I was recently in North-West Germany for a wedding, and was fortunate enough to be tipped off about this place, which turned out to be a ten minutes from where I was staying. I had some spare time one morning, so had a mooch about for an hour, although in the end I needed more time. There are much better photos of this place online, but only the main hall, hopefully this report will show off a bit more of the derpy side. My 18-55 lens really doesn't do the main hall justice. I've whittled down the photos for this report, a more complete set is on my blog.
Visited solo. Thanks to the raw for the suggestion, and my host for a great stay.
I don't normally go with the whole code-naming stuff, but given the European convention, I'll respect that. The site itself was pretty mint, consistency of four buildings, although I only made it into the main two, which were the glorious original building, and the attached accommodation building. There was also a more resort-style building and perhaps another accommodation building, which had a cross on it.
Some history:
Maison A is a villa in a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has been classified as a heritage building by the local authority for monument protection.
The two-story building lies hidden within a small park made up of beeches and chestnut trees. A fountain is located in the outer area. The building was constructed in the style of historism with elements of the neo-renaissance style and is a typical example of a country house in the second half of the 19th century.
My time was quite limited, so I left the main hall, and went wandering downwards, and found the basement. I've looked at a few reports of this place online now, but haven't seen any photos outside of the main hall, so this was new to me. The basement was mainly showers and remnants of kitchen.
Not clearing up behind them. Naughty. Below is the connecting corridor between the to main buildings.
This block was a pretty samey accommodation block, although there was a derp basement too.
Found this guy on a door in the basement. Cheers for reading.
HerrJonnySchwanzkopf
Visited solo. Thanks to the raw for the suggestion, and my host for a great stay.
I don't normally go with the whole code-naming stuff, but given the European convention, I'll respect that. The site itself was pretty mint, consistency of four buildings, although I only made it into the main two, which were the glorious original building, and the attached accommodation building. There was also a more resort-style building and perhaps another accommodation building, which had a cross on it.
Some history:
Maison A is a villa in a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has been classified as a heritage building by the local authority for monument protection.
The two-story building lies hidden within a small park made up of beeches and chestnut trees. A fountain is located in the outer area. The building was constructed in the style of historism with elements of the neo-renaissance style and is a typical example of a country house in the second half of the 19th century.
My time was quite limited, so I left the main hall, and went wandering downwards, and found the basement. I've looked at a few reports of this place online now, but haven't seen any photos outside of the main hall, so this was new to me. The basement was mainly showers and remnants of kitchen.
Not clearing up behind them. Naughty. Below is the connecting corridor between the to main buildings.
This block was a pretty samey accommodation block, although there was a derp basement too.
Found this guy on a door in the basement. Cheers for reading.
HerrJonnySchwanzkopf
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