<?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>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:46:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@koenau/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Saving Shaft Paul II: Deep hole into history]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/saving-shaft-paul-ii-deep-hole-into-history by @koenau.Lying half-hidden in the undergrowth along the B 91 federal highway between the two east German cities Weißenfels]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@koenau/saving-shaft-paul-ii-deep-hole-into-history-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@koenau/saving-shaft-paul-ii-deep-hole-into-history-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:50:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saving Shaft Paul II: Deep hole into history]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lying half-hidden in the undergrowth along the B 91 federal highway between the two east German cities Weißenfels and Zeitz are the remains of the Paul II lignite mine shaft. Underground mining in the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@koenau/saving-shaft-paul-ii-deep-hole-into-history</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@koenau/saving-shaft-paul-ii-deep-hole-into-history</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:35:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzDH58QrDZKVboWX56wuc4u6UiqA28xgCkyf5VDAJ6CHJDsG2cmFvTe2X5YwobpgVWphBWEtnuabkAoNaoV9zoPRDwNc7YVQXYNs9enasnN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germanys Hearst Castle: A Dream of Stone and Concrete]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/germanys-hearst-castle-a-dream-of-stone-and-concrete by @koenau.A narrow road leads up the mountain, past a dilapidated farmstead where the remnants of times gone by stack]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@koenau/germanys-hearst-castle-a-dream-of-stone-and-concrete-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@koenau/germanys-hearst-castle-a-dream-of-stone-and-concrete-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:40:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germanys Hearst Castle: A Dream of Stone and Concrete]]></title><description><![CDATA[A hundred years ago, the architect Bernhard Sehring, originally from a village named Edderitz in Mid-Germany, built his crazy vision of a retirement retreat near Ballenstedt. Today, the Roseburg is mostly]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@koenau/germanys-hearst-castle-a-dream-of-stone-and-concrete</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@koenau/germanys-hearst-castle-a-dream-of-stone-and-concrete</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:35:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK7149YTfutTpCguZKnuRdvEP2fn7qDenZQCTFxgULVYr9Z4Qn5DLURteHbyrLuvDkYb9TWnMfvxe6azDaq1KQ6uZccJ2p55yBS3qMr8xSGijC9DjUa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bats Hotel: Echoes of the Elites House]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/bats-hotel-rotting-ruin by @koenau.Once a premier luxury hotel catering to the "most exacting tastes" of the Roaring Twenties, and later an exclusive GDR holiday]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@koenau/bats-hotel-rotting-ruin-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@koenau/bats-hotel-rotting-ruin-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:46:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bats Hotel: Echoes of the Elites House]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once a premier luxury hotel catering to the "most exacting tastes" of the Roaring Twenties, and later an exclusive GDR holiday haven for loyal party elites and Stasi officials, Schierke’s historic "Hermann]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@koenau/bats-hotel-rotting-ruin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@koenau/bats-hotel-rotting-ruin</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:35:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5czXQBKG59VCKvfmf4jgpbtDNou1zNmBkFbkMjxHtRz4fUdDNgUdYZyujQLj2ggwXLZ7Lh9mGLHCRDt6NZLigKJL1jR6ZVCKvUxkwT76ic3GUx2hbtN6yite?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath the Millstone of Time: The Thousand-Year-Old Mill]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/beneath-the-millstone-of-time-the-thousand-year-old-mill by @koenau.For more than 1,000 years, a mill has stood on the banks of the Saale River in Germany. Following several]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@koenau/beneath-the-millstone-of-time-the-thousand-year-old-mill-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@koenau/beneath-the-millstone-of-time-the-thousand-year-old-mill-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:39:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath the Millstone of Time: The Thousand-Year-Old Mill]]></title><description><![CDATA[For more than 1,000 years, a mill has stood on the banks of the Saale River in Germany. Following several major fires, the melancholy ruins of the Hildebrand Mill Works are now struggling for their future.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@koenau/beneath-the-millstone-of-time-the-thousand-year-old-mill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@koenau/beneath-the-millstone-of-time-the-thousand-year-old-mill</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:40:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK7149YTfutTpCguZKnuRdvEP2fn7qDenZQCTFxgULVYr9VuTvE6u22WtJRzBpVPfb26nTiKVGJ3Y5P28BEAeDBS1WQGjrhr749BkADAq24KjcWP2tN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pitch-Black – The Bat of the “Einheit” Mine]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/pitch-black-the-bat-of-the-einheit-mine by @koenau.The abandoned remnants of the “Einheit” mine stand today on the site where the village of Köttichau once existed.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@koenau/pitch-black-the-bat-of-the-einheit-mine-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@koenau/pitch-black-the-bat-of-the-einheit-mine-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 08:18:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pitch-Black – The Bat of the “Einheit” Mine]]></title><description><![CDATA[One hundred years ago, the heirs of the Halle-based industrialist Carl Adolph Riebeck began exploiting the coal reserves near Hohenmölsen. 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Once built from the hard-earned donations of 19th-century miners, this nearly]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@koenau/germany-s-heilandskirche-in-god-s-forgotten-living-room</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@koenau/germany-s-heilandskirche-in-god-s-forgotten-living-room</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:35:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzDH58QrDZKVboWX56wuc4u6UiqA28xgCkyf5VDAJ6CHJ7XspM5h44pG35zPmyCUFun9KQMprKAPCg8dywo4BYZCZQFVR981BvV1gab7ihc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paint it Black:The Tragic Fate of a Landmark ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @koenau/paint-it-black-the-tragic-fate-of-a-landmark by @koenau.Once a thriving industrial hub that exported printing inks worldwide, the historic, 1905-founded Hallische Farbenfabrik]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@koenau/paint-it-black-the-tragic-fate-of-a-landmark-hive-104387</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@koenau/paint-it-black-the-tragic-fate-of-a-landmark-hive-104387</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-104387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[koenau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:08:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paint it Black:The Tragic Fate of a Landmark ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once a thriving industrial hub that exported printing inks worldwide, the historic, 1905-founded Hallische Farbenfabrik survived world wars and GDR expropriation, only to close for good in 1994. 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