Tag: #Monday Window

Institutional Building

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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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Rethink!

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It’s not a good photo nor is it an impressive window. But it is a window, or rather several, and the reflections were fun. As was the company’s logo: Rethink – I only registered the HR later and was wondering whether it was a religious organisation.

And P&I could also stand for Partner & I. I’m not wearing red.

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Wiesbaden Clinker

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Wiesbaden is still a rich town by all accounts, and it was even more so 150-100 years ago. In some areas one ostentatious villa neighbours the next, although many of these are now divided into different apartments or more often than not, into residential and fancy office apartments.

Clinker fassades were all the rage, often combined with decorative elements that are better suited to smooth surfaces. Turrets, cuppolas, and playful details are not meant for bricks, at least in my mind.

This window combines the typical two-coloured brickwork, with an arched window and stucco elements. I did appreciate the two bright white watering cans (IKEA, PS 2002, 1.99 € a piece, if I’m not mistaken).

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It Used to be a Secret Garden

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The manor house in the Hermannshof in Weinheim was built in classicist style in 1820. The garden was, of course, a private garden. Later it became the property of the Freudenberg family. The company founded by Carl Freudenberg in the mid 19th century is today still family owned. The house and garden was still private when I was a little girl and walked past it every day on my way to school. I used to wonder then what was behind the dense hedges.

The garden was changed to a park open to the public, now called “Schau- und Sichtungsgarten Hermannshof” in 1988 and has become a tourist magnet. The manor house is used by the company as a conference centre and is still closed to the public.

The windows show off the classicist style of the manor house. The representative front overlooks the park and with the beautiful magnolia looks impressive at any time of year. But the back and side views are beautiful as well.

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Free Fariba

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This banner is in support of Fariba Adelkhah who is currently detained in Iran. She lived in Strasbourg before she visited her native country of Iran and got arrested for spying and later convicted for conspiring against national security and for propaganda against the state. The banner is displayed on the front of the townhall of Strasbourg.

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