Ruhr Residence 2018
New Braunfels
The propaganda of the Mainzer Adelsverein worked very well. Between 1844 and 1847, over 7300 emigrants moved to Texas. Galveston was the first point after weeks of travel on the sea. The first settlers were…
Being against Metrics
In Zagreb, the mayor passed a motion that pays parents who stay at home to take after their children. It all sounds very progressive, but it often ends up being the mother who stays at…
German Belt
In Germany people noticed nearly nothing about the starting difficulties. So the Texas fever continued. Soon, more settlement area was needed. The successor to Prince Solms, John O. Mäusebach, set out in search of it….
PENSION TOWER
The Tour du Midi, built in the 1960s, is the headquarters of the Federal Pension Service of Belgium. The tower is the highest building in Belgium with its 41 storeys, 150 meters high and eleven…
Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit
Skewered sausages, huge turkey legs and of course lots of beer are available at the Wurstfest in New Braunfels – the largest German Volksfest in America. Here one celebrates the German culture quite traditionally in…
Stadt I Natur
At least ideally, the closeness to nature is not in contrast to the way massively new construction projects change urban space. It is the everyday places where this paradoxical closeness becomes visible.
