A building with
a turbulent history.
The Kunsthalle Hochschwarzwald is located in Wieden in the Black Forest, at the address: Säge 6, 79695 Wieden. The building was erected in the early 1940s as the administration and operations building of the Finstergrund mining union; the old changing rooms and showers as well as the assembly hall bear witness to that time. After mining in the region ceased, the house found a new owner at the end of the 1970s and became known in the region as the leisure centre St. Barbara. In 2023 the building was acquired by Himmelreich GmbH to bring the Kunsthalle Hochschwarzwald to life. According to our research, the building was also constructed by prisoners of war who lived in barracks on the site.
The arrogance of the unique work.
A plea for printed art.
Art loves myth. One of the most persistent is the myth of the unique work – the singular piece whose aura derives from the fact that it exists only once. The unique stands for exclusivity and for ownership. And – let's be honest – for its increase in value. The unique feeds on the idea of rarity – and follows only the logic of scarcity.
But this cult of the one-off has no aesthetic or social purpose. The unique is a status object of an economy of vanity. It promises authenticity but produces exclusion. It is the arrogance of the special, which defines itself by its unavailability – and precisely because of that loses real relevance.
Lithography stands for a different attitude. It does not believe in the one-off, but in the meaningful. It does not want to be possessed, but to be shared. Through lithography, art is not restricted but liberated – out of the display case, out of the safe, out of the admiration of a few. Lithography puts the artist's idea, vision and message into circulation, exactly where the artist sees them: with the people.
Because what really makes art significant? Not the price. Not the apparent uniqueness or singularity, but the ability of a work to convey ideas, emotions and messages. A work of art that belongs to only one person remains silent. A work that is multiplied speaks.
Lithography carries precisely this idea within itself. It is the social memory of art – open, accessible, alive. Each sheet hand-signed and limited, the lithograph is a statement against the notion that art is a privilege. It shows that true originality does not lie in uniqueness, but in the distribution of an idea, in its dissemination.
The unique object remains a relic of a bourgeois aesthetic that confuses exclusivity with meaning. Its value arises from scarcity, not from content. Its prestige from secrecy, not from impact.
In this spirit. A warm welcome to the Kunsthalle Hochschwarzwald Wieden.
Away from all metropolises.
Discover works by renowned artists at the Kunsthalle Hochschwarzwald Wieden.
in September and October
- Saturday 26.09.26 - 13:00 to 17:00
- Sunday 27.09.26 - 10:00 to 17:00
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Saturday 26.09.26
13:00 to 17:00 -
Sunday 27.09.26
10:00 to 17:00
- Saturday 24.10.26 - 13:00 to 17:00
- Sunday 25.10.26 - 10:00 to 17:00
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Saturday 24.10.26
13:00 to 17:00 -
Sunday 25.10.26
10:00 to 17:00
For paid group bookings we also open at other times by arrangement.
Welcome
Group visits.
We are always pleased to receive group visits and offer an attendant who supervises the group and can answer most questions. On request we provide cold and hot drinks; for further amenities as well as costs and procedures please contact us by e‑mail at theimpel@prozesspiraten.com.
Location and directions.
How to get to the kunsthalle hochschwarzwald.
You will find the Kunsthalle Hochschwarzwald Wieden in a side valley of the large Wiesental, just five kilometres from federal road B317 between Schönau and Todtnau. Simply take the L123 in Utzenfeld and then, right at the entrance to Wieden (district Säge), follow the Wiedenbach downstream.
The exact address:
Kunsthalle Hochschwarzwald Wieden
Säge 6, 79695 Wieden
From Freiburg (by car)
Best via the beautiful Münstertal over the Wiedener Eck and then stay on the L123 until the
village exit. Then turn right and follow the Wiedenbach downstream.
From Basel (by car)
Follow the B317 via Lörrach to the village exit of Schönau, then drive one kilometre to Utzenfeld. There turn left in the village centre onto the L123 and then, right at the entrance to Wieden (district Säge), follow the Wiedenbach downstream.
From Titisee (by car)
Follow the B317 over the Feldberg pass to the Utzenfeld exit (3 kilometres past Todtnau) and there turn right in the village centre onto the L123; then, right at the entrance to Wieden (district Säge), follow the Wiedenbach downstream.
By train and bike
There is a rail line as far as Zell im Wiesental. From there you cycle through the Große Wiesental towards Schönau to Utzenfeld, and then on towards Wieden. By bike it's about 20 kilometres over mostly pleasant paths, with an ascent of a little more than 300 metres.