Exploring the Rotten Side of Germany

This abandoned building was a catholic school hostel north of the city of Hamburg. It was used by various schools and youth groups for class travels. There is not much known about its history.

In 2010, the district attorney began investigating the institution because evidence was emerging regarding abusive acts that have supposedly happened in the 1950s.

When the hostel was closed is unknown, but in the same year that the investigations began, the owner was officially required by the authorities to demolish the unused building...(more)

These ruins of a large concrete bunker in the forests of Eastern Germany are some of the remains of the Nazi's "Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe" (Luftwaffe Test Area) that still can be found surrounding the still active airfield near the town of Rechlin. The history of the premises as the "birthplace of the German Luftwaffe" dates back as far as the year 1916, when the war ministry started planning the construction of facilities for aeronautical engineering and in 1918 relocated the growing airplane testing facility from Berlin to the newly built area. The end of the first World War and the following...(more)

Not really an abandoned place, this bridge had long been on my list of places that I want to visit, and during our summer vacation in 2017, the day finally came.

It was day seven of our vacation. The day before, we had picked up my mother-in-law from the train station in Dresden, because we had invited her to spend a couple of days with us and maybe explore one or two spots.

After we unexpectedly had successfully gained access to the abandoned knight's manor, we drove North towards the Rhododendron park where the bridge is located......(more)