Monthly Archives: Juli 2006

Strolling down the streets I finally came to the hill with the castle they all were talking about. Taking an appartement here would be nice I thought, but it was that still, that I was almost the only person on the street. Rauf auf den Berg, dachte ich – alles super grün hier und die Sonne schien durch den Blätterwald. Nachdem auch hier bis auf eine fleißig im Garten arbeitende Rentnerin kein Mensch zu sehen war, guckte ich mich um, um zu sehen, wie weit ich gekommen war. Wieder zu Atem kommen sah ich ein schönes Grundstück mit einem kleinen Häuschen darauf. Trying to get a look from the side, because all the bushes were in the way, I found another entrance. A iron gate with a sign on it, saying, Achtung – Selbstschuss.
I couldn’t believe it and I had to get closer to that sign, in order to read it again. Yes, I was right, in the middle of this quiet little beautiful town I found the reason for the silence: In the first place, they attract people to come to their town and have a look through the fence. Then they got shot like in the no-mans-land while the DDR Zeit. Or was it just a threat? Find it out while your in peaceful Weinheim…