts? although that's changing here, too. But we Lea: In our street in Gohlis, there's do so much of our business online that it's the Magistralenmanagement, which fairly irrelevant. provides support for cafés and shops. After several years in Berlin, Nanna Funke and Steffen Sendelbach founded the firm Funkelbach Lea: Sometimes, people are hesitant Initiatives like the "Nacht der Kunst" (art in Leipzig. and won't simply pop in to see us in our night) bring life to vacant spaces by

10 Saxony Funkelbach Nanna Funke (33, communications designer from near Nanna and Steffen founded the Möbeltum brand with three furniture Münster) and Steffen Sendelbach (34, architect and certified stone products: Bètton, a sofa bed with a straightforward – and aesthetically mason from Würzburg) make up Funkelbach Büro für Architektur + pleasing – fold-out function using leather straps; and Einerspind and Grafikdesign. They design exhibitions for museums, work as art directors Zweierspind, two modern closets with a traditional locker-style design. on corporate design projects and are currently designing the new look Nanna and Steffen are also a couple; currently they're trying to tame Leipzig for a high-class restaurant in Leipzig's city center. (Their own, self- their puppy Dante. designed apartment in Gohlis is also quite impressive.) In early 2016,  www.funkelbach.de // www.moebeltum.de

staging exhibitions there. And there are On one hand, you want more nice shops faith in Leipzig. And that's worked out for the "Wächterhäuser" – empty buildings and cafés and for progress to be made us so far. that an organization lets people live in, in more quickly. On the other, it's wonderful Nanna: There are so many surprises return for maintenance. that the city is still unique. And we're here. So many unexpected opportunities Fr a n z isk a: Because Leipzig has happy to be experiencing Leipzig in this have opened up and developed into always had a big alternative scene, all of phase. fantastic projects. that is very authentic. F l o r i a n : That's true of life in Nanna: You can see that lots of things How does the future look for you? Do general. Here, you don't have to completely are happening. Now, more design trade you have a plan for your lives in surrender yourself to the rat race – fairs come here and major bands give Leipzig? children, mortgages, pension plans. concerts. Na n na: That's precisely what I've Lea: We've all seen that that doesn't gotten away from. (Everyone heartily make most people happy. Having the basic Although all of that is a harbinger of agrees.) Steffen grew up with his parents' realization that you don't need to have gentrification. As are you! architecture firm; I grew up with my every luxury is very relaxing. Here, you Nanna: We certainly are! Here in parents' advertising firm. Although we're can really "live." Leipzig, we just haven't been identified as typical children of busy professionals and Steffen: And, as I said, that's why the enemy yet (laughs). In Berlin, people we do love our work, we need to get away we work more effectively. You gain a kind have a tendency to call Leipzig "Hype-zig" from the computer sometimes. Our plan is of basic trust in your own life. Leipzig gives because of all the hype surrounding the city. to create balance. you the assurance that everything is going Steffen: It's a double-edged sword. S t e f f e n: Our plan is to put our to turn out fine. •

Making Plans 11 Raising the Baa

12 Saxony At his farm in the Saxon municipality of Bärenstein, Falk Bräuer has created an ecological microsystem which makes good use of everything he gets from his sheep – cheese, wool and meat

