The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Museum
Wordless Wednesday
It’s a typical clapboard house as can be found in certain parts of the Odenwald.
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The rooms of the keep of the Starkenburg above Heppenheim have the best view in the youth hostel (the castle is used by the Deutsche Jugendherbergswerk). It’s not the original keep, though.
Built little more than 135 years ago, this building has served as a place for people with disabilities due to age, illness or congenital conditions. The level of care depended on the spirit of the time, some times were better than others. It is now being transformed into residential apartments. Some building will stay, some are being demolished.
The house facade, a combination of clinker in two colours, dates the building. The geometrical patterns are typical of the late 19th century as are the sandstone frames around the windows.
The walled up windows have been so for ages, most of the glass panes have been broken, I’ll keep watching what will remain.
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