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Photos from the last day of the last day of The 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, from Mainau Island.
Countess Bettina
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The closing ceremony, Bosch's CEO Volkmar Denner was accepted into Honorary Senate of The Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
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Countess Bettina Bernadotte af Wisborg
Council President
Foundation Board Member
Countess Bettina Bernadotte, born 1974 in Scherzingen, Switzerland, is the oldest daughter of Countess Sonja and Count Lennart Bernadotte. Following her degree in Business Administration in Tourism (Destination Management) at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Ravensburg and work as an independent corporate consultant for companies in the tourism industry, she prepared to assume direction of the Mainau enterprise by serving as Personal Assistant to her mother and as Authorized Signatory from 2004 to 2007.
Countess Bettina Bernadotte assumed leadership of Mainau GmbH in 2007 with the goal of leading the family business into a successful future. Above all, she wishes to make a meaningful contribution through Mainau island, so that visitors and guests of the island experience relaxation and deceleration in contact with the garden culture, as well as derive impulses for a sustainable way of life from their visit. Herein, the continuous pursuit of the contents of the “Green Charter of Mainau” from 1961, which calls for the responsible treatment of nature, is another important aspect for Countess Bettina.
Since October 2008, Countess Bettina Bernadotte is president of the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and member of the Board of the Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. She has been a member of the Council since 2005.
Aside from her commitment to the Lindau Meetings, Countess Bettina Bernadotte holds several other honorary positions. She is a member of the Council of Plan International Hamburg and member of the Administrative Council for the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart. As patroness, she is committed to the European Mini Cooks (Europa Miniköche) and has initiated the European Mini Gardeners project (Europa Minigärtner). Both organisations offer children the opportunity to learn the sustainable handling of nutrition and the environment. Since 2016, Countess Bettina Bernadotte is chairwoman of the board of directors for the Mentor Foundation Germany.
Countess Bettina Bernadotte af Wisborg - Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

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Countess Catherina Ruffing Bernadotte is the co-editor of the Garden and Travel magazine Garten Tour.
Garten Tour 2 2021
 
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Countess Bettina Bernadotte welcomed the participants to a Company Day 2021 "Attractive for trainees and employees!" on Flower Island Mainau yesterday.
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Every two years Bühler Consulting GmbH invites you to a highlight event on the island of Mainau, the “Company Day Training and Employee Management”. The magic of this event lies in the unique constellation that comes together here: The flower island is one of the most beautiful places in Germany, where your heart opens. The "Alte Comturey" conference venue is located directly on the harbor with a view of the lake and is the setting for a special experience.
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Countess Bettina Bernadotte attended the graduation of Heilbronn Mini Gardeners on Mainau on 24th July.
Countess Bettina founded Europa Minigärtners in 2013.
Abschluss auf der Mainau - Europa Minigärtner

Summertime is excursion time: Mainau attracts locals and tourists not only with new and well-known plant art, but also with many informative stations spread all over the island. Unique works of art are also waiting to be discovered by visitors of all ages. Current issues such as sustainability also play an important role.
Countess Bettina Bernadotte, managing director of Mainau, posed also for a photo.
"At the moment, we are absolutely delighted to be able to welcome many visitors to our island again - without a test or a lot of effort. Our view of the future is positive, we are making the best of the conditions, but planning is still sometimes difficult", said the Countess.
Blühende Wasser, schwimmende Gärten_ Die Blumeninsel Mainau zeigt sich in Bestform