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The second the small digital stopwatch starts lambs live. "But we leave them with their mothers for longer and glowing green, everything has to happen fast. Falk Bräuer is in the only milk the ewes occasionally. It reduces our milk yield, but it's dairy of his sheep farm in the Saxon municipality of Bärenstein; it's much better for the sheep." about 30 degrees Celsius indoors, and the humidity is tropical. I can tell that the sheep and their welfare really do come first Bräuer has just been evenly stirring the contents of a giant steel vat, when we arrive at the meadow. As soon as they spy Bräuer, the and the cheese inside has now reached exactly the right woolly lambs come running, baaing with enthusiasm. A few temperature. It's all about timing: Bräuer skillfully ladles the cheese meters behind is a group of ewes, looking rather naked; Bräuer and into large containers, and his apprentice Immana pushes down the his assistants sheared them last week. Their wool is another lids and collects the excess liquid in big buckets. Ten minutes later, commodity that helps finance the farm. The small farm shop sells there are six large loaves of cheese neatly packed in their thick wool socks and blankets, which also go on sale at the containers, and the chaos gives way to tranquility. The only chaos Christmas market in Dresden each December. The blankets are now comes from the sound of the squawking chickens outside as woven by a small local firm that Bräuer discovered after a long they squabble over crumbs of cheese. search. If he sold just the wool, shearing the sheep wouldn't be Precision is important at this organic farm, as things can worthwhile, as a kilogram of wool costs just €1. Around four only work properly when each small cog fits neatly into the next. kilograms of wool are needed to make a high-quality woolen Bräuer has invested a great amount of time and energy into blanket, and those sell for around €120 – he just needs to pay the establishing this completely environmentally sustainable farm. The weavers. And that is what Bräuer calls "full-circle operations" – a E electricity comes from solar panels on the roof, the team on the farm that is self-sufficient and ecological. To achieve this TUR farm keeps as much of the work as possible in-house and animal wherever possible, production processes need to be uninterrupted L welfare is of higher priority than profit and smooth, and the farm has to avoid U outsourcing. When outsourcing is IC

margins. The certified master shepherd, R who has been pursuing this idealistic "We leave the lambs required, the farm uses only carefully concept since 1999, started out with a farm with their mothers selected, local firms. Bräuer aims to avoid AG on the northern German island of unnecessary waste and keep control over Usedom. He found it hard, however, to get for longer. It reduces as many processes as possible in order to settled in a place where almost all the land ensure good quality and maintain the was developed and conventional farming our milk yield, but welfare of his animals. dominated. So in 2006, he dared to embark That's also why Bräuer has brought on a new beginning in the lush, herb-filled it's much better for one element of animal husbandry back to meadows of the Eastern Ore Mountains. his farm that he'd actually rather not do He and his partner found an old farm on the sheep." himself. He has just finished tiling a the edge of Bärenstein. They were slaughter room, so that starting this fall, he immediately faced with the challenge of renovating it and getting it can slaughter his animals himself. "I'm not crazy about that ready for winter within just a few weeks. In this task, they were particular task," says Bräuer, "but it's part and parcel of a holistic greatly helped by their new neighbors – somewhat unexpectedly, concept." He is motivated by his knowledge of how animals are since their new neighbors were, after all, conventional farmers. treated at conventional slaughterhouses, where dignity and animal Today, around ninety black East Frisian sheep, normally welfare are often foreign concepts. found on the German coast, can be seen grazing on the slopes of For now, the innocent lambs in the field know nothing of all the Ore Mountains. They coped well with the move and now that. In any case, most of them will be sold rather than slaughtered. enjoy the company of two donkeys, numerous chickens, pigs, Only ten of the young sheep will stay in Bärenstein; one of those is farm dog Lenka and four cats. Bräuer's farm produces milk, white. Over lunch in the cozy farmhouse kitchen, sitting on cheese and meat, which he sells via a food cooperative in wooden chairs draped with soft black fleeces, Bräuer tells me why: Dresden. The farm is home to around 45 milk-producing ewes, "It's because the sheep have a tendency to be racist," he grins. "I around the same number of lambs and two rams. "The best time have a white breeding ram, and last year the ewes ran away from of year as far as milk yield is concerned is the spring and early him in a panic. So I have to get them used to the fact that there are summer. That's when the lambs are born and the ewes give the white sheep as well as black ones." I put that down to just one more most milk," Bräuer tells me on our way to the meadow where the example of the integrated approach in Bärenstein. •

Making Plans 13 Now That's Something!

