County supports Edersee visitor centre with 160,000 euros

The new visitor centre at the retaining wall is currently being built in Hemfurth am Edersee. The district is supporting the new construction with a financial contribution totalling 160,000 euros. The funds come from structural development funds of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district - and contribute to improving the tourist infrastructure at the Sperrmau forecourt.

During an on-site meeting, District Administrator Jürgen van der Horst symbolically handed over the corresponding notification to Klaus Gier, the mayor of Edertal. A large part of the funds has already been disbursed, and further instalments will follow according to the progress of construction. "With this impressive new building, a new and modern tourism centre is being created at Lake Edersee, where visitors can learn a lot about the history of the Wall and Lake Edersee," says District Administrator Jürgen van der Horst. "The district is therefore happy to support this building, which serves to strengthen the tourism infrastructure at Lake Edersee, also financially."

Mayor Klaus Gier was joined by the architect of the building Christoph Hesse and Klaus Günther from Edersee Marketing, which will rent the rooms in the future. The shape of the new building is inspired by the barrier wall itself and represents a piece of the wall in cross-section. The unusual architecture makes for a special visitor experience, particularly inside - especially through a large panorama window from which the Wall can be experienced from a different perspective. In the future, the visitor centre will offer interested visitors a mixture of digital and analogue information, where interactive experience through digital media will play a major role.

This can then be experienced in particular in the basement of the barrier-free and energy-efficient building, which offers a video installation as an exhibition and event space, in which the history of the lake is told through a film and graphic installations. The installation was supervised by project manager Uli Klein from the Edertal municipality. The aim is for the centre to open its doors to the interested public around Easter.