in: Olafur Eliasson: Surroundings Surrounded, ed. Peter Weibel, ISBN 3-928201-26-3, 2001 Victor Schauberger and the Turbulence of Water Franz Pichler Introduction The official exhibition “Land of Hammer” of the government of Upper Austria in 1997 presented in the little village of Klaus – the place where Victor Schauberger stayed as a forest ranger for several years – a little sub-exhibition with the title “Water is Force”. This exhibition gained strong support by the display of original exhibits from Victor Schauberger’s historical water research, such as the “energy engine” (Heimkraftwerk = home power generator) or the hyperbolic cone. These objects are in possession of the family Schauberger (PKS, Lauffen/Bad Ischl) and were kindly loaned for the exhibition. Besides of the written concept of the exhibition no other document was prepared. This paper should be considered as a late contribution to this exhibition. The goal is to present some ideas which could form a basis for further research on the open questions concerning the “forces of water”. By suggestion of the publisher of this book the phenomena related to turbulence should be investigated and presented. Turbulence might indeed be the solution of the secret of water as considered by Victor Schauberger. In the first part we report on some biographical facts on Victor Schauberger and continue by sketching a systemstheoretical approach to investigate the “levitation of water” (water has memory). Our writing does not claim to give a contribution to the current state of water research. We purposely rely on an ad hoc style of writing which we consider as an example of scientific oriented “brainwriting”. Victor Schauberger and the Force of Water Landslides and creeks which turn within minutes to wild waters cause death , the damage of roads and agricultural land and leaves victims. On the other hand such “forces of water” enable transport chains and contribute in a useful way to civilization. Guided by a track floating water was utilised for centuries to bring timber from the mountain areas down to the bottom of the valleys. In some areas of the alps the remains of constructions of such wooden transport chains can still be seen.