20th anniversary
of the Hundertwasser Environmental Railway Station, Uelzen
25. November 2020
Christa Kreuter
The dedication took place on November 25, 2000.
Hundertwasser redesigned the old Wilhelminian train station that had been disfigured by later additions made to the building. For Hundertwasser was very important the planting of trees wherever possible.
Excerpt from an address given when construction began in September 1999:
If we do not honour our past,
we lose our future.
If we destroy our roots
we cannot grow.
The maintenance and preservation of our traditions and our cultural heritage is the order of the day. It serves the best interests of all of us.
At a time when our landscape, our cities and nature are being destroyed, it is the duty of every individual, to take responsibility our traditions.