1911 East German Exhibition of Industry, Crafts and Agriculture in Poznań

East German Exhibition of Industry, Crafts, and Agriculture 1911 in Poznań (German: Ostdeutsche Ausstellung für Industrie, Gewerbe und Landwirtschaft Posen) was an exhibition taking place from May 15 to September 30 of 1911 in Poznań. The focus of the exhibition was to show economic, social, and cultural achievements of Germans in Greater Poland, Pomerania, Silesia and East Prussia.

History The East German Exhibition was the first large exhibition held in Poznań. German Emperor Wilhelm II was the honorary patron of the exhibition. Thanks to the large funding provided by the emperor, the exhibition was very patriotic and highly decorated. Over a thousand exhibitors were gathered, mostly from Silesia.

Crown Prince Wilhelm opened the exhibition on May 15, 1911, on the plaza built under the Upper Silesian Tower (designed by architect Hans Poelzig). Apart from this, there were many topical pavilions and other attractions, for example:

a model of the Poznań Old Town (Alt Posen), A hunting exhibition with a shooting range and a mock forest A Negro village (Negerdorf) with shacks, a store, craftsman's stations and a mosque, showing German achievements in Africa, in which 60 Africans lived permanently, A wooden coaster named "Tip of the Tips".

Part of the larger exhibition was the Gardening Exhibition located in the Botanic Garden (now Woodrow Wilson Park). The Gardening Exhibition was accompanied by the Cemetery Art Exhibition which included a large cross and an obelisk, which were incorporated into the decorations.Waldemar Karolczak, Parki publiczne, skwery i promenady dawnego Poznania (do 1914 r.), w: Kronika Miasta Poznania, nr 3-4/1993, s. 56-57, ISSN 0137-3552

After the exhibition, some parts were left. The Concrete Hall of the Silesian Society of Concrete Construction (Betonhaus), which also housed a restaurant (later changed into a gymnastics hall), a circular music pavilion, as well as a Forstpavillon made from logs housing the forestry exhibition. Only two objects from the exhibition survive in their original form: a Norwegian-style church (currently located in Krzesiny) and the wine pavilion (now a restaurant called Meridian in Sołacki Park).

Guides pamphlets, photo albums,Ostdeutsche Ausstellung für Industrie, Gewerbe und Landwirtschaft Posen 1911, Posen: J. Themal, 1911 (in the collection of the Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej in Poznań). and postcards were among the items published for the exhibition.

Tip of the Tips

Tip of the Tips was a wooden roller coaster operating during the exhibition. Postcards show it with a large wall on two sides with a mural of mountains with a viaduct between two of them. It is significant as being the first roller coaster in what is now Poland.

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1911 East German Exhibition of Industry, Crafts and Agriculture in Poznań

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