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Wavelabs: Smart solar LEDs See page 17 Solar cells are an important aspect of renewable energy. Until now, xenon lamps that simulate sunlight have been used to test solar cells. However, xenon lamps do not precisely simulate the sun's Mr. Snow: Winter fun sans snow spectrum – with a discrepancy of up to 25 percent. Leipzig-based See page 18 firm Wavelabs has now developed LEDs that differ from the solar With winters getting warmer, is there a way we can still go skiing spectrum by a maximum of just two percent. That means they're and snowboarding? Mr. Snow from Chemnitz says: Yes! The start- almost as radiant as the sun. They therefore offer greatly improved up company has developed an environmentally friendly solution solar cell testing and ensure a more efficient energy supply. And in cooperation with the Chemnitz University of Technology: a you'd be surprised at how beautiful the SINUS 220 is on the textile piste made from flexible mats with the perfect surface for inside, with its mix of 18 different colors. winter sports like ski-jumping or snow tubing. No water required.

Photos: Neuronade, Laviu, Texlock, Wavelabs, Ragnar Schmuck  www.wavelabs.de  www.mrsnow.de

Making Plans 19 Kraftwerk Mitte in Dresden before renovations.

Creative Spaces Venues for showcasing art and culture are springing up in former industrial complexes: The Schönherr.fabrik in Chemnitz, Kraftwerk Mitte in Dresden and the Baumwollspinnerei in Leipzig are breathing new life into abandoned industrial sites

By Annika Zieske Photos Urban Zintel

Particles of dust dance in the beams of sunlight of freezing them in time. Then came Reunification; across the falling through the high windows onto the rough concrete floor. former East, factories were closed down and companies declared Huge canvas screens lean against the wall. Once used for bankruptcy. The gigantic building complexes were left fallow. spinning cotton, this former factory hall is now the perfect space Usually, the challenge of ensuring that they didn't fall into ruin for an art atelier. The old cotton mill – or "Baumwollspinnerei" – was taken up by creative individuals who saw scope for in Leipzig is a prime example of a former industrial space now development. However, they couldn't count on any financial being used by artists and other creative minds. But these support. Bertram Schultze, now managing director of the converted spaces in Saxony don't just spur on new developments, Baumwollspinnerei in Leipzig, recalls: "The words 'gigantic old they also evoke vivid memories of the past. As far back as the factory,' 'artists' and 'East Germany' were not what the banks early 19th century, Saxony was leading the industrial revolution were keen to hear; they couldn't grasp what we were saying." in Germany, particularly in the textile industry. Massive Now, places like the Spinnerei are a local attraction, and their machines worked around the clock to spin thread, weave cloth worth, once so hard to comprehend, is very clear to tenants and and stitch clothing, and the machines themselves were produced visitors alike, who are fascinated by the special atmosphere of nearby, in gigantic engineering works. these places that were hives of industrial activity for so many In the GDR, the nationalization of factories had the effect decades and now generate inspiration for creative output.

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The Baumwollspinnerei in Leipzig is undoubtedly a role model for other such spaces in Saxony. Once upon a time, it was one of the biggest factories in Europe – a city within a city. In the early 1990s, the first artists moved into the disused building with the vision of turning it into a biotope of creativity. One of those artists was painter Neo Rauch, and the rest is history: The Spinnerei became the epicenter of the New Leipzig School and gained international renown.

Today, it is still a pleasantly discordant microcosm, where world-famous artists take their place alongside an arthouse cinema and a pottery workshop. In spite of the fact that all the empty rooms have now been filled and that prestigious gallery owners saunter among the sightseers, there's still plenty of free space in the minds of the people here. Bertram Schultze says, "We can't ever come to a standstill. We're lucky enough to be working with art, whose inherent task is to explore new things." The Spinnerei's latest project is revamping the last unrenovated building left on the site for Lofft, an alternative theater. The troupe has been waiting for a space like this for ten years; now, they're not only gaining a home of their own, but the opportunity to help with its design. From the pillars in the auditorium to the appearance of the foyer – this place will be imprinted with their very own vision. ENUES V

World-famous galleries are represented ART here, but there's also plenty of space for other creative minds in affordable studios. Right: Laura Eckert's studio Below (from left): The Spinnerei site; the EIGEN & ART gallery

Making Plans 21 From left: An outside view of the former factory; modern agencies in the new, renovated wing; an unrenovated goods depot; the alina ART gallery (below) in Kulturhaus K 40. Bare brickwork meets designer offices: Every new tenant in the Schönherr.fabrik in Chemnitz can incorporate their own ideas into the planning before signing the contract. It may be a potential cost risk, but it inspires faith among the would-be tenants – none have ever backed out.

