Formule 1 Magdeburg Sud Flugplatz

Emergency entrance

by Nemorino

This is not an emergency exit, but rather an emergency entrance. The text, in four languages, reads: "We offer protection and information against violence and attacks by fascists and racists."

This is part of an initiative that was started in the summer of 1998 in Land Brandenburg, after a series of racist attacks against Africans and Vietnamese. The idea is to offer assistance to the victims of such attacks, and to encourage citizens to come out publicly against Neo-Nazi violence.

The program was begun by an organization called the djb, meaning Democratic Youth of Brandenburg, which was awarded the Aachen Peace Prize for this initiative in the year 2000.

This particular "Emergency Entrance" sign is at the entrance to the art museum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen in Magdeburg, which of course is not in Brandenburg at all but is the capital of Sachsen-Anhalt.

Perhaps there are more such signs in Brandenburg, I don't know. Or perhaps the program has served its purpose and run its course. In any case this is the only "Emergency Entrance" sign I have seen up to now.

Visiting the Dom

by hunterV

This is what you can see visiting the Dom, the city cathedral.
The view is from another great old postcard I brought from my trip and have kept since my students' years.
The city cathedral was fully restored after the war destruction after the drawing and old pictures...

Roland Guardian of the Rathaus

by Mariajoy

Roland - Knight of Charlemagne - standing outside the Altes Rathaus in Market Square. This was the second statue of Roland I had seen in East Germany, the other was in Quedlinburg and I am told there are many others.

Kiek in de Köken

by Leipzig

At the Fürstenwall you find two towers. One was built in 1430 and is called "Hinter der Möllenvogtei" the other one one year later and is called "Kiek in de Köken" (=view in the kitchen). It derived its name from the excellent view in the kitchen of the archbishop.

Around Domplatz in Winter

by Kathrin_E

From Liebfrauenkloster a small street leads towards the Dom and the big square in front of it. The art museum has put up a number of statues outside in the street.

Along two sides there are baroque buildings that have been restored already in DDR times. They are occupied by the government of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt. The largest building closest to the Dom is the Staatskanzlei, the seat of the prime minister. Others host ministries. This one here is the ministry of justice.

The ugly Plattenbau block that once filled the side towards Breiter Weg has disappeared and been substituted by modern office and shop buildings.

The wide square in front of the Dom always feels a bit deserted, apart from the tour buses and groups stopping to visit the church. Even more so in the snow.