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Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.SACHSEN 46] 
'Restaurant Waldschaenke, part of Jachtschloss Moritzburg.'

Restaurant Waldschänke, a former forester’s house, is situated near Jachtschloss Moritzburg, a baroque hunting lodge in the middle of the forest not far from Dresden. It has seven different dining rooms, of which the Prinzenzimmer with its leather wallcoverings and beautiful stove of Meissner china is the most attractive. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.SACHSEN 45] 
'Jachtschloss Moritzburg near Dresden.'

The baroque hunting lodge Moritzburg (in the distance), situated northwest of Dresden, is surrounded by water in summer. During the winter this turns into ice, resulting in the palace being approachable not only across the bridge, but from all directions ... on skates! The castle and its park used to form the background for baroque parties, organized by August the Strong, elector of Saxonia. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.SACHSEN 44] 
'Jachtschloss Moritzburg near Dresden.'

The baroque hunting lodge Moritzburg, situated northwest of Dresden, is surrounded by water in summer. During the winter this turns into ice, resulting in the palace being approachable not only across the bridge, but from all directions ... on skates! The castle and its park used to form the background for baroque parties, organized by August the Strong, elector of Saxonia. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.SACHSEN 43] 
'Jachtschloss Moritzburg near Dresden.'

The baroque hunting lodge Moritzburg, situated northwest of Dresden, is surrounded by water in summer. During the winter this turns into ice, resulting in the palace being approachable not only across the bridge, but from all directions ... on skates! The castle and its park used to form the background for baroque parties, organized by August the Strong, elector of Saxonia. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.SACHSEN 40] 
'Völkerschlachtdenkmal near Leipzig.'

Everything looks heavy, the atmosphere is dark and the interior seems to be imported straight from the computer game Doom: the Völkerschlachtdenkmal. It seems as if the granite giants can wake up from their slumber any moment and crush you under their weight. It was built in 1913 as a monument for peace and commemorates the tens of thousands of deceased soldiers that fell one hundred years earlier in an enormous battle against Napoleon.

In reality nothing refers to peace, and everything to megalomanic, brainless Teutonhood. Maybe not so strange, being constructed only one year before the First World War. It shows clearly with which philosophy the country would thrust itself into war. Its Wagnerian, mythical Germanian kitsch makes clear that Germany was in fact ready for Nazism in 1913, ten years before its actual conception. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.SACHSEN 39] 
'Völkerschlachtdenkmal near Leipzig.'

Everything looks heavy, the atmosphere is dark and the interior seems to be imported straight from the computer game Doom: the Völkerschlachtdenkmal. It seems as if the granite giants can wake up from their slumber any moment and crush you under their weight. It was built in 1913 as a monument for peace and commemorates the tens of thousands of deceased soldiers that fell one hundred years earlier in an enormous battle against Napoleon.

In reality nothing refers to peace, and everything to megalomanic, brainless Teutonhood. Maybe not so strange, being constructed only one year before the First World War. It shows clearly with which philosophy the country would thrust itself into war. Its Wagnerian, mythical Germanian kitsch makes clear that Germany was in fact ready for Nazism in 1913, ten years before its actual conception. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.SACHSEN 38] 
'Völkerschlachtdenkmal near Leipzig.'

Everything looks heavy, the atmosphere is dark and the interior seems to be imported straight from the computer game Doom: the Völkerschlachtdenkmal. It seems as if the granite giants inside can wake up from their slumber any moment and crush you under their weight. It was built in 1913 as a monument for peace and commemorates the tens of thousands of deceased soldiers that fell one hundred years earlier in an enormous battle against Napoleon.

In reality nothing refers to peace, and everything to megalomanic, brainless Teutonhood. Maybe not so strange, being constructed only one year before the First World War. It shows clearly with which philosophy the country would thrust itself into war. Its Wagnerian, mythical Germanian kitsch makes clear that Germany was in fact ready for Nazism in 1913, ten years before its actual conception. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.SACHSEN 7417 'Forest of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.'  Hiker in a forest southeast of the Schrammsteine in the Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz (Saxon Switzerland National Park). With a good map this labyrinth turns into a walking paradise. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.SACHSEN 7484] 'Obercunnersdorf.' The Oberlausitz between Bautzen and Zittau has many half-timbered villages, but none of them compares to Obercunnersdorf. This village has a specific type of half-timbered architecture, the Umgebindehäuser. The supporting, wooden framework is not within the walls but around them. The house is actually supported by columns and between the columns a log cabin has been built. In the Oberlausitz, where German and Slavic culture meet, the Slavic log cabin and German half-timbered house combine without melting into one. Photo Paul Smit.
[GERMANY.SACHSEN 46]
'Restaurant Waldschaenke, part of Jachtschloss Moritzburg.'

Restaurant Waldschänke, a former forester’s house, is situated near Jachtschloss Moritzburg, a baroque hunting lodge in the middle of the forest not far from Dresden. It has seven different dining rooms, of which the Prinzenzimmer with its leather wallcoverings and beautiful stove of Meissner china is the most attractive. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.SACHSEN 46] 
'Restaurant Waldschaenke, part of Jachtschloss Moritzburg.'

Restaurant Waldschänke, a former forester’s house, is situated near Jachtschloss Moritzburg, a baroque hunting lodge in the middle of the forest not far from Dresden. It has seven different dining rooms, of which the Prinzenzimmer with its leather wallcoverings and beautiful stove of Meissner china is the most attractive. Photo Paul Smit.
[GERMANY.SACHSEN 46]
'Restaurant Waldschaenke, part of Jachtschloss Moritzburg.'

Restaurant Waldschänke, a former forester’s house, is situated near Jachtschloss Moritzburg, a baroque hunting lodge in the middle of the forest not far from Dresden. It has seven different dining rooms, of which the Prinzenzimmer with its leather wallcoverings and beautiful stove of Meissner china is the most attractive. Photo Paul Smit.
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