| In search of Heimat... |
For a couple of days during October 2008 we roamed around the Hünsruck in search of the |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| The door of the smithy | The beautiful 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 |
| The front door of the Günderrode House |
Scenes around the exterior of the house perched high above Oberwesel | ||
| 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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