Michael Najjar

Michael Najjar was born in Landau in 1966, he lives and works in Berlin.

Solo exhibitions

2022

  1. cool earth,  Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
  2. cool earth, Galeria Juan Siliò, Madrid, Spain

2021

  1. outer space, BANK / MABSOCIETY, Shangai, China

2019

  1. outer space, BANK / MABSOCIETY, Shangai, China
  2. terraforming, Galleria Juan Siliò, Santander, Spain
  3. Beyond the Horizon, Innovationsfabrik Wittenstein, Igersheim, Germany

2017

  1. Journeys into Peripheral Worlds / Ventures into Space, curated by Laura Burkhalter, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA
  2. Michael Najjar – Planetary Echoes, curated by Christiane Stahl, Alfred-Ehrhardt-Stiftung, Berlin, Germany

2016

  1. outer space, Benrubi Gallery, New York, USA

2015

  1. outer space – video works, Museo Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  2. outer space, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
  3. outer space, Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
  4. outer space, Galería Juan Silió, Santander, Spain

2011

  1. Data flows – between megacities and financial markets, Young Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium

2010

  1. high altitude, financial markets between reality and simulation, Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
  2. high altitude, Guy Bärtschi Gallery, Ginevra, Switzerland
  3. bionic angel, Dvorak Sec Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  4. high altitude, Galerie Claire Fontaine, Luxemburg
  5. high altitude, curated by Gra Studzinskacavour, Museum Gliwice – gallery of modern art, Gliwice, Poland

2009

  1. high altitude, Bitforms gallery, New York, USA
  2. high altitude, Galería Juan Silió, Santander, Spain
  3. netropolis, curated by Gerald Uhlig, Einstein Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2008

  1. Augmented Realities / works 1997 – 2008, The Hague museum of Photography, Den Haag, Germany
  2. The Gem Museum for Contemporary Art, curated by Wim Van Sinderen, Den Haag, Germany

2007

  1. Netropolis, curated by Elie Dormit, Dubai design Forum, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  2. Japanese Style, curated by Susanne Ecker, Wilhelm-Hack Museum / Rudolf-Scharpf Galerie, Ludwigshafen, Germany

2006

  1. Bionic Angel, Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA
  2. Netropolis, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Ginevra, Switzerland
  3. Selected Works, curated by Sherin Hamed, Galería Juan Silió, Santander, Spain

2005

  1. Japanese Style, Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Berlin, Germany

2004

  1. Netropolis, Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA

2003

  1. Information and ApocalypseGoethe-Institut, New York, USA

2002

  1. Zone Zero — between simulation and hyperreality, selected works 1997-2002,curated by Gisela Kayser, Galerie im Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, Germany
  2. No Memory Access,Kunsthalle Hamburg, Galerie der Gegenwart in collaboration with  Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany
  3. Japanese Style, Sonycenter, in collaboration with Teutloff Kultur+Medienprojekte, Berlin, Germany

2001

  1. Splitimages — Trip through Reality, Galerie Zagreus Projekt, Berlin, Germany
  2. No memory access, Exhibition Space Sony, Germany
  3. Internationale Funkausstellung, Berlin, Germany
  4. Splitimages — trip through reality, Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany

2000

  1. Nexus Project part I, Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany
  2. Nexus Project part I, Kodak, Photokina, Cologne, Germany
  3. Splitimages – a trip through reality, Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany

1999

  1. Nexus project part I, Photokina, Kodak Exhibition Space, Cologne, Germany

1998

  1. Reise in den zwischenraum, curated by Gabriele Philipp, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Forum Fotografie, Hamburg, Germany
  2. ¡viva fidel! – reise in die absurdität, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Forum Fotografie, Hamburg, Germany

1997

  1. Reise im kreis, Projectspace Oberbaum City, Berlin, Germany

1994

  1. ¡viva fidel! – reise in die absurdität, Einstein Galerie, Berlin, Germany
  2. ¡viva fidel! – reise in die absurdität, Galerie Alter Wiehrebahnhof, Freiburg, Germany
  3. Annäherung, European League of Institutes of Arts, Berlin, Germany

