Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
The Brasselsberg is a 434 meters high mountain at Kassel, Germany which belongs to the Habichtswald in northern Hesse. It is an area with wonderful forests which is especially suitable for hiking. The paths are prepared well and signs guide you the right way which place you ever want to reach. Here you can find the Bismarckturm, the Teufelsmauer, old quarries for basaltic tuff and the Porta Lapidaria.
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The documenta art exhibition has left numerous traces at Kassel, Germany. But none of these is as sustainable as the 7000 oaks that Joseph Beuys planted for the documenta 7 in 1982. It was officially finished in 1987 and the work is called ‘7000 Eichen – Stadtverwaldung statt Stadtverwaltung‘, a pun that only works in German. It means that you should create forests in the city (‘Stadtverwaldung‘) instead of administering a city (‘Stadtverwaltung‘).
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When you’ve been at Kassel, Germany you might have been pretty close to this documenta artwork without noticing it. It is nearly invisible because it goes down one kilometer into the earth – and there is not much to see. ‘Vertikaler Erdkilometer‘ has been created by artist Walter De Maria for the documenta 6 in 1977. It can be found on the Friedrichsplatz between the Fridericianum and the monument for Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
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The Laserscape is a nice and modern artwork created for the documenta 6 art exhibition at Kassel, Germany in 1977. It was the first permanent laser artwork installed in a city worldwide. A green laser light connects the Zwehrenturm (the last remaining city gate of Kassel) near the Fridericianum with the Herkules monument, the Hessisches Landesmuseum and the Orangerie (where it is redirected into the Karlsaue). It can be seen every Saturday between dawn and 1 am.
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The Aasee is a 40 hectares large lake at Münster in Westfalen, Germany named after the river Aa. The lake and the green areas surrounding it are used for sports and recreation. It is more than 2 kilometers long and close to it you will find the Allwetterzoo and the LWL-Museum für Naturkunde. The zoological garden can also be reached by ships passing the Aasee.
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Maybe it is the most beautiful building of a German university: the Fürstbischöfliches Schloß at Münster in Westfalen, Germany. It was built from the year 1767 on in baroque style for the prince-bishop (‘Fürstbischof‘) Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels. The massively decorated and highly impressive building was destroyed to large extent during World War II. After the war British forces planned to tear it fully down but it could be preserved after massive intervention.
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The Erbdrostenhof at Münster in Westfalen, Germany is one of the most impressive buildings of the city. And that is also what it should be because it was the home of Adolf Heidenreich Freiherr Droste zu Vischering who – as an Erbdroste – acted as a deputy of the territorial lord in military, juridical and police-related things. The building was created from the year 1753 on.
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The harbour of Münster in Westfalen, Germany – also known as Stadthafen I – is a former harbour used for ships passing the Dortmund-Ems channel. It was opened in 1899 and goods unloaded here where wood, building materials and grain – but also things imported from the colonies Germany had by that time. Usage of the harbour declined in the second half of the 20th century and an alternative use had to be found.
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It has a very complicated name and drew my attention mostly because of the special shape of its tower: the Liebfrauen-Überwasserkirche at Münster in Westfalen, Germany. It seems to be less important than the other churches in the city center and its name refers to Maria, the mother of Jesus on the one hand and on the other hand to the geographical situation that you have to cross the water of the river Aa (‘Überwasser‘, over the water) when coming from the cathedral of the city.
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The cathedral of Münster in Westfalen, Germany – the St.-Paulus-Dom – is a vast and very impressive church located in the centre of the city. In front of it you’ll find the also very big Domplatz that hosts a giant farmers’ market on every Saturday. It is a roman-catholic church dedicated to Paul the Apostle and dates back to the year 1225 CE – former buildings can be traced back to the year 805.
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