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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (26)
jgkane
A nice capture of the iconic Glendalough tower, Siegfried. I saw it only last night on a program on BBC TV, over here in Scotland. The program was charting the history of harps and harp music from Ancient Egypt and the Near East, through Ethiopia, to the classic Celtic harp, then into France, Germany and Spain. It ended in Venezuela, where the indigenous people copied the Spanish version and made it their own national instrument. Glendalough is one of those places that one wishes to visit, when one retired. You did it before you retired, I see. I have never been so busy, nor had so little time, even for holidays, since I retired from the police force. Ah well, someday.. Thanks for sharing this photo, my friend. Warm regards, from a snowy Glasgow, John.
Hendesse
Interesting shot, wonderful light and color!
KarmaSong
Glendalough ! Another Irish landmark I failed to visit but there you are to enchant my eyes with your superb capture of it. It's a great shot and reminiscent of the role Irish monks played right from the early Middle Ages in Europe.Bravo Sig!
jeroni
Fantastic details and wonderful colors
SapUS59
superb capture my friend, the colors and textures are awesome.
cameraobscura2
Greetings Siegfried, I have not been to Scotland (?) as I take this image was taken there. However I have been to Ireland backpacking through the country side and sleeping in graveyards, places I always considered save. Besides I felt there is always some magic about sites like these. Thank you for sharing and have a great week. egmont
timtripp
remarkable image... i rather like the quality of the scanned images... they add a timelessness.
junge1
@cameraobscura2. Egmont, this place is in the Wicklow Mountains, Ireland, south of Dublin. There are also some round towers in Scotland, Sig..
Janiss
Oh Sig, the same subject that me today, incredible!!!!;-) Interesting and superb shot my friend!
danob
Wonderful the part of Ireland my family hail from and you captured this beautifully.. Glendalough is not to be missed.
JeffG7BRJ
Superb tower and a great narrative, quite interesting that John has just seen it mentioned on the BBC program. I always love walking round graveyards taking in the different headstones, especially the older ones. Great pov and capture. Bravo!!!!!
amlondono
Always interesting Sig , a great shot ! Ana
durleybeachbum
Very interesting!
bebert
impressionnant.
samyyous
Always the old places have its magic, we all likes to see scenes from ancient places ... Congratulations for this wonderful shot and info!!
mizoli
Excellent capture!
delaorden_ojeda
incredible image, a great capture, excelent !
moochagoo
Love those ruins !
ascoli00
Nice Picture.Glendalough is a great place.You certainly seem to get about
Richardphotos
superb capture and the graves must be very old.I wonder what the tower was used for.I will google it to find out The Bell Tower at Glendalough was seven stories high, a sacred number in the Middle Ages. The number four symbolized the perfection of the material world, as there are four cardinal directions, and four ancient elements. The number three symbolized the perfection of the spiritual realm, as three was the number of persons in the Trinity. Seven was the product of adding four and three, and so symbolized the perfection of the cosmos. The Bell Tower has 4 windows, one facing each direction. They were used for storage, but also for refuge during time of attack.a ladder was needed to enter the door
jocko500
that old lol cool shot of the tower with the tombs
MrsRatbag
Stunning image, I love this!
frankie96
History personified...nice.....
MrsLubner
I really find this fascinating. The tower is so very different from the rest of the ruins. It does seem to be rich in history in this particular place. Wonderful capture that includes many historical pieces in one.
sharky_
An Historical place. Aloha
mickuk50
wonderful info and capture sig .seems i`m behind again :o) mick