Group exhibitions

2024

  1. Photo London 2024, art fair presentation with ARTITLEDcontemporary London, United Kingdom
  2. Horizonte y Límite, curated by Nimfa Bisbe Molin, CaixaForum Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  3. Atmòsferes Futures, curated by Nekane Aramburu, Museu Apel•les Fenosa, El Vendrell, Spain
  4. MIA Photo Fair 2024, art fair presentation with ARTITLEDcontemporary Milano, Italy
  5. Civilization: The Way We Live Now, curated by Bill Ewing, Jut Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
  6. ARCOmadrid 2024, art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió Madrid, Spain
  7. PHOTO 2024. A Constant State of Transformation, International Festival of Photography, curated by Anouska Phizacklea, Brendan McCleary, Melbourne, Australia

2023

  1. BANK 10th Anniversary Show, BANK gallery, Shanghai, China
  2. Nanjing Art Fair International, art fair presentation with BANK Gallery Nanjing, China
  3. Ars Electronica Festival, curated by Katrin Fenninger, Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria
  4. Civilization – The Way We Live Now, curated by Bill Ewing, Holly Roussell Perret-Gentil, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
  5. Projection, curated by Lu Xun, Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China
  6. Photo London, art fair presentation with ARTITLEDcontemporary, London, United Kingdom
  7. Georgina’s Echoes, curated by Nekane Aramburu, Instituto Canarias Cabrera Pinto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
  8. ART SG, art fair presentation with BANK Gallery, Singapore
  9. MARS: The Red Mirror, curated by Juan Insua and Dimitris Kontopoulos, ArtScience Museum, Singapore
  10. Horizonte y Límite, curated by Nimfa Bisbe Molin, CaixaForum Madrid, Madrid, Spain

2022

  1. Con los pies en la Tierra, CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  2. Civilization. The way we live now, Musei San Domenico – Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì, Forlì, Italy
  3. Frieze Seoul, art fair presentation with BANK Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  4. Photo London, art fair presentation with ArtitledContemporary, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  5. ARCOmadrid 2022, art fair presentation with Galleria Juan Siliò, Madrid, Spain

2021

  1. Oil – Beauty and Horror in the Petrol Age, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
  2. Overview Effect, MOCAB, Belgrade, Serbia
  3. Off-World: Arctic Origins, OVR SUPERCOLLIDER, online
  4. Backlight 2021 – Touring Exhibition, Sami Cultural Center Sajos, Inari, Finland
  5. Civilization: the way we live now, Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée Marseille, Marseille, France
  6. Il futuro è ora. Arte e società dagli anni Sessanta a oggi, Gallerie d’Italia – Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza, Italy
  7. The New Classic of Mountains and Seas, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
  8. Insights, Photofairs Shangai, Shangai, China
  9. Photo London, art fair presentation with ARTITLED Contemporary Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2020

  1. Space Works – Backlight2020, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
  2. Civilization: the way we live now, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
  3. Art Is Still Here: A Hypothetical Show for a Closed Museum, online exhibition, M WOODS
  4. Fluidities: Envisioning the Human to be, Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing, France
  5. Photo London| Digital 2020, art fair presentation with ARTITLED Contemporary Gallery, London, United Kingdom
  6. ARCOmadrid, art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió, Madrid, Spain

2019

  1. Civilization: the way we live now, curated by William Ewing, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
  2. Infinitud – Bienal Sur, curated by Nekane Aramburu and Diana Weschler, Centro Cultural Kirchner, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  3. Science | Fictions, curated by Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox, Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville PA, USA
  4. Human + Landscape, curated by Ana Belén García, Colección Kells, Palacete del Embarcadero, Santander, Spain
  5. Grenzen, curated by Bobo Rau, Kunsthalle Bahnitz, Bahnitz, Germany
  6. Civilization: the way we live now, curated by William Ewing, Ellens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, china
  7. Space is the Place – Intergalactic, curated by Lukas Feireiss, BNKR, Monaco, Germany
  8. Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, art fair presentation with BANK / MABSOCIETY, Shanghai, China
  9. Art Miami, art fair presentation with ARTITLEDcontemporary, Miami, USA
  10. PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, art fair presentation with BANK / Mabsociety, Shanghai, China
  11. ART Karlsruhe, art fair presentation with ARTITLED contemporary Karlsruhe, Germany
  12. London Art Fair, art fair presentation with ARTITLED contemporary, London, United Kingdom

2018   

  1. Civilization: the way we live now, curated by William Ewing, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
  2. The Legacy of Architectonic Futurism, BANK / MABSOCIETY, Shanghai, China
  3. Geld – Wahn – Sinn: Die Sammlung Haupt in den Reinbeckhallen Berlin, curated by Lena Fließbach, Reinbeckhallen, Berlin, Germany

