Scouring pole pasture guard

Artist: Johannes Dennda (Breckerfeld); born in 1951 in Gevelsberg under the zodiac sign of Gemini.
Already creatively active as a teenager - poems, silver jewelry, painting, sculpture and light sculptures.

Object: Volmetal pasture guardian

It is intended to draw attention to the fact that, especially in this day and age, the only non-renewable resource, nature, should not be wasted seemingly indiscriminately for further industrial settlements.

Location: Halver Oeckinghause - Weide opposite the industrial area (coordinates: 51.206887, 7.532790)

Other: Heesfelder Mühle with café, organic food store and hiking trails nearby

As part of the "Scheuerpfähle fürs Volmetal " project, 20 artistically designed "Scheuerpfähle" will be erected in the four municipalities that have joined together to form the Oben an der Volme region. They are intended to draw attention to special features in the Volme Valley, serve as landmarks or invite reflection. The X 20 hiking trail, which connects Schalksmühle, Halver, Kierspe and Meinerzhagen over a length of 20 kilometers, is the bracket.

The initiator and sponsor of the project is the VAKT art association from Halver. The NRW Ministry for Regional Identity, Communities and Local Government, Building and Gender Equality has sponsored the project. Minister Ina Scharrenbach personally delivered the funding notification to Halver on the Saturday before Christmas 2019.

Scouring poles have their origins in agriculture. Farmers used to put them in the Weide so that cattle could rub against them. In the Volmetal, the posts are also intended to figuratively point out points of friction. They are intended to draw attention to special places, stimulate discussion or help to rediscover home.

Text source: Vakt e.V.

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