Spiegelsäule

The Spiegelsäule is a nine-metre safety-glass sculpture associated with Fürth’s history and public art. The artist Ingo Klöcker created this sculpture for Fürth. He was born in Stuttgart in 1937, and lives in Fürth. It took its place in the Konrad Adenauer Anlage in 2007, marking the city’s thousand-year celebrations. The column’s construction allows people to turn it by hand. Its tapering pentagonal form connects five senses with five anniversary themes: ideas, culture, city, freedom and nature. The five-sided shape carries this symbolic idea clearly. Safety glass gives the work a reflective surface, while its name recalls Fürth’s former mirror industry. The German name itself refers directly to mirrors. The artwork also prompted public debate about its location in Fürth. Discussions involved the Konrad Adenauer Anlage, the Michaelis Kirchweih festival and a proposed move towards Würzburger and Breslauer Streets. The Spiegelsäule therefore links industrial memory, anniversary symbolism and civic discussion in one distinctive object.