Countess Bettina met this summer also Claudia Braunstein, a lifestyle blogger from Salzburg, who tells stories about traveling, food, fashion 50plus and everyday life with disabilities. There are some nice photos from Mainau at the blog.
"I had a short but impressive date with Countess Bettina Bernadotte af Wisborg, as the full name of the managing director of Mainau GmbH is. Impressive because the countess is so down-to-earth, natural and incredibly likable. By the way, she is the eldest of five siblings from the second marriage of Count Lennart Bernadotte, who died in 2004 at the age of 95. When he married a commoner for the first time, he lost his title and all inheritance claims to the Swedish royal family and then withdrew to the Mainau. The Mainau is considered to be his life's work."
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Baptism on Mainau Island: New Dahlia is called 'Mainau Romance'
For more than 30 years, dahlias from the French breeder Ernest Turc have been on display at the traditional dahlia show on the island of Mainau, and now, countess Bettina Bernadotte named the decorative dahlia, created by Turc in 2018 and also to be seen in the dahlia garden of Mainau, with the sonorous name 'Mainau Romance'.
“It is always a great pleasure to baptize new plants on the Mainau. Dahlia baptisms are not very common, however, which is why we are all the more pleased today to be able to give one of these natural beauties a name with reference to the flower island”, said countess Bettina.
Taufe auf der Insel Mainau_ Neue Dahlie heißt ‘Mainau Romance‘
 
Nobel Prize Laureate Edmond H. Fischer passed away peacefully in Seattle on 27 August at the age of 101.
Countess Bettina Bernadotte, President of the Council: “Everybody from the Council and the Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings is deeply saddened by the loss of Edmond H. Fischer, a true Lindau friend – but also grateful for the wealth of experience he leaves to the entire world of science: He truly inspired many young scientists for the ´beauty of science` as he once put it himself. We extend our deep sympathies to Edmond Fischer‘s whole family.”
Nobel Laureate Edmond H. Fischer 1920 – 2021 - Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
 
The Mainau Dahlia Queen is elected digitally for the first time
Since Count Lennart Bernadotte launched the election of the Dahlia Queen on Mainau 70 years ago, visitors to the island have been able to vote for their favorite dahlia every year. This year for the first time the most beautiful of the plants represented in the Mainau dahlia garden will be determined digitally. From September 3rd to October 3rd, people can vote for your personal favorite from among 23 different dahlias. Mainau's garden experts chose these 23 from among a total of around 10,000 plants growing in 225 varieties in the dahlia garden on the island of Mainau.
Countess Bettina Bernadotte says that they are very pleased that they can enable a supraregional choice of dahlias with this innovative and sustainable implementation.
Mainau Dahlienkönigin wird erstmals digital gewählt _ TASPO.de
 
Count Jan Bernadotte af Wisborg, 80, passed away last Wednesday, a family member told to Svensk Damtidning.
Kungens svåra sorg efter plötsliga dödsfallet _*Svensk Dam
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Obituary notice in Südkurier
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Margareta Thorgren to Expressen:
- The entire royal family is informed that Jan Bernadotte has passed away. Of course, it is always sad when a person passes away and this was second cousin of the king.
Jan Bernadotte död – var kungens syssling _ Kungligt _ Expressen
 
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Count Jan Bernadotte af Wisborg, 80, passed away last Wednesday, a family member told to Svensk Damtidning.
Kungens svåra sorg efter plötsliga dödsfallet _*Svensk Dam
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Obituary notice in Südkurier
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Even Svensk Damtidning knows that their headline about the King's grief over his cousin's death is pure baloney. There was no love lost between the two because of Jan's scandalous lifestyle and his adoptions for cash.
 
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Jan Bernadotte's daughter Rosemarie Bernadotte, 48, lives in Konstanz, she has spoken with Südkurier newspaper.
She says that everyone always said that Jan Bernadotte was really good to party with. But he was never a father. Rosemarie had no real relationship with her father, who was once expelled from the island of Mainau because of his antics by Lennart Bernadotte.
Konstanz_ Mit dem Panzer auf der Marktstätte oder auf Skiern über die Laube_ Jan Graf Bernadotte, der abtrünnige Sohn des Mainau-Grafen, ist tot _ SÜDKURIER Online
 
