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Exhibition in the Castle

Hauderer invite to virtual forest tour in Simmern

• Werner Dupuis

29.10.2025, 10:00 AM

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Habitat and cultural space or just a place where trees grow: the forest has different meanings for people. Also for artists, as shown by the Hauderer's annual exhibition, which is currently on display in the castle in Simmern.

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The majority of Germans have a special connection to the forest. For many, it is more than just a place where trees grow; for them, the forest is a living space and therefore a cultural space. Reason enough for the Hauderer to make the forest the theme of their 2025 annual exhibition. The works of the artists are on display in the foyer of Simmern Castle until November 9th.

Visitors are invited on a visual forest walk during the tour. Around 40 impressions of nature, trees, and forests are on display. These are mostly beautiful, idealizing, idyllic images of longed-for places and a perfect world, far removed from all realities and current events. Ingrid Litzenberger, for example, set up her easel on a November day by the Simmerbach below her mill near Gehlweiler. Primarily in shades of blue and grey, the picture shows that November is not as dreary and grey as it often feels. Karl Kaul, founder, chairman, and grand seigneur of the Hauderer, delved deep into his color palette. In all its opulence, he brought the luminous autumn forest to the canvas, as a beacon of light against the November blues.

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Veronika Neumann jumps from summer to autumn with her two atmospheric acrylic paintings. Helga Schüler was able to discover and depict usually invisible tree spirits. Dieter Böhm was idealizing in his Hunsrück forest. Martin Thomas is more critical of his homeland. His triptych shows the "sparging" in the Külzbach valley by numerous wind turbines that tower tree-high above the trees in the actual forest.

Alexander Stepanow is on a completely different path. He describes his works as abstract wood art. Well-seasoned wood from walnut, mahogany, oak, acacia, red beech or various fruit varieties, natural or stained, sanded or rough, he artfully assembles into his forest pictures.

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"Pause, look, think," Michael Boos, mayor of the Verbandsgemeinde (VG) Simmern-Rheinböllen, recommended to the visitors of the vernissage for the exhibition in his laudation. 47 percent of his VG is covered by forest. For many people, the forest is more than just a place for recreation; as a place of longing, it offers security, the longed-for "Gehaichnis" in an ever faster-turning world. But trees are not loners. "Comparable to human society, they live in symbiosis with their surroundings," Boos described.

Joachim Hilbert, forester and Hauderer, took his listeners on an excursion on the topic of sustainable forest management. The three ladies of the Great Mothers Band were invited to the vernissage for musical accompaniment. The Hauderer, the working group of creative artists in the Hunsrück, were founded in 1981 and currently have 34 members. All creative people who enjoy painting, drawing, photography, and sculptural design are invited.

Further information at www.hauderer.de

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