The “Orschel-Hase”, or “Hasi” as he is sometimes known, was carved out of a single piece of oak along with his pedestal in 2022 to replace a similar sculpture that stood on the same spot between 1997 and 2022. The original went missing during the Covid lockdown in 2020.
It is located along the “Kaiserin-Friedrich-Weg”, near the “Emminghaushütte” to the west of Oberursel.
Rügen may be the largest of the German islands, but there are several interesting smaller islands dotted around it. One of these islands is called Vilm, and it is part of the South-Eastern Biosphere. As such, the island has special protection. Boats are not allowed within 100m without permission. Swimming is not allowed in that area either.
The eastern side of Vilm, once the place where the GDR leadership bathed.
One part of the island is completely out of bounds to visitors, the other is used by a national government agency for nature conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz). Visitors here are limited to 30 at any one time, only in organised groups and only along a set path. Even the number of tours each year is limited, so when the Biosphere held a press tour on the island, they had to get special permission to exceed that number! [Read more…]
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