2017

  1. Untitled – Miami Beach, Galería Juan Silió, Miami, USA
  2. Paris Photo, Benrubi Gallery, Paris, France
  3. Galileo and the Arts / The stary heavens above me, curated by Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa and Stefan Weppelmann, Palazzo del Monte, Padova, Italy
  4. Escenas: acción y Representación de la Colección Los Bragales, Museo del Patrimonio Municipal, Malaga, Spain
  5. Nucleus | Imagining science, curated by Wim Melis, Noorderlicht Photofestival 2017, The Netherlands
  6. Clouds <=> Forests, 7th International Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
  7. Superstar, Elisabeth Houston Gallery, New York, USA
  8. IBRIDA Festival / ikonoTV, curated by Vanina Saracino, Forlì, Italy
  9. Die innere Haut – Kunst und Scham, curated by Friederike Fast, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
  10. Journeys into Peripheral Worlds, curated by Alison Ferris, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA
  11. Arco 2017, Galería Juan Silió, Madrid, Spain

2016

  1. Ikono TV – Art Speaks Out, curated by Vanina Saracino, ArtCop22, Marrakesh, Morocco
  2. Space Appeal – Paratissima 2016, curated by Francesca Canfora and Cristina Marinelli, Torino, Italy
  3. Arco, Galerìa Juan Siliò, Madrid, Spain
  4. ArteFiera, Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
  5. Space Veggies & Earth Plants #1, curated by Tina Schelhorn, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, Germany
  6. Dalla via Emilia al mondo – Fotografia Europea, Palazzo da Mosto, Reggio Emilia, Italy
  7. DEMO:POLIS, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  8. Grün stört – Im Fokus einer Farbe, MARTA Herford, Herford, Germany
  9. Islas y Horizontes, curated by Nekane Aramburu, Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente (CEART), Madrid, Spain

2015

  1. Renaissance_2.0, curated by Andreas Beitin, ZKM – Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
  2. Fühlst du nicht an meinen Liedern dass ich eins und doppelt bin, curated by Mateo Chacón Pino, Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
  3. Out There – Video Art, New media & Photography on landscapes in Public Space, curated by Bart van den Boom, Viewmaster Projects, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  4. ARCO 2015, Art fair presentation con Galería Juan Silió, Madrid, Spain

2014

  1. Progress and Hygiene, curated by Anda Rottenberg, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Facts & Fictions. Contemporary Photography from the Art Collection UniCredit, curated by Walter Guadagnini, Multimedia Art Museum Moscow, Moscow, Russia
  3. Datascape, laboral centro de arte y creacion industrial, Gijón, Spain
  4. Fotoverhalen, Gemeentemuseum, curated by Wim van Sinderen, The Hague, Germany
  5. EINBLICKE – in die Sammlung Wemhöner, curated by Philipp Bollmann, Osram-Höfe, Berlin, Germany
  6. Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014, curated by Jitish Kallat, Kochi, India
  7. Meta.Morf – Lost in Transition, curated by Espen Gangvik, Biennale for Art and Technology, Trondheim Art Museum, Trondheim, Norway
  8. entrepreneur award 4.0, curated by Felix Hoffmann, Werkhalle Wittenstein, Igersheim-Harthausen, Germany
  9. The Photographers 2014, Beetles + Huxley Gallery, London, United Kingdom
  10. Beste Aussichten, Galerie Sherin Najjar, Berlin, Germany
  11. Miami Project, art fair presentation con Benrubi Gallery, Miami, USA
  12. Paris Photo, art fair presentation con Benrubi Gallery, Paris, France
  13. Arco 2014, presentation con Galería Juan Silió, Madrid, Spain
  14. Art Dubai, presentation con Carroll / Fletcher gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2013

  1. Datascape, curated by Benjamin Weil, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
  2. Landmark: The Fields of Photography, curated by William Ewing, Somerset House, London, United Kingdom
  3. Generosity – Donations and Loans from the ZKM Collection, curated by Andreas Beitin, ZKM – Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
  4. ISEA Sydney, 19th International Symposium of Electronic Arts, curated by Nina Colosi, The Streaming Museum, Sydney, Australia
  5. Microwave New Media Festival, curated by Nina Colosi, The Streaming Museum, Hong Kong
  6. Sikkah Art Festival, curated by Nina Colosi, The Streaming Museum, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  7. Ah Lord, love me passionately, curated by Sigfried Zielinski, Nikolai Church, Bielefeld, Germany
  8. Accumulations, curated by Sabin Bors, Galerie Sherin Najjar, Berlin, Germany
  9. Art International Istanbul, art fair presentation con Carroll / Fletcher Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
  10. ARCO 13, art fair presentation con Galería Juan Silió, Madrid, Spain

