IFD:GoingMobile/Janet Cardiff Soundwalk, Cospeda

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Jena Cospeda

The Windknollen is a nature reserve area north west of Jena residing on the hills around Jena. There have been severe battles between Napoleon's and Prussian troops.

The Canadian artist Janet Cardiff created one of her unique soundwalks across these battlefields of 1806.


Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Meeting Point 1: Hauptbahnhof Weimar, 13 / 1pm SHARP at the Platform 2.

  • The train leaves at 13:05 as RE 3707/3627 from Platform 2
  • To get to the Hauptbahnhof:
    • At least 25 minutes from the Uni to the Hauptbahnhof by foot
    • or catch the bus #6 leaving around 12.4x (?) from Wielandplatz

Meeting Point 2 Jena: Westbahnhof, Arrival: ~13.21, Platform 2

Meeting Point 3 Jena/Papiermühle: ~13.50 plus/minus one Bus

Tour: http://www.komoot.de/tour/2523580#

  • ~45 min walk to the Musum 1806 in Cospeda via Sonnenberghorizontale and Windknollen
  • Memory Walk (Sound Walk) from Janet Cardiff
  • ~25 min walk back via Lutherkanzel

Back to Weimar:

  • Bus (or ~45 min walk) back to Jena West
  • RE or RB back to Weimar Hbf

Things to pack:

  • Bottle of water
  • Light rain jacket (just in case…)
  • Appropriate footwear (really important, the trail at the Sonnenberghorizontale and the Lutherkanzel is narrow and steep!)
  • Custom headphones for the sound walk (if you prefer good ones)
  • 1,50 € in coins (audio walk fee)
  • An ID card as deposit
  • Student card to use the train and the bus

Weather:

komoot-track (Alex):