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Visit to the Neandertal car sculpture park - a lesson in the aesthetics of the morbid

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Created on February 19, 2020

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Wolfram Hamann

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Wolfram Hamann

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Vergänglichkeit von schönen Farben und schönen Formen - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Abgestürzt - Goggomobil von Glas - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Freundlich empfangen beim Eingang durch Hausherrin Dr. Sabantina - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Wie ein Wachhund - Buick Super - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Buick Super - der Lack verwittert - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Buick Super - Kühlerfigur - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Vielfalt und Deutschland-Bezug - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Silbernes Gespenst - Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Rolls-Royce-Kühlerrigur "Emily" einmal anders - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Der Rolls verfügt über "royale" Passagiere - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Traurig steht er da der Tatra Tatraplan - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Tatra Tatraplan - Aerodynamikwunder von damals - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Charakteristische Heckpartie des Tatras - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Der Typenschriftzug lässt sich nur noch erahnen - Tatraplan - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Der beliebte Käfer fand hier seine letzte Ruhestätte - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Rostlöcher im Kotflügel des VW Käfer - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Restaurieren möchte man diesen Käfer kaum mehr - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Ein Opel Olympia - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Noch ein Opel Olympia - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Alterungsspuren am Opel Olympia - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Hier hält nichts mehr zusammen - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Die Überbleibsel eines Jaguar - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Einst ein Jaguar? Jetzt nur noch ein Fahrgestell mit Instrumenten - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Sichtbar gemachte Elektrik - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Buntes Ensemble mit Goggomobil, Lloyd, Cadillac, Deutz Trecker und Lagonda - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Lagonda mit immer noch gut erkennbarem Markenmemblem - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Ein Lloyd und ein Jeep - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Nur noch die Schnauze da - Cadillac der Fünfzigerjahre - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Rarität in Deutschland - Holden FX - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Phantasie nötig, um den Markenschriftzug "Holden" noch zu erkennen - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Ford "Buckeltaunus" - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Mehr als Patina - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Strassenschilder zur Abwechslung - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Plymouth Plaza - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Die Haube des Plymouth Plaza - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Citroën Traction Avant 11 CV - er soll einst einem Polizeichef gehört haben - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Schöne Kühlerrippen - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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GAZ M20 Pobeda - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Die Front des GAZ - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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IFA F 9 - Zweitakt-Limousine aus der DDR - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Moskwitsch 401 - symbolisiert den Zusammenbruch der UdSSR - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Renault 4 CV, in Deutschland "Crèmeschnittchen" genannt - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Willys Jeep - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Sie verlassen den amerikanischen Sektor - steht da - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Vorsicht Flugzeug! - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Nicht nur Automobile (oder Flugzeuge) - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Borgward Hansa - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Borgward Hansa in seiner ganzen Pracht - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Markenemblem auf dem Borgward Hansa - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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BMW/EMW 340 - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Cockpit des BMW/EMW 340 - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Der Lack des BMW/EMW 340 ist kaum noch sichtbar - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Vergänglicher BMW/EMW 340 - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Vergänglicher BMW/EMW 340 - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Fast schon Rennatmosphäre mit einem Jaguar XK 120 - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Sah schon einmal bessere Zeiten, dieser Jaguar XK 120 - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Jaguar XK 120, einst das Sportgerät des Hausherrn - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Das Cockpit des Jaguar XK 120 - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Die "Spats" sind noch vorhanden am Jaguar XK 120 - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Mille-Miglia-Kleber inklusive - Jaguar XK 120 - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Porsche 356 als Kunstobjekt - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Porsche 356 im Endzustand - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Der Lack blättert - Porsche 356 - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Lackschichten auf dem Porsche 356 - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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"Beyond Repair", würden die Amerikaner sagen - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Patina und was danach folgt ... - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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AWZ P70 - der Vorgänger des Trabant - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Fuldamobil in verlebtem Zustand - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Rarer Kabinenroller des Typs Fuldamobil - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Austin Markenzeichen auf der Kühlerhaube - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Morris Minor lehnt sich am Bäumchen an - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Cockpit des Morris Minor - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Ein Eintracht - Wellblech-Ente und Austin A30 - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Fiat 500 D Topolino - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Goggomobil TS 250 Coupé - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Witzige Hinweisschilder - Autoskulpturenpark Neandertal

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Summary

Certainly, for lovers of shiny classics and beauty contests, the Neandertal Sculpture Park is more than just a challenge. On display are disintegrating automobiles and other means of transportation, albeit in the form of an art installation. You can't buy anything here, but you can look at it. And it really gets you philosophizing. This report takes you through the park and shows many of the exhibits in pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Different from the other
Only after prior registration
An unorthodox idea
A tour d'horizon
On the way to decay
Aesthetics of the morbid

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

This report is about a special open-air museum that may be perceived as polarizing. Admittedly: For those who can only imagine classic cars in "showroom condition" or even expect a Concours d'Élegance here, the car sculpture park in Neandertal near Düsseldorf is unlikely to be an option. But that's not the point. Rather, this place exudes a different and strange fascination. One or two readers will no doubt have already read illustrated books about forgotten car graveyards, "lost places", "sleeping beauties" etc. or remember the "Baillon Collection" at the Rétromobile 2015 in Paris, i.e. they will already have come to terms with the final stage of our rolling cultural heritage.

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