2012

  1. Data Deluge, curated by Rachel Gugelberger and Raynard Loki, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, USA
  2. Il Fuoco della Natura / The Flash of Nature, curated by Marco Puntin e Jonathan Turner, Salone degli Incanti – Ex Pescheria, Trieste, Italy
  3. Miniature, curated by Ria e Lex Daniels, GEM Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hague, Germany
  4. Schaubilder, curated by Thomas Thiel, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany
  5. Terra Cognita, curated by Wim Melis, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen, Germany
  6. Bedlam, curated by Steve Lazarides, Lazarides Gallery / Old Vic Tunnels, London, United Kingdom
  7. La travesia de una coleción – los bragales, curated by Jaime Sordo, Centro de arte Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
  8. We write this to you from the distant future, curated by Hege Tapia Gaare, Public Art Screens, Norway
  9. Zero1 Biennial, curated by Jaime AustinSan José, USA
  10. Arco 12, Artfair Presentation with Galería Juan Silió, Madrid, Spain

2011

  1. Atlas. how to carry the world on one’s back?, curated by Georges Didi-Huberman, zkm | museum of contemporary art, Karlsruhe, Germany
  2. Atlas. how to carry the world on one’s back?, curated by Georges Didi-Huberman, Deichtorhallen / Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany
  3. Portraits in series – photography of a century, curated by Gabriele Betancourt, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
  4. Apocalipsis, curated by Fernando Frances, CAC Malaga, Spain
  5. La travesia de una coleción – los bragales, curated by Jaime Sordo, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
  6. Miniature, curated by Ria and Lex Daniels, GEM Museum for contemporary art, The Hague, Germany
  7. Architektur in der kunst – architekturen des augenblicks, curated by Bodo Rauh, Kunsthalle Bahnitz, Bahnitz, Germany
  8. Identity, curated by Paulina Kolczynska, Art Stations Foundation, Poznan, Poland
  9. We write this from a distant future, curated by Nina Colosi, Wilson theater at Lincoln Center, New York, USA
  10. Alt. +1000, Festival de photographie de montagne,curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer, Rossinière, Switzerland
  11. Metropolis – city life in the urban age, curated by Wim Mellis, Photofestival Noorderlicht, Noorderlicht, Netherlands
  12. The Minotaur, curated by Steve Lazarides, Lazarides Gallery / Old Vic tunnels, London, United Kingdom
  13. Art Cologne 2011, art fair with Cologne, Germany
  14. ArteFiera Bologna, art fair with Studio la Città, Bologna, Italy
  15. Arco 11, art fair with Galería Juan Silió, Madrid, Spain

2010

  1. Apocalipsis, curated by Fernando France, CAC, Malaga, Spain
  2. Estancias, residencias, presencias, TEA – Tenerife espacio de las artes, Tenerife, Spain
  3. For real – 30 utopian projections in public space, curated by Bart van den Boom, Maastricht, Netherlands
  4. meta.morf 2010 – new.brave.world!, biennial for art and technology, curated by Alex Adriaansens,Trondheim, Norway
  5. 20 ans déjà!, Guy Bärtschi Gallery, Ginevra, Switzerland
  6. Trouble with love, Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, Czech Republic
  7. Ein hauch von Eden, Galerie Samuel Baumgarte, Bielfeld, Germany

2009

  1. Landscape as a Dream, curated by Luigi Meneghelli, Studio la Città, Verona, Italy

2008

  1. Map Games, Central Academy of Fine Arts, curated by Monica Piccioni, Rosario Scarpato, Peking, China
  2. Map Games, curated by Monica Piccioni, Rosario Scarpato, Museum of Contemporary Art, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  3. En Privat 1, museo es Baluard, curated by Cristina Ros, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  4. Dislocate 08, Exhibition Space Souzoukukan9001, curated by Emma Ota, Tokyo, Japan
  5. 2008 Culturas -año europeo del diálogo intercultural, online exhibition -www.2008culturas.com na vozmediano
  6. Festival of Digital Art, New Dehli, India
  7. Esquire Show – Los Angeles, Esquire, USA
  8. House 2008, Los Angeles, USA
  9. Digital Media Show, Sala Naranja, Valencia, Spain
  10. Optica Festival, Gijòn, Spain
  11. Arco 08, Madrid, Spain
  12. Art Brussels 08, Brussels, Belgium
  13. Pulse Miami 08, Miami, USA

