The shabby backyard
The photo was taken in a small backyard in Groß-Umstadt (Hesse), Germany. Groß-Umstadt is near Darmstadt and Frankfurt (Main) and at the northern border of the Odenwald.
Staatstheater Darmstadt
The Staatstheater was found in the year 1972, when the new building was finished at the Georg-Büchner-Platz and was renovated in the years 2002 – 2006.
Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt
These photos were taken after a very snowy day in Darmstadt (Hesse), Germany.
The artists’ colony “Mathildenhöhe” was founded in 1899 by Ernest Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and the first exhibition of the artists’ colony took place in 1901. Ernest Ludwig motto was: “My Hesse should flourish, and the art in Hesse too” and he brought together several artists of the Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) in Darmstadt: Peter Behrens, Hans Christiansen, Ludwig Habich and Joseph Maria Olbrich.
