Lost Places
LOST PLACES
At some point they were abandoned, later forgotten: industrial halls, villas, collieries, monasteries. Architectures that fall into seclusion, so called lost places. They are testimonies of past times and current fallow. Even if grass grows over it, the past is far from over. Old abandoned buildings tell the stories for those looking for this quest. What remains is the charm of transience and the morbid beauty of decay as nature recaptures these places slowly. In this place you can find art where you never expected it
Abandonded Buildings and Lost Places
For many people who are concerned with the forgotten places, this is a serious form of home history. In the meantime there are numerous documentations of such places in the internet. On the other hand, this peculiarity of places also sometimes involves underestimated dangers. Furthermore, entering such places is rarely legally regulated, which is why visitors to Lost Places sometimes prefer to act anonymously. But there are also legal ways. For example, many owners offer legal photo tours through their abandoned premises. There is also the possibility to enter the buildings on "Open Monument Day". Even outdoor shots have quite your charming. Und maybe you know the owner and may enter the property after a conversation.
The Urbexer Codex
Urbexers destroy nothing and do not open anything violently. Locked doors remain closed, locked windows remain closed. We treat respectfully with everything we find. Nothing should be taken along, except impressions and the pictures that land on the camera.
But the same applies in the other direction as well: we leave nothing behind. Nothing but footprints. Trash can be disposed of properly.
Going alone is the stupidest thing you can do. You should always be at least two or even better three people. There is a reason for this: if a person has an accident, another person can get help. If there is a threesome, while the third person is going to get help, the second person can stay with the person who had an accident .
But the same applies in the other direction as well: we leave nothing behind. Nothing but footprints. Trash can be disposed of properly.
Going alone is the stupidest thing you can do. You should always be at least two or even better three people. There is a reason for this: if a person has an accident, another person can get help. If there is a threesome, while the third person is going to get help, the second person can stay with the person who had an accident .
My Visited Places
Here is a selection of the abandoned buildings and hidden places that I visited with my Urbex group. Many of the locations are now demolished or only ruins. There are snapshots of decay, of places that have a lot to tell and unique moments in contemporary history.
Zeche Ewald
From 1877 to 2000 hard coal was mined at the Ewald colliery in Herten. Even record-breaking, because the deepest mining shaft in the Ruhr area was once located here.
Bridge at Remagen
75 years ago, the US Army unexpectedly discovered a way across the Rhine with the intact Remagen Bridge. The Americans were able to advance much faster than expected - until the Ludendorff Bridge collapsed.
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Creepy Dolls
In the middle of a small forest. There are scary dolls hanging on the trees. They are part of a geocache, but they are also very popular in the photo community.
Bunker in Denmark
The gray bunkers had been lying in the sand along the Danish west coast for more than 70 years. Erected after 1942 as part of the so-called Atlantic Wall during World War II, they are a symbol of the German occupation in Denmark
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Proving Ground
An old firing range and military test site, somewhere in Europe. There are some contemporary witnesses of military history standing around here.
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Horse Race Track
The horse racing track in Recklinghausen had a long history and was known throughout Germany. It was first closed and then demolished in 2006..
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