2007

  1. Face-The new photography portrait, curated by William Ewing and Nathalie Herschdorfer, Forma-International Center for Photography, Milano, Italy
  2. Firt International Photographic Art Prize-Arte Laguna, Brolo Centro d’Arta e Cultura, Venezia, Italy
  3. 7 Wochen-7 Künstler, curated by Johann Holten, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
  4. Act of Faith, curated by Wim Mellis, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Netherlands
  5. Poetic Terrorism, curated by Elga Wimmer, Festival Edicion Madrid (FEM), Madrid, Spain
  6. Esquire Show 2007, curated by Steve Sacks, Esquire House, New York, USA
  7. Ellison und Peter W. Klein Collection, curated by Peter W. Klein, Museum Kunstwerk, Stoccarda, Germany
  8. Arco 2007, Artfair presentation with Bitforms Gallery-New York, Madrid, Spain
  9. Pulse New York 2007, Artfair presentation with Bitforms Gallery-New York, NY, USA
  10. Dfoto 07, San Sebastian – Santander, Spain
  11. Pulse London 2007, London, United Kingdom
  12. Arte Lisboa 2007, Lisbona, Portugal
  13. Pulse Miami 2007, Miami, USA
  14. Cities, curated by Antonio Sanz, Architecture and Society, Biennale di Venezia, Venezia

2006

  1. Urban Dynamics, IX Biennale dell’Havana, Cuba
  2. Mascarada, Museo Da2 Domus Artium 2002, curated by Bodo Rau, Salamanca, Spain
  3. Photo Traffic, curated by André Iten, Centre pour l’image contemporaine, Ginevra, Switzerland
  4. Visibilities-Between Facts and Fiction, curated by Sabine Himmelsbach, Edith – Russ Site for Media Art, Oldenburg, Germany
  5. Mass Media Manipulation, photomeetings Luxemburg 2006, curated by Marita Ruiter, Luxembourg
  6. Mass Media Manipulation, Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg
  7. Art Basel Miami/Pulse, Miami, USA
  8. Paris Photo 2006, Paris, France
  9. Venice Video Artfair 2006, curated by Rafaelle Gavarro, Venezia
  10. Seoul Photo Show, Gana Art Centre, Seoul, South Korea
  11. Arco 2006, Madrid, Spain
  12. Dfoto 2006, San Sebastian, Spain
  13. Future Face, National Museum of Science, curated by Tak-Cheung, Taichung, Taiwan

2005

  1. Über Schönheit/About Beauty, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
  2. A First Corean Groupshow, Bitforms Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  3. Traces and Omens, curated by Wim Mellis, Noorderlicht Photography Festival, Groningen, Netherlands
  4. The Junction of East Longitude 116.65 and North Latitude 40.13, Biennale di Beijing, Pechino, China
  5. Ciudades/Cities, Photography Festival Photoespaña 05, Madrid, Spain
  6. The City: Contemporary Views of the Built Environment, Lehman College Gallery, curated by Susan Hoeltz, New York, USA
  7. City of Future, Gesellschaft für Technologische Zusammenarbeit, Francoforte, Germany
  8. Art Basel Miami, Miami, USA
  9. Art Cologne, Colonia, Germany
  10. Arco 05, Madrid, Spain
  11. Diva Video Artfair, New York, USA
  12. Dfoto 05, San Sebastián, Spain
  13. The Beauty of Failure/ the Failure of Beauty, curated byi Harald Szeemann, Fundacion Joan Mirò, Barcellona, Spain

2004

  1. Future Face, Science Museum, London, United Kingdom
  2. Art Works from the F.C. Gundlach Collection, Kulturbiehorde der Freien Hanselstadt Hamburg, Amburgo, Germany
  3. Touch and Temperature, Deborah Colton Gallery, Huston, USA
  4. Arco 04, Madrid, Spain
  5. Art Cologne, Colonia, Germany
  6. A Clear Vision-Photography from the F.C. Gundlach Collection, Deichtorhallen, Amburgo, Germany

2003

  1. Bitforms Groupshow 2003, Bittforms Gallery, New York, USA
  2. Designkrokken, Museum Traphold, Kolding, Denmark
  3. What’s Next?, Danish Design Centre (DDC), Copenhagen, Denmark
  4. Mythos St. Pauli, Museum fur Kunst unt Gewerbe, Amburgo, Germany