On the Bundesgartenschau 2005 in Munich Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhisten and Hindus at one particularly for them furnished „place of the world religions “will be able themselves to cavort. The 140,000 euros heavy place, which is arranged by an artist, is to make „a piece for Paradies possible on ground connection “.

(, Munich kreuz.net) from 28 April to 9 October the five world religions will present themselves this yearly together on the Bundesgartenschau BUGA 05 in the proximity of the fair city Riem with Munich.

According to a report „Merkur of on-line one “in the past three years on a concept for „the place of the world religions “planned there one worked. Into practice it by Munich the sculptor and professor for sculpture at the there academy of the forming arts Nikolaus Gerhart were put. It interprets its work as „energy field “.

This concerns a 140,000 euros heavy organization, which plans a symbolic stone from Oberpfälzer granite for each of the five religions. Altar-similar breaking into with a religion-specific symbol are provided in each case. Like that is on a surface of 24 meters diameter a round place with five entrances results, in its center „God, the center of all Seins “somewhat prosaically from a square concrete plate is represented.

At „the place of the world religions “humans are to meet and learn each other to know. Are to support this also the planned services, concerts, meditations, readings and lectures. The work of art of professor Gerhart is to remain existing during the meeting period of the Bundesgartenschau 2005 outside as „a place of the meditation “and a component of the new landscape park in the fair city Riem become.

Church representatives justify the decision to present the world religions with the Bundesgartenschau with the first chapters of the book genesis, which speak of the Paradiesesgarten. For Christians, Jews and Muslims the picture of the garden is by „the garden Eden “trusts.

The speaker Munich of the Muslim advice, Memduh Kapicibasi, called the Monument held in stone and concrete „a piece Paradies on ground connection “and invited to „the dialogue in the garden Eden “. Kapicibasi hopes to be able to make for the visitors possible of the horticultural show a new view of the Islam.

That Munich bishop Engelbert Siebler sees the honest effort of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhisten in the enterprise, „in attention and respect to meet each other “. At the same time it deletes that thereby „no blurred unit religion becomes designed “.