This is one of my early photos (from the digital camera era) which i am really fond of. It is from inside the Trierer Dom. The Trierer Dom (Cathedral of Trier) is the oldest cathedral in Germany, with origins dating back to Roman times. The building has been expanded and renovated over the centuries, and its interior features a mix of Romanesque, Gothic, and Baroque elements. I really love the silhouette of the praying statue which meets the eyes of the angel and the tarot-card like design of the stained glass. My picture was also used as a title cover for of a small evangelic magazine (unfortunately i don’t know which one).
This year on the Open Monument Day (“Tag des offenen Denkmals,” an annual event in Germany that allows the public to visit historic buildings and sites not usually open to the public) I took the opportunity to visit the old Stadtbad Lichtenberg. I heard some stories about it, but I never saw it from the inside (I simply was too young). It was designed by the Lichtenberger Magistratsbaurat Otto Weis with two swimming pools for men and woman, showers and bathtubs, gymnastics room with massage rooms, a sauna and sunbathing on the roof as well as medical baths. The bath opened as the “Städtisches Volksbad” in 1928, built in the style of expressionist architecture, and it closed it doors in 1991 due to various construction defects (the water treatment system and heating were ailing) and tight budgets.1
