Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
Close to the Klosterbergegarten in southern Magdeburg, Germany you can find the legacy of Hermann Gruson, a factory owner that sent staff out to the world to collect plants. He created the largest collection of cactuses in Europe. After his death his collection and the greenhouses became property of the city of Magdeburg. Continue reading “Gruson-Gewächshäuser”
The Jahrtausendturm or millenium tower is a wooden tower within the Elbauenpark in Magdeburg, Germany – built for the Bundesgartenschau 1999. It is 60 meters high and you can do two things: first you can walk up the ramps outside of the building. They bring you up close to the peak and you can enjoy 360 degrees of nice views of the area and the city of Magdeburg. Continue reading “Jahrtausendturm “
The butterfly house in Magdeburg, Germany is one of the smaller ones I’ve seen. But it is located in the Elbauenpark created for the Bundesgartenschau 1999 you can simply drop by when you visit it. It’s a nice short trip to the humid tropics and you can see some beautiful butterflies here. Continue reading “Surrounded by butterflies”
The Elbauenpark is a vast garden in the east of Magdeburg, Germany. I was there many years ago when it was created for the Bundesgartenschau 1999. In this year my family chartered a train and brought a huge group of travellers to the garden exhibition in the east of Germany. I still can remember this very well, as my own grandmother didn’t reach the train on the way back and had to return by ICE train. 😉 Continue reading “Elbauenpark”
The Magdeburger Dom is the gothic-style cathedral of Magdeburg, Germany. It has been built from the year 1207 on and was sanctified in 1363. It is a protestant church located in the city center close to the Grüne Zitadelle and can be seen from all over the town. It is the most important landmark of the town. Continue reading “Magdeburger Dom”
The majority of Magdeburg, Germany has been destroyed throughout World War II – and the times when being part of the GDR contributed also to the current state of the town. There are mostly three original buildings in the city center: the cathedral, the cloister (now art museum) and the old town hall. Continue reading “Reiter, Roland & Hirsch”
When children were asked to paint their dream house, a girl painted a boot. And the chairman of a local housing society was told by his grandchild that if he would build such a house, every child would want to live in it. That is why he contacted the famous Friedensreich Hundertwasser who sent out employees that looked at the Breite Straße in Magdeburg, Germany and decided that this place would by ideal to realize Hundertwassers ideas. Continue reading “Grüne Zitadelle”
The Maschsee is an urban lake in Hannover, Germany close to the town hall and the soccer stadium. It is 2.4 kilometers long and has been artificially created in the beginning of the 1930s. It is used for sailing and canoeing and it is a nice place for a walk. It was built to protect the city of Hannover from floods that occurred because the rivers of the area have been straightened. Continue reading “The Maschsee”
Hann. Münden, Germany was once the most southern port of the kingdom of Hanover. The port area was and is located in the north of the city, along the Weser – directly opposite of the Weserstein. Today you can still see the tracks of the Hannöversche Südbahn connecting the port and the remains of a port building. Continue reading “Weserumschlagstelle”
The national park of Hainich in Thüringen, Germany offers old virgin forests. People get there for hiking but it gained another tourist magnet in 2005: A high metal path leading through the treetops. Two tracks with a length of 250 meters each are situated in the top and above the trees. It is much like the path in Bad Harzburg, Germany but also very different. Continue reading “Playground in the trees”