This tour through all the exhibition rooms explores the concept of nature through selected objects spanning 800 years of German history: from the ‘world egg’ and the wolf to visual depictions of destroyed landscapes from the 20th century.
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Öffentliche Führung „Natur und deutsche Geschichte”
How have the shifting relationships between societies and their conceptions of nature shaped faith, life and politics over the centuries? The visionary and Benedictine nun Hildegard von Bingen, for example, saw in nature a divine force, the ‘viriditas’. In the early modern period, societies began to exploit natural resources extensively, bringing about lasting changes to the environment. How governments, political or religious movements define nature, how they treat it and what ideas they associate with it is subject to constant change.
This guided tour offers a variety of insights into events and developments that have altered or shaped the concept of nature.
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Dates
October 2026
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