Heinrich Heidersberger is considered the most important photographic chronicler of the city of Wolfsburg. He portrayed the city in Lower Saxony at the height of the 'economic miracle' and during its metropolitan development. As a founding member of the Schloßstraße 8 artists' group, the photographer shaped the city's awakening cultural life from the very beginning. In addition to his nationally acclaimed volume Wolfsburg. Bilder einer jungen Stadt from 1963, -__-0000-__- which brought the city nationwide attention, the photographer also published less prominent works such as his images in a brochure about St. Mary's Church in Old Wolfsburg. -__-0001-__- His photographs also adorn a recent architectural guide to the city of Wolfsburg. -__-0002-__- While the Ingolstadt-born photographer was primarily known for his black and white industrial photographs, he was no less appreciated for his artistic photographic work. Heidersberger was awarded the silver medal at the 1957 Trienale di Milano for his series of rhythmograms from the 1950s.
In Wolfsburg, Heidersberger designed a photo wall for today's Eichendorff elementary school on the Rabenberg (Fig. 1). Karl Heinz Schulte, Head of Cultural Affairs, was euphoric at the time after personally inspecting the object: "I have already looked at the mural and am thrilled. I can only congratulate you - and of course the school - on this work."-__-0003-__- A press release written by Heidersberger provides information about the mural from 1965: "The 36 square meter photographic mural by Wolfsburg photographer Heinrich Heidersberger was installed in the entrance hall of the Rabenbergschule Wolfsburg these days. It deals with the circle as a form of nature and in its technical use by man, e.g. moon, flower, drop of water, gothic church window. The mural is executed in a new process that protects the photos from any mechanical damage by coating them with a transparent, very hard plastic. The architect of the Rabenberg School is Dipl. Ing. Rüdiger Weisbach from the Braunschweig architectural group Schweitzer, Laage, Weisbach, Marondel, for whom the photographer had already carried out a similar work for the engineering school in Wolfenbüttel. This photo wall was reported in the daily and trade press and on television in Germany and abroad."

The photo wall is Heidersberger's only installation in public space in Wolfsburg. It is therefore not surprising that it has not been forgotten to this day. In 2007, when the Wolfsburger Nachrichten reported on the new edition of the illustrated book Wolfsburg. Bilder einer jungen Stadt, cultural journalist Hans-Adalbert Karweik took the opportunity to recall the artist's work on the Rabenberg with a few words:
"The photo wall shows how committed Heidersberger was to the natural sciences. He used circles as a symbol of life, of infinity, as a cosmic principle in various forms for this work: Spirals, suns, crystals, planets, wheels, machines, berries, moons, flowers, water circles."-__-0000-__-
The photo wall in the Eichendorff elementary school fits into Heidersberger's overall oeuvre, as the relationship between technology and people has occupied the photographer in his work throughout his life. His oeuvre can be seen as a kind of "utopian art vision",-__-0001-__- in which technical progress and change are shown as something surreal, even though they represent the present. A look at Heidersberger's architectural photography from 1952 to 1972 shows -__-0002-__- how round shapes and circles captivated the photographer and what a popular motif they were for him. In those years, he repeatedly photographed organic forms borrowed from nature, which he saw as models for modern architecture. Heidersberger attempted to capture and artistically depict this dichotomy of nature and technology in his mural. Heidersberger's photo wall itself thus becomes an object of modern art.