Chemnitz

The Schönherr.fabrik in Chemnitz has plenty of room for new perspectives. In 1996, Birgit Eckert, managing director of the former weaving mill, was faced with the seemingly impossible task of turning 60,000 square meters of unrenovated floor space into something usable. She remembers the countless viewing

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V who never showed up. Finally, one day, a man cycled up and asked if he could open a restaurant on the site. He wasn't a ART restaurateur, but a social worker looking to make a living in another field. That restaurant, Café ankh, is successful to this day, and its opening heralded a new beginning.

There was no large-scale financial planning for the Schönherr.fabrik, Eckert recalls, just small, gradual steps. Whenever there was enough money, they'd renovate another section. And then Eckert read an article about artists moving into empty factory buildings: "I thought to myself, 'We have plenty of those!'" And so Kulturhaus K40 was born, offering ample space for studios and rehearsal rooms. Now, the Schönherr.fabrik is filled to capacity with an assortment of tenants ranging from a ballet school to a tax advisor's office. While Eckert and her team could have rented K40 for a profit, they decided against it: "This is a space that lives from its diversity. In order to work well, you need a certain lightness of being," says Eckert. Now, they've finally raised enough money to properly refurbish K40. There's never been any proper heating in the building, for instance, and the management team wants to work together with the artists to renovate the building –

Pieces by Jan Gemrot (left) and Pavel Vasicek on display in the alina ART gallery. without any resulting spikes in rent.

22 Saxony From left: The future home of the Staatsoperette Dresden and the tjg youth theater; renovations underway at Kraftwerk Mitte; the T1 Bistro and Café. Mention "culture" in Dresden, and the Semperoper immediately springs to mind, but with the renovation of Kraftwerk Mitte, the city welcomes a new cultural milieu showcasing classic and modern art alongside contemporary cuisine.

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Work is steaming ahead on a new cultural site in Dresden. In into the center of attention, where Klepsch believes they belong. December, the Staatsoperette Dresden and the tjg. theater junge "Ideally, theater should address pressing issues in our society, generation will welcome audiences in what was once an old power and that's something Dresden needs." Klepsch has other potential station. In addition to the new theater building, the historically tenants in mind for the venue, a project that is very close to her preserved sections of the Kraftwerk Mitte complex will be home to heart. One is Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden's puppet theater various creative and culinary teams. Annekatrin Klepsch, in charge collection, which has been homeless for decades and has had to of Dresden's culture and tourism bureau, sees Kraftwerk Mitte as rely on temporary solutions. There's a lot of work still to be done, an opportunity for the city to show how much more it has to offer and the T1 Bistro & Café, a small eatery in the former gatehouse, than just the cultural heritage of its landmarks such as the has become something of an unofficial meeting place for and the Semperoper. The new location brings the two the Kraftwerk Mitte team to brainstorm and develop new plans. theaters, previously situated on the outskirts, into the city center and Sometimes, the best ideas originate in the most unusual of places. •

Making Plans 23 While we'd never want to encourage excessive boozing, people often have great ideas under the influence – such as turning a passion for alcoholic beverages into a profession, for instance. We meet six such spirited individuals on a very special booze tour through Saxony

