<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:38:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@koenau/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Abandoned Places: Holidays in a Barrel]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/abandoned-places-holidays-in-a-barrel by @koenau.Once the "Gabriel Péri" Young Pioneer camp in the Harz Mountains is a ghost of its former self—but its story is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/abandoned-places-holidays-in-a-barrel-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/abandoned-places-holidays-in-a-barrel-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:44:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abandoned Places: Holidays in a Barrel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine a place where the air smells of pine needles and nostalgia, where a giant steel barrel once stood guard over the laughter of thousands of children. Today, the "Gabriel Péri" Young Pioneer camp]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/abandoned-places-holidays-in-a-barrel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/abandoned-places-holidays-in-a-barrel</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:35:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4Bw9aJ2Qu3pSBMB671YDDwzSMnEf3bxoxHtdznRdK68b7KBDb8kckb5ir5DVx1f7AS5qrW95CQZpfghU3j9Xx2qMvpxiGvHZ7ZMeavVS8tQJnSi7Kr1oJtcTNXqEh4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Drum Palace: Rockin' Ruins]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/the-drum-palace-of-weissenfels-where-rock-history-meets-ruins by @koenau.What do AC/DC’s Phil Rudd and Nine Inch Nails’ Alex Carapetis have in common? Their legendary rhythm]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/the-drum-palace-of-weissenfels-where-rock-history-meets-ruins-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/the-drum-palace-of-weissenfels-where-rock-history-meets-ruins-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Drum Palace: Rockin' Ruins]]></title><description><![CDATA[What do AC/DC’s Phil Rudd and Nine Inch Nails’ Alex Carapetis have in common? Their legendary rhythm is rooted in a crumbling "Drum Palace" in Weißenfels, Germany. Inside the great hall Once a majestic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/the-drum-palace-of-weissenfels-where-rock-history-meets-ruins</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/the-drum-palace-of-weissenfels-where-rock-history-meets-ruins</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:35:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4Pvz7NcmEGUkdtKUCofGYWRwiAvxWiE4urvq5ZQsuda131ixpRgeuMV1QvB9D9xA7czLiHBjHm5fNJZFX2i1sRx4Nz7Utu3UMtvPdBdS1c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgotten Monument: The Workers' Holiday Paradise]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/forgotten-monument-the-workers-holiday-paradise by @koenau.The first holiday resort built by the East German trade union FDGB itself. The "Fritz Heckert" holiday]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/forgotten-monument-the-workers-holiday-paradise-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/forgotten-monument-the-workers-holiday-paradise-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:50:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgotten Monument: The Workers' Holiday Paradise]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was the first holiday resort built by the East German trade union FDGB itself. The "Fritz Heckert" holiday home still stands today on a hill on the edge of the Harz Mountains – after 30 years of vacancy,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/forgotten-monument-the-workers-holiday-paradise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/forgotten-monument-the-workers-holiday-paradise</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5XhsZhPSrxKsxfEk4ZnGmcAbr9AHdCNU4fowZHu23MjuzGA36ptj4vGWh4Q4RcuxzG8qfBD1agGuACrS76LzgmMhAfKm3mkK83WwUXkZCcnEM8a163gNML?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dream Castle in the Middle of Nowhere ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/a-dream-castle-in-the-middle-of-nowhere by @koenau.Deep in the Uckermark, the skeletal remains of a magnificent English Tudor-style castle stand as a haunting monument to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/a-dream-castle-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/a-dream-castle-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:05:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dream Castle in the Middle of Nowhere ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deep in the Uckermark, the skeletal remains of a magnificent English Tudor-style castle stand as a haunting monument to a vanished era. Built by Baron von Warburg in 1861, this architectural jewel once]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/a-dream-castle-in-the-middle-of-nowhere</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/a-dream-castle-in-the-middle-of-nowhere</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:35:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHbce4oPR7jjnphDWE81dQbJLJzgAyLyoWivz1Lwn7H64RHo13gqMQEPc6rmCt1tKDEQbEsqmh5pvbZvu8ktLP1CTGhnJGhzJTgWS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old lungs, fresh air: The forgotten clinic]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/old-lungs-fresh-air-the-forgotten-clinic by @koenau.But before the historic sanatorium became a ghost-hunting ruin, a young cooperative dared to make a fresh start. 