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6 days ago

Saving Shaft Paul II: Deep hole into history Lying half-hidden in the undergrowth along the B 91 federal highway between the two east German cities Weißenfels and Zeitz are the remains of the Paul II lignite mine shaft. Underground mini

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13 days ago

Germanys Hearst Castle: A Dream of Stone and Concrete A hundred years ago, the architect Bernhard Sehring, originally from a village named Edderitz in Mid-Germany, built his crazy vision of a retirement retreat near Ballenstedt. Today, t

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20 days ago

Bats Hotel: Echoes of the Elites House Once a premier luxury hotel catering to the "most exacting tastes" of the Roaring Twenties, and later an exclusive GDR holiday haven for loyal party elites and Stasi officials, Sc

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27 days ago

Beneath the Millstone of Time: The Thousand-Year-Old Mill For more than 1,000 years, a mill has stood on the banks of the Saale River in Germany. Following several major fires, the melancholy ruins of the Hildebrand Mill Works are now strugg

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about 1 month ago

Pitch-Black – The Bat of the “Einheit” Mine One hundred years ago, the heirs of the Halle-based industrialist Carl Adolph Riebeck began exploiting the coal reserves near Hohenmölsen. The abandoned remnants of the “Einheit” mine stand

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about 1 month ago

Germany's Heilandskirche: In God’s Forgotten Living Room Step inside the Heilandskirche in Hettstedt, East Germany—an architectural anomaly where the divine meets the derelict. Once built from the hard-earned donations of 19th-century miners, this

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about 2 months ago

Paint it Black:The Tragic Fate of a Landmark Once a thriving industrial hub that exported printing inks worldwide, the historic, 1905-founded Hallische Farbenfabrik survived world wars and GDR expropriation, only to close for goo

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about 2 months ago

Germany’s Yellowstone: The Colorful Lakes of Roßbach It is a hidden dreamscape, reminiscent of the U.S. national park, Yellowstone. Yet this is Germany—a secluded corner situated right in the midst of an industrial landsca

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2 months ago

Nude Cult of the Coconut: The Birth of the Eco-Movement More than a century ago, an alternative utopian commune in Germany’s Harz Mountains drew prominent thinkers and artists like a magnet. Yet, for some, this radical attempt to…

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2 months ago

"White Plague": The Secret of the "Cough Castle" Deep in eastern Germany—hidden just beyond the border between Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia—stand the mysterious remains of a former sanatorium, nestled in the woods atop a mountai

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