Trespassing Into History

The Heinrich-Robert colliery, founded in 1901 as de Wendel colliery, was the last producing coal mine in the city of Hamm and, together with Aden/Monopol Kamen colliery, was part of the Bergwerk Ost group. The colliery was finally closed in 2010. For a long time, the colliery was called de Wendel. This is directly linked to the origins of the financiers, a large industrial family from Lorraine who had been involved in the steel industry since the early 18th century. They operated the steelworks in Hayange, which today belong to Arcelor, for almost three centuries. The namesakes were Henri (Heinrich) and Robert de Wendel, after whom shafts 1 and 2 were named. Mine pioneer Heinrich Grimberg had already...(more)

The Tesch Tunnel (also Tunnel Tesche) is a 523 m long disused and listed railroad tunnel in the German city of Wuppertal. Its name refers to the name of the area Tesche, which is shortened by apocope in the composite name commonly used in written records.

It is located between Dornap-Hahnenfurth station and the Wuppertal-Lüntenbeck stop on the line of the "Wuppertaler Nordbahn", which opened in 1879 and has since been decommissioned.

It is one of seven tunnels on the section of line between Mettmann and Gevelsberg West station....(more)

Our November 2019 vacation was in full swing. After we had finished exploring the ruins of the "Stasi Hotel", we used the rest of the day to pay a visit to the Finowfurt Aviation Museum (Official Website). It was already the end of November, so the days were already getting quite short and we limited ourselves to short drives in order to have enough time for photos.

The former Eberswalde-Finow airfield was only about 50 kilometers and a 45-minute drive away, so there should at least be time for a short tour.

When we arrived, we were worried whether.....(more)