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Count Björn Bernadotte was a member of the Jury at the 6. International Food Truck Festival last weekend. He has been a member of the Jury on many years.
Around 20 food trucks transform the brewery area into a large open-air restaurant / creative supporting program for young and old. At the Mainau Island stand, the youngest festival visitors could roll up their sleeves and go to work themselves: children and young people were invited to plant plants. The reward for the work: the aromatic basil plant was allowed to be taken home.
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Three researchers from @IPBES will receive the EuroNatur Award on 14 October 2021. The award ceremony will take place on the island of @mainau in Lake Constance. The host, Count Björn Bernadotte is already looking forward to the ceremonial act.
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Countess Bettina Bernadotte and Count Björn Bernadotte, on the other hand, belong to the classic nobility with close ties to the Swedish royal family. The siblings are managing directors of Mainau. The island doesn't belong to the family - not any longer. Around 40 years ago, to prevent inheritance disputes, their parents brought Mainau to a charitable foundation. This also has tax advantages. They take on social responsibility in their own way. Their charitable projects are about Better prospects for children and young people.
The part of countess Bettina and count Björn begins at 18.58, when countess Bettina cycles to her work place at Island of Mainau. They meet the Mini-Gardeners, work together and are interviewed. The clip of them ends at 24.11.
 
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Today and tomorrow, 16-17 September, "Energiesysteme im Wandel – Chancen für die Region" symposium (Changing Energy Systems - Opportunities for the Region) is organized on the Island of Mainau. The conference is organized annually by solarcomplex AG and Mainau GmbH together with the Baden-Württemberg State Forestry Administration and the Lake Konstanz Foundation.
Countess Bettina Bernadotte gave the welcome speech at the conference.

The conference series on Mainau started in 2001, with lectures on solar and wood energy technology as well as a practical exhibition for house builders. For the 20th anniversary, the two-day conference in the island restaurant Comturey is an established platform for exchange for interested citizens, municipal representatives and the energy industry from the region.
"To promote new technical solutions in the climate-friendly energy supply, to adjust to the increasingly clear effects of climate change and not to lose sight of social aspects such as affordability, these are definitely tasks of our time", said countess Bettina Bernadotte, Managing Director of Mainau GmbH in the beginning of the symposium.
Insel Mainau_ 20 Jahre „Energiesysteme im Wandel – Chancen für die Region“
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Countess Bettina Bernadotte visited "Europe mini-gardeners" in Wickrath.
The group doesn't have a normal meeting that day, they are waiting for a special guest: Countess Bettina Bernadotte from the flower island Mainau is in Mönchengladbach and uses the opportunity to visit the Wickrath group. The Europe Mini Gardener initiative was launched by the Countess and is intended to introduce children step by step to gardening and healthy eating at monthly meetings.
Countess Bettina is right in the middle of it all, the children immediately take possession of the visitor. They show her the insect hotels. “It's really cool what the bees are doing,” she says. “Yes, they go in there,” says Abdel. “Exactly, but they need our help,” Bettina explains.
Bettina has to laugh when a girl bluntly states: “You don't have a crown at all!” But that would only disturb the horticultural work anyway.
Bettina says: “It's great to work with the children and it's nice to see at the end of the project that the children have developed an interest. For example, if you ask where I can buy these seeds because you want to plant something at home”.
Mönchengladbach_ Children gardening with Countess Bernadotte von Mainau

In a brief message to interested young scientists, Countess Bettina Bernadotte, President of the Council for the Lindau Meetings, describes how applications for the next meetings are possible.
Applications for #LINO22 are open from 20 September.
 
