Pio Rahner: Follow-up - On the tracks of the Hecker train

© Pio Rahner
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November 15, 2024-April 13, 2025
More uprising, more resistance, more freedom: the Hecker procession is symbolic of the Baden Revolution of 1848-49. Which places were part of the procession in April 1848? What do they look like today? In the special exhibition "Nachgang - Auf den Spuren des Hecker-Zuges", photo artist Pio Rahner shows places that witnessed the revolutionary spirit of optimism.
Am 13. April 1848 startete der Radikaldemokrat Friedrich Hecker von Konstanz aus einen bewaffneten Aufstand mit dem Ziel, eine demokratisch verfasste deutsche Republik zu errichten. Vorausgegangen war dem Aufstand die Unzufriedenheit Heckers mit der kompromissbereiten Haltung der damaligen liberalen Kräfte gegenüber den deutschen Fürsten. Mit ungefähr tausend Unterstützern brach er nach Karlsruhe auf, um den badischen Großherzog zu stürzen und weitere republikanische Aufstände in den deutschen Staaten zu entfachen. Der „Hecker-Zug“ erreichte jedoch niemals Karlsruhe, da er von badischen und hessischen Regierungstruppen niedergeschlagen wurde. Hecker erkannte seine Niederlage an und floh anschießend in die USA. Er blieb jedoch für die republikanisch-demokratische Bewegung eine bedeutende Symbolfigur.

Der Fotokünstler Pio Rahner erzählt in der Sonderausstellung „Nachgang“ seinen eigenen Weg auf genau der gleichen Strecke die einst der Hecker-Zug zu Fuß nahm, allerdings nimmt Rahner das Fahrrad.
Seinen „Nachgang“ dokumentiert er auf über 2000 Fotos. Wobei er weniger haptisch begreifbare Motive wählt. Der Fotokünstler zeigt bewusst Landschaften, die auf den ersten Blick eher unscheinbar und lokal unmöglich zu verorten scheinen. Es sind Ausschnitte, die von irgendwo und von überall her sein könnten. So ist es eher eine Stimmung, die Pio Rahner mit seinen Fotografien überträgt.

Bildnachweis: © Pio Rahner
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