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Explore #169: Villa Symmetry, Germany – May 2016

Explore #9 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ Sorry for the long delay since my last post – it’s been a busy couple of months at work, home, and on holiday! I’ve got the next batch of reports from my never-ending backlog coming up now – first a short and sweet one from this little gem. I think it was a former guesthouse/lodge in a picturesque alpine region of East Germany. As always, click on a photo to VIEW LARGE…

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Explore #168: Ferienhotel Sachsenhof, Germany – May 2016

Explore #8 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ Next up in the gorgeous alpine landscape of Eastern Germany was this abandoned hotel which apparently never even opened… History (rewritten from here) Originally built in 1905 as a sanatorium, during the post war years of East Germany it was owned by the Free German Trade Union Federation (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund /FDGB). After reunification the building was sold, but development into a hotel stalled and the hotel never opened. It lay disused…

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Explore #166: Salem Sanatorium, Germany – May 2016

Explore #6 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ Rounding off Day Two of our tour of East Germany and Poland was a quick visit to the remains of this former Sanatorium. Most of the rooms have been stripped out for possible redevelopment, but the main items of interest still surviving were the grand reception / lobby area and auditorium. As always, click on a photo to VIEW LARGE The auditorium was VERY dark indeed – this was a long exposure,…

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