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Around 50 guests attended the opening of the special exhibition “Climate Change in Kinzigtal” in the Bergwinkel Museum.
Schlüchtern – The fact that climate change has long since arrived in the region has probably been known since the increasing occurrence of heavy rain events and drought summers. But how can the topic be captured photographically? The new special exhibition in the Bergwinkel Museum now offers answers to this question in the form of impressive images.
Climate change in the Kinzigtal: New photo exhibition in the Bergwinkel Museum
There was a lot of activity in the Bergwinkel Museum at the opening of the exhibition “Climate Change in the Kinzig Valley”. Among the 50 guests were numerous political representatives from Schlüchtern. The show was conceived by the “People for Future Gelnhausen/Main-Kinzig” association. Last year he organized a competition in which citizens were invited to submit their own photos on the topic. Among the winners there is also a Schlüchtern woman: Gisela Rösch achieved third place with her photo of a rare mourning cloak – the last documented sighting of the butterfly in the Spessart to date.
The winner of the competition was Peter Gasselsdorfer from Bruchköbel with the picture of a dry field. In his welcome, Harald Eifert from “People for Future” discussed the effects of climate change on our region. He focused less on the reasons for climate change and instead focused on concrete examples of how change is already visible and noticeable in the Kinzig Valley. Flood events are occurring more frequently than a few years ago. At the same time, drought periods would increase, especially in summer.
Floods are becoming more frequent and droughts are increasing
Eifert handed over the floor to Heinz-Jürgen Heil (CDU) from the city's magistrate with a question: “What is the city of Schlüchtern doing to minimize the effects of climate change?” Heil answered this with a list showing which projects the city has already implemented in this regard – such as converting street lighting to LED, energy-efficient renovation of city buildings and the establishment of a car sharing program and an electric charging infrastructure. However, there is still a lot to be done to minimize the consequences of climate change. The city is working intensively on other projects here, for example in the area of photovoltaics.
Harald Eifert thanked Marah Naumann, who is responsible for the Bergwinkel Museum in the Schlüchtern city administration, for her support in planning and setting up the exhibition and vernissage. The exhibition runs until Sunday, April 19th, in the Bergwinkel Museum: on Thursday, April 16th, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on April 5th and 19th (each Sunday) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Entry is free.
