Trespassing Into History

First it was a magnificent bath house, then an entrepreneur transformed the gleaming building on the Saale river into the Sonor drum factory. Stars still beat the beat on its products today. But the original building has been abandoned and is waiting to be revived.

A large piece of floor is missing right next to the spacious hall on the second floor, which still retains its former splendor. Rusty steel beams hang in the air, provisionally braced with a few meters of fluttering tape. The light shines through the semi-circular windows onto the remains of the wooden wall paneling, which is... (more)

In the small village of Rethwisch, which simply means “meadow with reeds”, there has been a noble estate since the late Middle Ages.

Later, the Dukes of Holstein-Rethwisch, a collateral line of the Dukes of Holstein-Plön that only existed for 60 years, resided here for a short 30 years. Duke Joachim Ernst of Holstein-Plön had divided off the new principality, but retained it in personal union.

On his death in 1671, the Rethwisch line became independent under his third son of the same name, who had the castle built in 1699. However, the last Duke of Rethwisch, Johann Adolf, died childless in 1729. ...(more)

During the CoViD pandemic in 2020, we left the city for our birthday week in May - as we do every year - and retreated to the “Huskyhof”.

For many years now, this has not only been a place full of good friends and great experiences, but also our “home base” for excursions in eastern Germany several times a year.

In May 2020, the trip there was difficult, at least with regard to the coronavirus regulations, because you were not allowed to leave your federal state without a special reason (e.g. for work). Well, we found a reason - namely to photograph dogs. We were given the “official assignment” to take photos of the husky pack. So we were...(more)