By Kathrin Hollmer Illustrations Alexandra Klobouk

Spirited Ideas

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24 Weingut Klaus Zimmerling, Stonewood Pillnitz Braumanu­ Since 1992, Klaus Zimmerling's idyllic winery faktur, Chemnitz on the former royal vineyard in Pillnitz Once upon a time, has been bringing new meaning to the art Michael Friedrich wanted to of wine. Graced by the pyramid-shaped be a coppersmith. But slope of land called the Rysselkuppe, it's when he was just 14, his first Weingut Mariaberg, Meißen a remarkable place where wine and art summer job took him to co-exist in beautiful symbiosis. Klaus's wife, the Schlossbrauerei brewery in Vintner Anja Fritz's path to her chosen the artist Małgorzata Chodakowska, sculpts Chemnitz, and what he saw profession was indirect. After training as life-size wooden statues in her studio set there was so fascinating that he a business clerk specializing in foreign amidst the vines. Her graceful female figures immediately switched career languages, a trip around the world in exude a tranquility that fits in perfectly with aspirations. By 2015, he was 2004 inspired her to buy a dilapidated the natural landscape of Pillnitz. Here, a qualified master brewer and beer estate in Meißen where wine grapes had wine and art are so intertwined sommelier ready to open his very been grown for over 400 years. She that photographs of the own brewery. His brewery's name – decided to give wine-making a go, and in sculptures quite naturally Stonewood Braumanufaktur – was 2008, founded the winery and completed grace the labels of inspired by the Chemnitz petrified her training as a wine guide for tourists. In each year's top-quality forest, where a volcanic eruption 290 2013, she teamed up with vintner Martin bottles of Riesling, million years ago turned to stone Schwarz to establish Weinmanufaktur Gewürztraminer, Pinot the trees that still adorn the city to this am Mariaberg. Since then, two different gris and Pinot blanc. day. Michael's brewery specializes in lines of wine have been pressed up  www.weingut- unusual beer varieties like chocolate here: the crisp, fruity Mariaberg wines zimmerling.de stout and smoked beer. And here, the and the Weinmanufaktur's sophisticated beer is for more than just drinking; "Schwarz" wine, which has been Michael also makes novel beer treats commended by prestigious restaurant like truffles, mustard and jelly. guide Gault Millau. When it came to  www.brau-art.de choosing a new career, it seems Anja had a good nose.  www.weingut-mariaberg.de

Augustus Rex, Dresden DRINKS When Georg Schenk and Elke Mareck moved to Dresden in 1998, they happened to take a stroll through some abandoned orchards in the valleys along the . They Glückauf Biere, were struck with an idea: Why not make good use of the fruit? Since 2001, the Gersdorf duo have been distilling high-quality spirits Schaubrennerei Lindner, The Glückauf brewery at the foot of the and liqueurs from long-forgotten fruit Ore Mountains was founded in 1880 varieties in their still, lovingly christened Neukirch in a former stocking factory. When Astrid "Fat Bertha." Their products have received Food chemist Susann Lindner became Peiker took over the reigns from her great international acclaim. Since 2011, Saxony's first female master distiller in mother in 2013, she wanted to switch they've also produced "Dresdner Gin" 2015, earning the title with a pumpkin things up and start brewing ale. In April – sold in a leaning bottle – and in 2012, schnapps of her own invention. She 2016, her Gersdorfer Ale was named they even sent the Queen of England was inspired to take up the profession the "2016 Beer of the Year" by the beer a bottle for her birthday. Her Master of by her father, Steffen Lindner, who appreciation website ProBier-Club, which Household sent a thank you letter in reply – has operated a distillery in Neukirch has been awarding that seal of approval though it's unclear whether or not he got since 2009, alongside his regular job for 18 years. The ale has received many to taste the tipple himself. as a master tiler. Spirits have long other laurels, too. And it's no wonder:  www.augustus-rex.com since ceased to be merely a hobby for From the very first sip, you can tell Steffen, and he has won numerous that this heavily hopped beer with fruity prizes at international championships. notes of mango and citrus is really The distillery produces schnapps from something special. Astrid first hit on the peaches, damsons and quince as well idea when she tasted ale for the first as beer and mead; liqueurs from various time on a trip – it was lighter and berries and garlic; and even a whisky. fruitier than the beer she was used to at The Lindners' latest idea is a distillate home. Six months later, she started from the famous "Neukircher Zwieback" – experimenting and didn't stop until she a cracker similar to Melba toast. was completely satisfied with the results.  www.schusterliebs.de  www.glueckaufbiere.de