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Nicole Razavi, the Minister for State Development and Housing for the State of Baden-Württemberg, visited the Mainau Castle Chapel on 7th September. Both count Björn and countess Bettina Bernadotte hosted the visit, photos:
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The last stop of the Monument Day took the minister to the Castle Chapel on the island of Mainau. "With its many valuable cultural monuments, including the castle with the castle chapel, the fortifications, as well as the park and gardens, the island of Mainau is one of the most important places in the country", emphasized Minister Razavi. The "flower island" with the count's castle is extremely popular with visitors from near and far and is known far beyond the country's borders.
Denkmalpflege Baden-Württemberg_ Denkmalreise Tag 1_ Ministerin Nicole Razavi MdL auf Denkmalreise in Villingen-Schwenningen, Jestetten, Radolfzell am Bodensee und auf der Insel Mainau
 
Count Björn Bernadotte was interviewed at WDR Television's program "Planet Wissen: Der Bodensee - Von Fähren, Fischern und Pfahlbauten", which was broadcasted this morning.
It's a magical place: Der Bodensee (Lake Constance). The largest lake in Germany is so clean that fishermen fear for the food for the fish. People have lived here for thousands of years, because the region is particularly sun-kissed and fertile thanks to its protected location.
Count Björn Bernadotte, managing director of the Flower Island Mainau, and tourism expert Ute Stegmann talk about the beauties of Lake Constance.
Video of the program
Der Bodensee – Von Fähren, Fischern und Pfahlbauten - Planet Wissen - Sendungen A-Z - Video - Mediathek - WDR

Countess Bettina Bernadotte is the patron of conference "Schoolgardening in Europe - Teaching and Learning for the Future", held tomorroe 25th September. She will give a greeting at the start of the conference.
Countess Bettina has also written a greeting to the program:
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Countess Bettina Bernadotte, President of the Council for the Lindau Meetings, discussed on Wednesday 22nd September at Heidelberg Laureate Forum at "Lindau Lecture: Strickland" with Donna Strickland, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2018. The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings is a partner of Heidelberg Laureate Forum.
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"WaPo Bodensee" starts a new season
The team around Nele Fehrenbach has to solve murders, hunt down criminals, but also stop the dramatic hijacking of a ferry in 13 new episodes.
A special highlight is the episode "Dahlia Queen" (expected broadcast date: November 23). Not only was it filmed in full bloom on the flower island of Mainau, but its owner, Count Björn Bernadotte af Wisborg, is also an actor for the first time.
WaPo Bodensee_ - neue Folgen - WaPo Bodensee - ARD _ Das Erste
 
Countess Bettina Bernadotte attended the delivery of Initiative „Natur im Garten International“ prize for special achievements in the field of ecological green space maintenance.
In times of climate change and species extinction, sustainable garden projects are all the more important. The “European Award for Ecological Gardening” wants to take this idea into account. Behind the award, which was launched in 2015, is the “Natur im Garten" movement.
This year the prizes were awarded on the Island of Mainau. The initiative is important to bring people and nature into harmony, says Bettina Bernadotte, Managing Director of Mainau GmbH: "I think we are only gradually understanding how important the garden is for people, both for physical health, because you are simply outside a lot, exercise and also for your mental health, because I can hardly relieve stress in a better place than in the garden."
Preise für ökologische Gärten vergeben - noe.ORF.at
 
The annual general meeting of the German Horticultural Society 1822 eV could finally be opened again on October 15 by Mainau managing director countess Bettina Bernadotte and DGG president Klaus Neumann. Various prizes have been awarded over two years. The 2021 winner book of the DGG Book Prize, already selected at the BUGA-Erfurt, is called “From garden rooms and magic gardens” by Helga Schütz. This year Monika Grünenfelder, managing director of the Netzwerk Bodenseegärten eV, received the Sonja Bernadotte Prize, the DGG Media Prize 2021 went to Juliane Sturmhöfel and Célia Duarte for their podcast Sauercrowded.
In her welcoming speech, countess Bettina Bernadotte emphasized the importance of gardens and gardening for people's health care. President Prof. Klaus Neumann thanked Mainau GmbH for the support of the German Horticultural Society and said for the future: “We now want to jointly tackle“ 200 years of commitment ”for nature and gardens, for gardens and garden culture, and also for Shaping the 21st century sustainable social and environmental development”.
Festveranstaltung der Deutschen Gartenbau-Gesellschaft auf der Insel Mainau mit Verleihung des Sonja-Bernadotte-Preises – Deutsche Gartenbau-Gesell

