One half of one building at an otherwise functioning psychiatric and epileptic hospital… at least it wasn’t a total loss of a morning!
Stunningly beautiful spaces created by a lone sanatorium, almost completely enclosed with metal screens.
September 5, 2009
Kinderkrankenhaus Weißensee
A hospital for infants and children slowly deteriorates in the Weißensee district of Berlin. Inside are curious rooms designed for sterility and disinfection, shedding their colors in large peels of paint.
July 17, 2009
Das Irrenhaus
Irrenanstalt Weiler – a psychiatric hospital where the majority of patients were exterminated under Hitler’s Action T4 program, however found life again after the war. Take a walk into the cool basements of the abandoned mortuary and see what’s left behind…
June 29, 2009
Hidden Hospital
Erich Wagner Kindersanatorium – an decrepit children’s hospital hidden in the woods.
June 9, 2009
Along the Baltic
Traveling along the northern coasts, we find more ruins left from World War II with impressive pasts…
Prora KdF Seaside Resort – the largest construction project undertaken by the Third Reich, although it was never completed.
Peenemünde Army Research Center – the birthplace of Germany’s infamous V-2 rocket.
May 7, 2009
Continental Rubber Works
Continenal Limmer – a massive, decaying complex in Hannover, seeping who knows what into the surrounding river.
March 29, 2009
Zentrum
Deeper into the heart of Germany:
Kokerei Zollverein – once considered the largest coking plant in Europe, it is now a massive, rusting elephant of industry.
Fort Marabout – hiking through the woods, looking for something called “Element 31″ – any guess was a good as ours!
February 28, 2009
Deutschland
The first two locations I’ve explored in Germany are similar as they both relate to the WWII period and the country’s civilian population at the time; one being a place of recreation and Nazi propaganda atop a mysterious mountain, and the other an underground refuge from the utter devastation of a city.
Heidelberg Thingplatz – a former theater constructed to promote Nazi propaganda through plays and rallies.
Krankenbunker “Breuning” – an underground bunker which was expanded to include a “hospital” deep within these cement walls.
February 12, 2009
Industrial Nations
I’ve wrapped up some industry along the western edge of Belgium before diving into Germany… enjoy!
Heusden-Zolder Coal Mine – a gallery of what remains at the Zolder mine, and some fun exterior photos of the nearby Beringen mine.
Huy Mill – just another roadside attraction, with a really neat water tower and some interesting graffiti.
Usine de Senelle – this furnace in France was demolished by the time I arrived, but the giant crucible was left in the middle of the field, along with some interesting machinery.
