The excursion "Oh strahlender Stechlin" is part of an art and research project initiated by the neue Gesellschaft der bildenden Künste Berlin (nGbK). The title "Salz. Ton. Granit. Über nukleare Vergangenheiten und strahlende Zukünfte“ refers to geological formations that are considered suitable for the final disposal of radioactive waste.
The tour starts on 8 September at 11.15 am at Rheinsberg railway station, where a former nuclear transport wagon can be viewed. Afterwards, participants can talk to former nuclear power plant employee Jörg Möller, now Chairman of the Rheinsberg Town History Association.
In the afternoon, a train ride on the Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn railway will take you through the Stechlin nature reserve to the nuclear power plant's depot on a line that was once built for plant traffic but is now only used for dismantling. From there, a hike with a stop for a swim leads along Lake Stechlin to the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), where Dr Sabine Wollrab and her colleagues report on their long-term research on Lake Stechlin.
Together with pastor Reinhard Dalchow, artist Marike Schreiber will then create a "water reception" on the shore with a mobile sculpture – as a tribute to one of the most important topics of the time, the discussion about clean water.
Registration is requested as the number of participants is limited: anmeldung@ngbk.de.