The German Horticultural Society 1822 eV (DGG) elected a new executive committee on October 15, on the island of Mainau. President Prof. Klaus Neumann and treasurer Gabriele Thöne were confirmed in their office. The new vice-presidents are the landscape architect countess Catherina Ruffing Bernadotte af Wisborg and the head of the Garden Authority Conference, Götz Stehr.
DGG President Klaus Neumann looks ahead: “Our united goal is to prepare for the upcoming 200th anniversary of the German Horticultural Society (DGG).
On July 4th, the founding date of the DGG, we will celebrate the anniversary in 2022 on Mainau, our second home, together with the Comital Bernadotte family”.
Countess Catherina Ruffing Bernadotte af Wisborg studied landscape architecture at the Weihenstephan University of Applied Sciences. From 1998 to 2004 she was involved three times in the implementation of the German Horticultural Society's village competition "Our village should become more beautiful - our village has a future" at the federal level. She is co-editor of the gardening magazine "GartenTour" for which she regularly writes articles. In 2010 she and her husband founded “hortipedia.com”, an online plant database that now contains entries for over 30,000 plants.
Die Deutsche Gartenbau-Gesellschaft rüstet sich für das Jubiläumsjahr - DEGA GARTENBAU - Fachmagazin
 
The Christmas Garden Insel Mainau will take visitors on an approximately two-kilometer circular route through the impressive grounds of the palace and park complexes, thanks to numerous glittering illuminations and background music, into a magical Christmas world. Millions of points of light are intended to immerse the baroque buildings and the trees, which are over 150 years old, in a sea of ​​(pre-) Christmas shimmer.
Christmas Garden_ Millionen Lichtpunkte auf der Insel Mainau
 
Svensk Damtidning writes, that countess Marianne Bernadotte has delivered The Bernadotte Art Awards (Awards from Stiftelsen Marianne & Sigvard Bernadottes Konstnärsfond). The event was held at Nya Sällskapet in Stockholm. Almost 100 members of The Association of prince and princess Sigvard and Marianne Bernadotte's Friends attended.
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On Saturday there will be a pop-up restaurant at the Mainau Palace

As a guest at the House of Bernadotte
Pop-up restaurant with a surprise menu
On November 6th, 2021 there will be an exclusive pop-up restaurant in our Baroque Palace for one evening. You can expect a 4-course surprise menu as well as entertaining and humorous entertainment between the courses! Please choose a menu option when booking in the webshop.
Start: 6:00 pm
Minimum number of participants: 10 people
Max. 30 people
Price per person: € 75.00 plus drinks Dress
Dresscode suggestion: Festively elegant
Zu Gast im Hause Bernadotte - Insel Mainau
 
Style used by Counts Bernadotte

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More than 100 participants from all over Europe exchanged ideas at the end of September at the online annual conference of the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Schulgarten eV about gardens as places for experiencing nature and for wellbeing.
"It is important that we all understand that nature and especially plants are the basis of our lives", said countess Bettina Bernadotte, Managing Director of Mainau GmbH, in her greeting. Countess Bernadotte was the patron of the conference.
Countess Bernadotte pointed out that only if children can experience nature first hand will it be possible to encourage them to act sustainably. It is very important to her that children learn from an early age how plants work and what can be made of them. In the “green laboratory” school garden they could observe and discover, get to know life cycles, experience self-efficacy, take on responsibility and have a lot of fun in the process. She thanked everyone who was active for and in the school gardens for their "great commitment to further enlivening the school garden theme" and to build up a European network. "Because only if we exchange ideas, inspire and learn from one another, we can solve upcoming tasks effectively."
PH Weingarten_ Schulgärten als sinnstiftende Lernorte
 
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