Once upon a time fellow Lazy Penguins (before being totally demolished by two World Wars) the Land of Ideas – Land der Ideen (Germany) used to be a place of beauty, gothic splendour and picturesque villages. When the WW2 ended (September 2nd 1945) Germany rebuilt everything that was destroyed, resulting to new buildings (with the old ones laying in ruins). Thanks to a new photobook titled ‘Germany around 1900: A Portrait in Colour‘ we can all revisit some of the famous landmarks. cobbled streets and bourgeois splendour way before it was consigned to ruin.
Scroll down fellow Lazy Penguins and enjoy these rare photos. “H/T”: Demilked sobadsogood
Castle of Sigmaringen.
The coast around Westerland.
Schwerin grand-ducal palace, Mecklenburg.
Bedroom, Neuschwanstein Castle, south of Munich.
Heinstein Castle near Trechtingshausen / Butchers’ Guild Hall, Hildesheim.
Schwerin grand-ducal palace, Mecklenburg.
Bastei Bridge
Sad to see that wars can ruin such beauty.
Frederick Bridge and Berlin’s cathedral
Traditional German kitchen
