EXPLAINEDTHE MAKERS
The Dietzenbach Clover
2008 · Dietzenbach, near Frankfurt · Hesse · Germany
WHAT IT IS
A giant four-leaf clover cut into a green field, photographed from the air. Mown rather than flattened, it is plainly land art; nobody pretended otherwise.
WHERE IT STANDS
Explained. Made by people: its makers are known, or have shown how it was done.
STATUS IS OUR CURRENT ASSESSMENT, NOT A VERDICT · REVIEWED 5 OCT 2026
THE RECORD
- DATE
- 2008
- PLACE
- Dietzenbach, near Frankfurt · Hesse · Germany
- MADE BY
- Unrecorded
- TYPE
- The makers
- TECHNICAL
- Mown green crop · four-leaf clover · photographed 29 August 2008 · purpose and maker unrecorded
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