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Schacht An der Haard
THE ABANDONED MINE IN GERMANY ‘Schacht An der Haard‘ is an abandoned composite mine in the German Ruhr area, whose pit field was under the cities Recklinghausen, Oer-Erkenschwick, Haltern and Marl....
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Hotel Fürstenhof
THE ABANDONED HOTEL IN GERMANY This is the former luxury ‘Hotel Fürstenhof’ in Eisenach, Germany. The complex was used as a hotel for almost 100 years until it was closed and abandoned in 1996. In...
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Sanatorium Iveria Tskaltubo
THE ABANDONED SANATORIUM IN GEORGIA They started building ‘Sanatorium Iveria’ in 1952. Works finished almost ten years later. This Stalinist architecture sanatorium in Tskaltubo was sold to a Russian...
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Preußisches Amtsgerichtsgefängnis
THE ABANDONED PRISON IN GERMANY In 1899, the construction of a new ‘Preußisches Amtsgerichtsgefängnis’ began in Berlin-Köpenick. It was the new district court. A four-story prison wing is attached to...
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Audytorium Wydziału Chemii
THE ABANDONED SCHOOL IN POLAND This is the auditorium of the Faculty of Chemistry in Wroclaw. The ‘Audytorium Wydziału Chemii’ was built in post-war Poland. It’s a real pearl of the modernist...
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Kammgarnspinnerei Meerane
THE ABANDONED FACTORY IN GERMANY ‘Kammgarnspinnerei Meerane’ is a former worsted spinning mill. It was built in 1882 and production continued until 1990. Eventually the site was demolished in 2020. In...
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Patent-Papierfabrik Hohenofen
THE ABANDONED PAPER PLANT IN GERMANY ‘Patent-Papierfabrik Hohenofen’ is an old paper plant in the German village Hohenofen. It was built in 1838 and stopped production after the German reunification....
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Centrale Cockerill
THE ABANDONED POWER PLANT IN BELGIUM ‘Centrale Cockerill’ is a power station in the industrial region of the Belgium city Liège. From here energy was distributed to the big factories of the Cockerill...
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Heilstätte Grabowsee
THE ABANDONED HOSPITAL IN GERMANY ‘Heilstätte Grabowsee‘ is a former lung sanatorium. It was founded in 1896 by the German Red Cross. Later it was used as a military hospital and as a movie set....
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VEB Halbmond-Teppiche
THE ABANDONED FACTORY IN GERMANY ‘VEB Halbmond-Teppiche’ is an abandoned carpet factory in Oelsnitz, a small town in the heart of Vogtland. It made carpets in the orient style. In 1880 industrialists...
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Flugplatz Brand
THE ABANDONED MILITARY SITE IN GERMANY ‘Flugplatz Brand’ has a rich military history. It was built in 1938 as ‘Fliegerhorst Briesen‘ a military airport for the Luftwaffe, part of the German Wehrmacht....
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Aegidium
THE ABANDONED THEATER IN BELGIUM The Aegidium theater is a Brussels building that was erected in 1905 to a design by Guillaume Segers. Behind its austere façade there is a wealth of interior styles....
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Höhere Fliegertechnische Schule
THE ABANDONED MILITARY SCHOOL IN GERMANY The ‘Höhere Fliegertechnische Schule’ was a military school for pilots and engineers in Altes Lager, Niedergörsdorf. The main buildings are built in the...
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Termas de Praia dos Coxos
THE ABANDONED SPA RESORT IN PORTUGAL The ‘Termas do Praia dos Coxos’ is a thermal spa resort in the south of Portugal. It was built in 1868 by José Gonçalves. Already in 1746, healing potentialities...
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Gottesackerkirche Zur Auferstehung Christi
THE ABANDONED CHURCH IN GERMANY This ‘Gottesackerkirche’ is a former Evangelical Lutheran church. It was built from 1635 to 1651 in the style of the Italian late renaissance. The architect was the...
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Spomen-dom Jugoslavije
THE ABANDONED SCHOOL IN CROATIA This is the first ‘Politička Škola Josip Broz Tito’. It was later known as ‘Spomen-dom Jugoslavije’. The complex was a showcase for Yugoslavian modernist architecture...
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Barentsburg Mine
THE ABANDONED MINE AT SPITSBERGEN Barentsburg or Баренцбург is the second-largest settlement on Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. The village started as a Dutch mining town in...
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HOG Kulturhaus
THE ABANDONED THEATER IN GERMANY This HOG Kulturhaus was built in 1904 as a residential building with a restaurant. Later it became a preschool and a cultural center. The two-story plastered building...
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Cmentarzysko Lokomotyw PKP
THE ABANDONED TRAIN GRAVEYARD IN POLAND This is the ‘Cmentarzysko Lokomotyw PKP’. It is a graveyard for old rolling stock of the Polish National Railway PKP, or Polskie Koleje Państwowe. On this...
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Cristallerie de Hartzviller
THE ABANDONED CRYSTAL WORKS IN FRANCE ‘Cristallerie de Hartzviller’ was an abandoned crystal factory in a small French town Hartzviller situated in the heart of the Bièvre valley. The hand-made...
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