Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
The Panthéon in Paris, France is the hall of fame of the grande nation. It was built as a church from 1764 on and was turned to non-religious use after the French Revolution. It should be used as memorial for important French persons and also be a place for their remains. Continue reading “Panthéon”
The Dom St. Salvator is the roman-catholic cathedral of Fulda, Germany. It was built from 1704 on and was inaugurated in 1712. The cathedral is a beautiful church easily reachable from the train station: just walk down the hill through the pedestrian zone and at the university square turn right. You can’t miss this giant house of prayer built in Baroque style.
Continue reading “Dom St. Salvator zu Fulda”
The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche (what a long name) is a Protest church in Berlin, Germany that has only partially been repaired and therefore carries the name “Hohler Zahn” (empty tooth). It is located on the Breitscheidplatz close to the zoological garden and the aquarium. Continue reading “Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche”
There are different memorials for the soviet soldiers who freed Berlin, Germany in World War II. The best-known ones can be found in Tiergarten close to the Reichstag (West Berlin) and in the Treptower Park (East Berlin). The latter is the most important one.
Continue reading “Sowjetisches Ehrenmal Treptow”
The Bendlerblock is a section of the building of the Department of Defense in Berlin, Germany. The building was used for the same purpose during Nazi times and it was they place where the group around Ludwig Beck and Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg organized the attack on Adolf Hitler. Continue reading “Bendlerblock”
Even most of my friends don’t know that there were some years I worked as a software developer for the leading european vendor for steel construction software. One of my tasks was to implement algorithms that analyze geometric structures on steel girders and steel-plates. And one of the buildings rised with our software was the new main railway station of Berlin.
Continue reading “Looking out for flaws in software code”
The Bundeskanzleramt in Berlin, Germany is the office of the German chancellor and located close to the Reichstag. It was built until 2001 and was necessary because of the shift of the government from Bonn to Berlin. Continue reading “Home of the chancellor”
The Reichstag in Berlin, Germany is since 1999 the seat of the German parliament. It was built until 1894 by Paul Wallot and was already the Parliament of the Deutsches Kaiserreich and the Weimarer Republik.
Continue reading “Parliament @ Reichstag”
The Rotes Rathaus (red town hall) is an administrative building in Berlin, Germany. It’s name goes back to the red facade – not to the fact that for many years socialdemocratic policy was made here. It was the seat of the city council but is now only the seat of the mayor. Continue reading “Rotes Rathaus”
The Brandenburger Tor in Berlin, Germany is a triumphal gate at the street Unter den Linden that was erected until 1793. It was built according to the plans of Carl Gotthard Langhans and has a quadriga by Johann Gottfried Schadow on top. Continue reading “Brandenburger Tor”