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Explore #94e (revisit): Beelitz-Heilstätten – Men’s Sanatorium, Germany – May 2016

June 21, 2017

Germany, Hospitals & Asylums, Military Sites

Explore #25 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ We left Poland and headed back towards Berlin for what turned out to be a rather brief and sad revisit to this former military sanatorium, which James and I had first explored in much greater depth back in August 2014. History Originally built in 1898 on the plans of architect Heino Schmieden, this vast complex of approximately 60 buildings was designed as a sanatorium for the Berlin workers’ health insurance corporation to…

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Explore #184: Church G, Poland – May 2016

June 8, 2017

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Churches and religious, Poland

Explore #24 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ We started the final day of our roadtrip with a nice relaxed little explore of an old Gothic church close to the German border. History This Gothic church was built in the 15th Century, and was completely rebuilt in the late 1700s. Further extensions and refinements were added in the 1920s, including a new crypt and new wooden chancel. The village which the church served was originally in East Germany, but the…

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Explore #182: Palace Great Belcz aka Pałac w Bełczu Wielkim, Poland – May 2016

June 1, 2017

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Palaces, Castles & Mansions, Poland

Explore #22 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ Our palaces megatour continued with a quick late-afternoon stopover at another grand old palace which has fallen into serious (and now terminal) decline… History (translated and rewritten from here). The baroque Palace Belcz dates back to 1787, when it was owned by the von Kalkereuth family. The estate then passed to the Schönborns, before being bought by Ludwig Adolph Theodor Dürr in 1898. During World War II the palace was commandeered by…