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plore the district through the artists’eyes. An art route with 31 stops invites for extensive walks where one can match the artists’ paintings with their original views in the surrounding nature. Furthermore, many ateliers offer courses or creative holidays, Beate Bitterwolf created a renowned academy for temporary art, the ‘Kunstfabrik am See’, and the former house of one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Otto Dix, is now a museum which showcases his art and life. Another highlight is the Museum Art & Cars (MAC) in Singen. It exhibits valuable vintage cars in a dialogue with art on over 1,000 square metres. The current exhibition presents racing cars from BMW which were decorated with patterns and pictures by the likes of Andy Warhol.
Germany ‘Europe as guest’
Main image: Constance by night. © Achim Mende Right: Views on the ‘Art Route’. © Ulrike Klumpp MAC and Hohentwiel. © Sabine Tesche Below: Christmas market at Constance harbour front. © Achim Mende
As if the city wouldn’t have enough to offer visitors already, Constance also celebrates 600 years of Council of Constance from 2014 until 2018, where the city remembers the time it lay in the centre of the occidental world. Each year is dedicated to a topic and Council times are revisited. 2016 is devoted to the ‘Living Middle Ages’ and visitors can look forward to a colourful framework programme.
marshland settlements. The highlight is the Unteruhldingen Museum and its prehistoric pile villages with 23 reconstructed buildings. Creativity all around The region around Constance has fascinated artists of all kinds for over 100 years. An example is Peter Lenk. The German sculptor from Bodman-Ludwigshafen is known for the controversial sexual content of his public art and his most famous work is Constance’s city symbol; the tenmetre-high concrete harbour statue Imperia. Another of Lenk’s work as heavily discussed is Ludwig’s Legacy, which can be gazed at in Ludwigshafen. Famous creatives, such as Otto Dix, Helmuth Macke or Erich Heckel also used to live and work in the region. Thus, visitors can easily ex-
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