Making Plans 25 "I was driven by the desire to do something no one else had done – to strike a new path." Bernd Arnold (pictured on p. 27) A Rocky Road

By Peter Brunnert Photos Helmut Schulze

For over a hundred years, Saxon Switzerland has had the world's CLIMBING strictest rules for climbing. But now, in the , a new era of climbing is being ushered in. This fine balancing act is difficult, but necessary for the future

Making Plans 27 When a party of daring More than almost any other sport, gymnasts from Bad Schandau climbing encourages people to decided to climb the mighty focus and overcome obstacles Falkenstein just outside their in an effort to achieve their goals. town on March 6, 1864, they didn't It may sound paradoxical, but have any rules to worry about. climbing also brings people down Their successful ascent marked to earth. Many of us are looking the beginnings of rock climbing in to balance our increasingly busy, Saxony. Their trip, however, looked urban lifestyles with physical more like a scaffolding company's activity in the great outdoors. Peggy outing than a climbing expedition: Nestler of Saxon Switzerland's In order to reach the top of the tourism bureau says, "For years, 80-meter rock wall, they used a we've been observing an increase in plethora of ladders, climbing the number of climbers here. apparatuses and struts. They Companies offering climbing wanted to reach the top: The ends courses are increasing their revenue, justified the means, and sandstone and new climbing schools are being can't defend itself. established." All that is calling But in the early 20th century, those strict rules into question. the Saxon climbing community laid The climbers want increased down a few rules to stop the over safety, and people are beginning to 1,000 rugged and ancient rock ask why climbing is limited to the spires from being hacked to death spires and why the rock faces with hammers and chisels. Nowhere can't be climbed. Until now, the in the world are climbing rules as traditionalists have been able to restrictive and demanding as they assert their will. But the spires don't are in the mountains southwest of "For me, the climbing even make up five percent of the Dresden. And nowhere else is the rock surfaces in Saxon Switzerland. sport of climbing as strongly shaped tradition in Saxony is That means there's a great deal of by its past. unexploited potential slumbering Over one hundred years ago, something very special that deep in these woods. However, CLIMBING it was determined that in their bid there is currently no strategy in to defeat gravity, climbers were I definitely consider place for changing the rules in a way only allowed to use natural holds that is acceptable to everyone. and were not permitted to utilize worthy of preservation." "There's a lack of forward any kind of artificial aids, with the thinking," says Arnold, regretfully. exception of safety aids. That Robert Leistner "That means modern climbing means that the modern sport of disciplines like sport climbing and free climbing has its origins right here in consciousness. And the mystique of bouldering are excluded here." But some the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. Those Saxon Switzerland was only intensified hardliners are pleased about that; they early rule-makers also agreed that climbers during the division of Germany, when the want climbing in Saxony to remain the should only scale the free-standing rock area was difficult to access for climbers way it's always been – although, of course, spires and should not attempt to clamber from the west. they too wear high-tech climbing shoes up rock faces – with very few exceptions. Bernd Arnold (69) from Hohnstein these days, rather than going barefoot and Since then, it has been the rule that probably knows more about climbing using ropes made from hemp. only the first person to ascend a particular in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains than However, several younger climbers route is allowed to affix pitons. Beyond anyone else. He was the first to climb are keen to retain Saxon traditions, while that, only "soft" elements such as rope around 700 of the spires; some of his still developing them further. One of slings can be used as anchors in the rock. attempts were the most difficult free them is 34-year-old Robert Leistner This unique system gave rise to heroic climbing ascents in the world. Why would from Dresden, who established some climbing methods. The first person in a anyone do such a thing? "I was driven by of the most difficult routes in these rope team had to be able to master the the desire to do something no one else had mountains. "For me, the climbing climbing route with no, or very few, safety done – to strike a new path," says Arnold. tradition in Saxony is something very elements. The daring of these climbers "But it was also because I appreciate the special that I definitely consider worthy of and the difficulty of the routes became aesthetics of climbing. My goal was to preservation," he stresses. But he has a the foundation of the valiant image bring an element of lightness into a vision for a possible further development: Saxon climbers earned in the popular strenuous undertaking." "I can imagine swapping suitable rock

