In Bad Tölz is a house, called “House of Advocates”. In German, an Advokat is a synonym for lawyer or barrister, one who pleads the cause of another. I couldn’t confirm where the name comes from and if it originally had anything to do with lawyers.
Today it is split into an event venue and living apartments. But the various landlords of the house have been advocating performance arts of various kinds since the 1930s.
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The ice hockey rink and its impressive mural in Bad Tölz. Sponsored by a beer brewery, after all this is Bavaria.
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“So this is hell. I’d never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the “burning marl.” Old wives’ tales! There’s no need for red-hot pokers. Hell is—other people!”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit
Sartre’s quote from his stage play has always been true. In small, insidious ways, and in large, horrific ways.
There were numerous death marches from concentration camps to other locations (i.e. away from the advance of the allied forces). In 2025 there was a remembrance march passing this sculpture in Bad Tölz behind a banner reading “Never again”.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Hell
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A break from the noise and chaos of everyday life, allowing one to enjoy the serenity of nature in peace and on your own.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Take a Hike
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That’s a house in the town centre of Bad Tölz. Like most houses here it is beautifully maintained. It has a cute little dormer, the windows are set-off by paintings and it has painted and raised stone panels running up the facade. Looking up reveals a painted, maybe even tiled border in the overhang of the roof. The difficulty in photographing a house like this is caused by the narrow streets which makes it difficult to get a shot of of the whole house. Furthermore, being in a group and not being able to really set up a shot results in cut off corners and weird angles. But here it is.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: View from Below (High Angle)
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After showing the elegant windows with painted or raised frames seen in the town centre of Bad Tölz, here are a few windows confirming more with the cliché of Bavarian windows. Monday Window
More windows from the town of Bad Tölz in Bavaria. This time with raised and colour contrasting frames. Monday Window
Wordless Wednesday
I wrote last week that Bavarian window seem to be all about shutters but that seems not to hold true for downtown Bad Tölz. I saw a lot of painted window frames. The blueish grey house has the inscription Bader, i.e. barber-surgeon; the cream coloured … Continue reading Painted Window Frames
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