The story behind the photo:
What once began so hopefully ended sadly....
At the end of the 19th century, the first pulmonary sanatorium in northern Germany was built in the midst of forests and the large lake to which it owes its name. As a forerunner of all the other sanatoriums that were subsequently built around it, the original intention was to test here whether success in the treatment of tuberculosis could also be achieved outside the clear mountain air in the flat, wooded landscape of the northeast, and after only a short time 200 beds were available for mildly ill men. However, the circumstances of the following war years soon brought about a change. The hospital was used as a military hospital, to house prisoners of war and was sold during the inflationary period. After the Second World War, the original medical use and research was then completely abandoned and the sanatorium served during the Cold War as a military hospital for the Red Army, which partly ran the buildings down so badly that a new use after the fall of the Wall was no longer possible without great effort. For a long time, the facility stood empty and unprotected, exposed to weather and vandalism, until it was finally discovered for artistic and cultural purposes and has since enjoyed at least some protection.
Born and raised in Leipzig, I discovered my love for the old industrial and military ruins and lost place geocaches of my hometown at an early age. Since 2014 always with me: my Canon SLR camera.
Today I live together with my partner in the heart of the beautiful Thuringian..
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