28 Saxony faces for insignificant peaks and thus returning a little bit of peace and calm to environmentally sensitive areas. I see making rock faces accessible and equipping them with modern safety elements as a first step toward making climbing in Saxony more appealing." But of course, the responsible parties have good reasons for their reluctance to consider such plans. Tom Ehrig of the Saxon mountain climbing association Sächsische Bergsteigerbund points out: "We have to remember that we have the unique nationwide privilege of being able to climb in a national park at all. So we always need to properly bear the possible consequences of any new measures in mind." All the climbing tourists who flock to Saxon Switzerland each year know nothing about the rock-climbing debate. They are "wanderers across the sea of fog," as Caspar David Friedrich once described this region. They are simply in awe of this place that somehow manages to look like a combination of home and another planet. Preserving this idyll and keeping it accessible to climbers will be a fine balancing act between the old and the new. It's clear that traditions can only prevail if they are allowed to develop. But it's also clear that a 150-year-old rock-climbing tradition shouldn't simply be abandoned. What's needed is a plan that keeps everyone happy. That's no easy task, but we can be optimistic. After all, climbers are famous for their ability to always find a way, however rocky the path may be. •

TIPS FROM CLIMBING LEGEND BERND ARNOLD Note: Climbing in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains requires knowledge of special safety techniques. Beginners should go straight to the post-climb tips … Falkenstein, Schusterweg Little Hercules Column, Alter Weg Lokomotive, Überfall A Sandstone Mountains classic: The Schusterweg The Hercules Columns in the spectacular Biela This is a route to turn your legs to jelly! The Überfall requires you to overcome a deep "chimney" Valley look like they might topple over at any in Rathen isn't a difficult climb, but the view down crevice, slanting crawl ledges, an exposed gully moment. The Alter Weg on the Little Hercules over the Amselsee lake is terrifying. Anyone with a and two tricky smearing ridges. A very dramatic Column is an enjoyable and airy climb. It might hint of vertigo should skip the climb and go for a Saxon climbing experience. look flimsy, but it won't fall over that easily. row on the lake instead.

FOR POST-CLIMBING REFRESHMENT AND RELAXATION Toskana Therme Bad Schandau Porschdorfer Einkehr This spa on the bank of the Elbe has a sauna area, indoor and outdoor pools With regional produce and fresh seasonal dishes seasoned with herbs from the and a "Liquid Sound Temple" – a saltwater thermal pool with underwater music inn's own herb garden, this family-run inn is a secret insider's tip. They also and 360-degree video projection. Even the most strenuous climb will soon be offer home-made spirits and "WanderWein" – wine with an original Böhm forgotten here. hiking map on the label. Rudolf-Sendig-Straße 8 a, 01814 Bad Schandau  www.toskana-therme.de Hauptstraße 29 b, 01814 Bad Schandau  www.porschdorfer-einkehr.de

Making Plans 29 30 A Packed Program Lovers of art, design, culture and music:

