Germany Archives ⋆ Page 53 of 113 ⋆ The Passenger

January 5, 2019February 9, 2023

Schloß Wilhelmsthal

Close to Calden, Germany you can find the rococo-style castle Wilhelmsthal within the Schloßpark Wilhelmsthal. It completes the historical triumvirate of castles and landscape gardens of the Kassel region – formed together with the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe and the Staatspark Karlsaue at Kassel. Therefore this castle and park is also maintained and preserved by the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel (mhk). It is a nice place and always good for a relaxed walk through the fields and the forest.

January 3, 2019March 15, 2019

Die Rampe

It is an impressive memorial against deportation and elimination: ‘Die Rampe‘ (the ramp) by German artist Eva Renée Nele Bode (known as E. R. Nele; her father was the founder of the documenta). It was inaugurated in 1985 on the former grounds of the Henschelwerk factory at Kassel, Germany – producing locomotives, lorries and busses, but also tanks, airplanes and missiles. The company used around 6.000 forced labour workers for their purposes. When the artist was a child she could watch the transport of forced labour workers within freight cars; creating this work was also a way to cope with her traumatic childhood memories.

January 3, 2019March 5, 2019

DIAkomenta

The city of Kassel, Germany is full of interesting artworks – some better known and some lesser. At the Schillerstraße you can find a pretty long mural created by the artist Daniel Ricardo Ortiz Polido from Nicaragua and the inhabitants of the social facilities located directly on the other side of the street. The ‘diakom‘ for example offers jobs and advanced training to people with mental handicaps. This art work shows the world through the eyes of addicts and mentally ill persons.

January 1, 2019April 10, 2023

Kehr

It is one of the things people from Göttingen, Germany love to do on weekends: have a walk at the Kehr within the woods belonging to the city. There you will find deer and wild boars in two separate areas, you can buy some animal feed and take a round course which is approximately three kilometers long. Also a nice walk with children.

December 30, 2018April 22, 2022

Adam von Trott zu Solz

When you reach Hann. Münden, Germany by train you might recognize that the train station is located at the Adam zu Trott von Solz-Platz. Or you might not. But if you do you might wonder about this strange name (if you’re not an expert in German history) or you might wonder which connection this member of the resistance against the Nazi regime might have with this small city.

December 29, 2018January 7, 2019

Taste of India

Getting delicious Indian food at Hann. Münden, Germany is quite an issue. During the last years there was a very good restaurant called Bollywood Palace that set the bar pretty high – but is now closed again. Then there is an Italian restaurant (the Rialto) that offers some Indian dishes. One restaurant that we’ve simply not seen before is the Taste of India in the Lange Straße, the pedestrian zone.

December 29, 2018February 9, 2023

Botanischer Garten

The botanical garden of Kassel, Germany has seen many changes in its history. It is located in the city quarter Wehlheiden full of residential homes and close to the Park Schönfeld. In fact, it was part of the Park Schönfeld until 1912 when this 1.5 hectare large area was separated as a school garden.

December 29, 2018December 7, 2022

Park Schönfeld

It is one of the places tourists at Kassel, Germany normally don’t get to see because of its location: the Park Schönfeld is a public park in the south of the city and part of a green connection between the Karlsaue and the Habichtswald. It is named after Nikolaus Heinrich von Schönfeld (born 1733) who also built a beautiful house – the Schlösschen Schönfeld – here.

December 29, 2018April 13, 2019

Siebenbergen

At the southern end of the Staatspark Karlsaue of Kassel, Germany you can find the Blumeninsel Siebenbergen – an artificial island within the Küchengraben created in 1710 and designed in the year 1820. It is an island on which between April and October a vast number of flowers can be admired. It is a mix between local and exotic plants.

December 29, 2018February 9, 2023

Spitzhacke

When you’re walking along the Fulda close to the Orangerie at Kassel, Germany you might be a bit surprised to see a giant pickaxe close to the river. Or you might be not surprised as you can see many artworks throughout this city regularly hosting the art exhibition documenta. Why would you enlarge a pickaxe massively and put it at this specific place?