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Once the "Zuckerfabrik Glauzig AG" - a global titan with its own railway - this red-brick giant now stands as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/forgotten-sugar-plant-the-brick-castle-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/forgotten-sugar-plant-the-brick-castle-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:48:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgotten Sugar Plant: The Brick Castle  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Creaking timbers, fluttering pigeons, and the skeletal remains of a vanished empire. Once the "Zuckerfabrik Glauzig AG" - a global titan with its own railway - this red-brick giant now stands as a haunting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/forgotten-sugar-plant-the-brick-castle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/forgotten-sugar-plant-the-brick-castle</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:35:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PiNwSnXKoJFGgsjgaUH4bZAa2SbNbtuTueuB8BLN9NBhxfT3wPLyw5DVmu4GPBCECkQ4cAt17LjjhxemUiE9AGYDsE3BChMVKa6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rocket City: Where the Baltic Sea has touched the Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/rocket-city-where-the-baltic-sea-has-touched-thespace by @koenau.Peenemünde, the Third Reich once conducted research on its "wonder weapons." Later, the East German]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/rocket-city-where-the-baltic-sea-has-touched-thespace-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/rocket-city-where-the-baltic-sea-has-touched-thespace-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:40:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rocket City: Where the Baltic Sea has touched the Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Peenemünde, the Third Reich once conducted research on its "wonder weapons." Later, the East German NVA turned this secret tip of the island of Usedom into a restricted military zone. Today, scattered]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/rocket-city-where-the-baltic-sea-has-touched-thespace</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/rocket-city-where-the-baltic-sea-has-touched-thespace</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:35:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeTuV76ah9WqLD2ZzcnZRZjTTgQPtjYtoX1jhUt9YmG23Bnr9M1FFLWvhrEuY8rTSg24Rr9TCrL3st7mAWMnfQVpz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haunted Houses: Greed in the valley of Ghosts]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/haunted-houses-greed-in-the-valley-of-ghosts by @koenau.Where kings once marched and Goethe found inspiration, a socialist dream is crumbling into silence. There are Haunted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/haunted-houses-greed-in-the-valley-of-ghosts-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/haunted-houses-greed-in-the-valley-of-ghosts-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:59:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haunted Houses: Greed in the valley of Ghosts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where kings once marched and Goethe found inspiration, a socialist dream is crumbling into silence. There are Haunted Houses in the German Harz Mountains - Whitnesses of a Greed for Limestone.  Today,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/haunted-houses-greed-in-the-valley-of-ghosts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@koenau/haunted-houses-greed-in-the-valley-of-ghosts</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzDH58QrDZKVboWX56wuc4u6UiqA28xgGKNbD84PhJLQMiNaTWB3MLHhLhHb8hwSSxVjpCDEYzLXYSxStPgBL1j3m6qQDECt7zRbyJPZ7en?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ghost on the hill: Ruins of childhoods]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/the-ghost-on-the-hill-ruins-of-childhoods by @koenau.Mystic and majestic views. This rotten place is incredible.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/the-ghost-on-the-hill-ruins-of-childhoods-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/the-ghost-on-the-hill-ruins-of-childhoods-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 07:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ghost on the hill: Ruins of childhoods]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once a bustling center of socialist education, the POS „Ernst Schneller“ now stands as a decaying fortress overlooking the Harz mountains. 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The KdF (Strength Through Joy) seaside]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/the-monster-of-prora-hitler-s-holiday-paradise-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-104387/@koenau/the-monster-of-prora-hitler-s-holiday-paradise-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:59:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Monster of Prora: Hitler's Holiday Paradise]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Prora on the island of Rügen, Hitler wanted to create a gigantic holiday paradise. 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