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Whether you're interested in painting, sculpture, textiles, applied arts or graphic design, you should plan plenty of time for your visit to Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Here, Karl Schmidt- Rottluff meets Caspar David Friedrich, and Edgar Degas meets Lyonel Feiniger. And be sure not to miss the fantastic temporary exhibitions. One such is an exciting premiere running until November 20, 2016. To celebrate the 320th anniversary of the Academy of Arts in Berlin, the museum is bringing together artworks by all living members of the Visual Arts Section. From December 11, 2016 to March 12, 2017, it will present the exhibition "Revolutionär!" – Russian avant- Staatliches garde art from the collection of Vladimir Tsarenkov. Museum für Archäologie Eur Chemnitz Sceneo- Tuesdays – Sundays Leipzig (plus holiday Mondays) November 8 www.smac.sachsen.de   www.euro-scene.de MAGIC CITY – – 13, 2016 SMAC's motto is "Discovering This festival of contemporary cultures – understanding history," THE ART OF European theater and dance will take place for the 26th and they aim to show that even the time. In just under a week, it oldest objects can be displayed in THE STREET will present 22 performances an exciting, modern way. This old, Dresden, Kultur Quartier of 13 different shows on eight Zeitenströmung historically preserved department stages by artistes from ten October 1, 2016 – January 8, 2017 store houses a permanent exhibition countries. The performances of human history in Saxony with  www.magiccity.de include seven German 300,000-year-old finds, but also premieres. The hardest "Urban art in all its diversity" – this presents temporary exhibitions, choice you'll have to make such as the current one on money. fall, Dresden will turn into an open- is whether to check out air studio as public squares, the dance, drama, puppetry or walls of buildings and a specially performance art. built "city of dreams" show new pieces by forty of the world's best street artists. The artworks CULTURE have all been created for this e i m global premiere of Magic ll City. The event program Kunstha includes workshops, siusbau concerts and Lip guided tours. Dresden – Sundays Tuesdays www.skd.museum/de/museen-­ institutionen/kunsthalle-im-lipsiusbau/ Manufaktur der The Lipsiusbau, affectionately known as Träume the "lemon squeezer" by locals because Annaberg-Buchholz of the unusual shape of its glass dome, Daily is worth a visit purely for its external www.annaberg-buchholz.de/manufaktur- appearance. It has plenty more to  offer inside, however. From October 1 der-traeume to January 15, 2017, it presents the temporary exhibition "Paradise on Welcome to the land of dreams. This museum

Earth" featuring gorgeous landscape allows you to experience folk art with all paintings by Dutch and Flemish your senses, bringing the olden days in the Ore artists from Bruegel to Rubens. You Mountains vividly to life. Learn about mining, wooden can purchase a combination ticket for toy production and everyday life in times gone the exhibition that also gets you free by. Here, you'll find inspiration for visitors of all ages. admission to the impressively restored Old Masters Picture Gallery. IMPRINT

Making Plans A magazine of the Free State of Saxony Publisher The Saxon State Chancellery, Christian Hoose, Government Spokesman (legally responsible for content), Archivstr. 1, 01095 Dresden, www.sk.sachsen.de Publishing House Magazin Verlagsgesellschaft Süddeutsche Zeitung mbH, SZ Publishing Project Manager Angela Kesselring Content Manager Anke Eberhardt Advisor Peter Wagner Art Directors Frank von Grafenstein and Marina Widmann Picture Editor Tamara Hansinger Final Editors Christine Uschold-Schlör and Gerlinde Wronski Managing Editor Martin Langeder Coordination Ketchum Pleon GmbH, Käthe-Kollwitz-Ufer 79, 01309 Dresden Printed By Kessler Druck + Medien GmbH & Co. KG, Michael-Schäffer-Str. 1, 86399 Bobingen Repro Compumedia GmbH English Translation Samson & Fritaud Text, Berlin, Germany. Compensation and refunding rights do not apply if publication failure is the result of force majeure or a strike. This journal, and all parts and articles in it, is protected by international copyright. Prior permission must be obtained in writing from the publishers for any use that is not explicitly permissible under the copyright law. Unauthorized use, in particular with regard to duplications and processing, is subject to prosecution if no other provisions of the copyright law are applicable.

Making Plans 31 AND WHAT DO YOU DREAM ABOUT?

CURIOSITY COMES NATURALLY TO US SAXONS. That’s why here, dreams and ideas are transformed into innovations that make our world a better place. Saxony is the land of inventors, from Audi cars to news- papers. Thanks to our outstanding research excellence and a vibrant start-up scene, we will continue to live up to this reputation in the future. To fi nd out how all your dreams can come true in Saxony, visit: www.simply-saxony.com