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Tropics project promises Bavarian bananas

Published: 20 Sep 11 15:48 CET

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Very soon, palm trees and exotic fruit will grow and flourish in a remote part of Bavaria known for its long winters. Christine Madden reports on the Klein-Eden project.

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A tropical microclimate will defy the snow and ice that normally grip the frozen winter landscape of this part of Germany. Upper Franconia will never be the same again.

But this is not an attempt to put a pleasant spin on global warming. Instead, an ingenious new project to siphon heat from a glass factory will be doing its bit to save the atmosphere.

Called Klein-Eden – Tropenhaus am Rennsteig (Little Eden – Tropics House on the Rennsteig), the project envisions the construction of an enormous, 3,500-square-metre greenhouse near the town of Kleintettau along the popular, historic hiking path that snakes along the Thuringian-Bavarian border region.

Work on the collaborative project Klein-Eden began in August, but the concept of creating a tropical paradise in the heart of central Europe has been years in the making, explained Wolfgang Feuerpfeil, architect and project developer.

With the creation of a forward-thinking regional development association in the Rennsteig area, he said “it was time to consider how to use the superfluous heat” generated by Heinz-Glas, the third-largest producer of perfume bottles in the world. If you buy a bottle of exclusive scent, there’s a 70-percent chance it originated in this factory.