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@koenau

Life's a travel into nowhere

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koenau
@koenau Sep 5, 2026, 8:34 AM UTC

Freddie Mercury: The bearded Queen

Not mother or father, not the little sister, and—perhaps—only the first girlfriend. In the late 1970s, a young Queen fan in the GDR carried different images in their wallet, treating them like icons:…

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koenau
@koenau Sep 4, 2026, 6:34 PM UTC

Forest of Memories: The Ghosttown of the Coastline

This is a cross post of @koenau/forest-of-memories-the-ghosttown-of-the-coastline by @koenau.Forest of Memories: The Ghosttown of the Coastline Across the Baltic coast, East German enterprises based…

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koenau
@koenau Sep 4, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC

Forest of Memories: The Ghosttown of the Coastline

Across the Baltic coast, East German enterprises based inland maintained holiday camps for their employees' children. Many of the dream destinations for entire generations have vanished. Yet one spot…

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koenau
@koenau Aug 28, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC

Dream of flying: The dark tower

This is a cross post of @koenau/dream-of-flying-the-dark-tower by @koenau.. Countless gloomy hangars, buildings, and bunkers still bear witness today to the site's history—ranging from its time as an…

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koenau
@koenau Aug 28, 2026, 4:35 PM UTC

Dream of flying: The dark tower

A century ago, the first tender shoots of enthusiasm for aviation began to sprout in the small German town Köthen. Countless gloomy hangars, buildings, and bunkers still bear witness today to the sit…

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koenau
@koenau Aug 21, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC

A Lost Cause of hops and malt: The burned time capsule

This is a cross post of @koenau/a-lost-cause-of-hops-and-malt-the-burned-time-capsule by @koenau.Three decades of vacancy and failed investment attempts had long since turned the imposing buildings o…

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koenau
@koenau Aug 21, 2026, 4:35 PM UTC

A Lost Cause of hops and malt: The burned time capsule

Three decades of vacancy and failed investment attempts had long since turned the imposing buildings of the malt factory in the German town of Köthen into a "lost place." Then, large sections of the…

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koenau
@koenau Aug 14, 2026, 5:06 PM UTC

Forgotten Places: The lost Cradle of Cycling

This is a cross post of @koenau/forgotten-places-the-lost-cradle-of-cycling by @koenau.Hidden in an unassuming courtyard, just steps away from Europe’s oldest variety theater, stands a charred ruin t…

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koenau
@koenau Aug 14, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC

Forgotten Places: The lost Cradle of Cycling

Hidden in an unassuming courtyard, just steps away from Europe’s oldest variety theater, stands a charred ruin that almost no one remembers. Where mountains of rubble and decay now pile up, thousands…

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koenau
@koenau Aug 7, 2026, 6:07 PM UTC

The Concrete Playground: Met the last lost Elephant

This is a cross post of @koenau/the-concrete-playground-met-the-last-lost-elephant by @koenau.Remnants of a socialist-era local recreation area have survived within a landscape in the Mansfeld region…

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