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For a couple of days during October 2008 we roamed around the Hünsruck in search of the locations used in the Edgar Reitz film trilogy "Heimat". It revealed how attractive the area is in its own right, bounded by the Moselle to the north and the Rhine to the east. The weather was kind to us and a totally unexpected bonus was the fact that the "Günderrode House", such a feature of the third part of the trilogy, is now open to visitors as a small restaurant. How could we resist the temptation to have a lunch break there! |
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| The "Lucie-Villa" at Buchenbeuren |
The ruins of the castle at Baldenau where Paul tried out his wireless |
Inside the Herrenburg slate mine at Bundenbach |
The Gasthof Molz at "Schabbach" (actually Woppenroth) |
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| The hill in "Schabbach" on which Maria's coffin was caught in torrential rain |
The plaque on the wall by the door of the Simon family home |
The Simon home with the adjacent smithy at "Schabbach" (actually Gehlweiler) |
The smithy worked by Paul Simon's father |
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| The door of the smithy | The beautifully located little church at Sargenroth, used for the final resting places of the Simon family. The memorials have been allowed to remain there |
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| The nave of the imposing Ravengiersburg church - the "Hünsruck Cathedral" |
The hall at Mengerschied where Maria and Otto Wohlleben danced |
The road in - and out - of "Schabbach" (actually Maitzborn) |
Just a glimpse of the Günderrode House high above Oberwesel |
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| The front door of the Günderrode House |
Scenes around the exterior of the house perched high above Oberwesel | ||
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| Some interior scenes within the Günderrode House It is now open to visitors and is a small restaurant. See: http://www.guenderodefilmhaus.de | |||
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| A beautiful view of the Rhine from the terrace |
Looking across the Rhine to the Loreley Rock, the scene of Ernst's crash |
The "Twin Tree" near Mannebach where the Molz were photographed on the occasion of their Golden Wedding anniversary, just before Rudi died |
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