Koberwitz (Kobierzyce): In the footsteps of Rudolf Steiner

Koberwitz can fairly be regarded as the birthplace of biodynamic agriculture. Rudolf Steiner delivered eight lectures there in German in the summer of 1924 (7-16 June). There were 111 attendees listed, 30 women and 81 men, who came from six countries: Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Sweden. The audience included farmers, estate managers, doctors, priests, teachers, artists, and engineers who all came to hear Steiner’s vision for agriculture. Steiner explains: “My subject was the nature of the products supplied by agriculture and the conditions under which these products grow. The aim of these lectures was to arrive at such practical ideas concerning agriculture as should combine what has already been gained through practical insight and modern scientific experiment with the spiritually scientific considerations of the subject” (1924).