Steps by Hendesse

Photography • Historical • posted on Feb 03, 2011

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On this image you see a place near Heidelberg (Germany), called "Celebration Place". (earlier it was called "Thingstaette"). It was build in the thirties of the last century by the Nazis. After the 2. WW till into the seventies this place was rotting more and more. In the seventies it was rediscovered by the Hippies. They used it as a meeting place and there were from time to time free Rock and Blues concerts. In the eighties the city administration banned the concerts (too much drugs and garbage) and the place was restored. Now it is used for commercial events. Only one time a year 10.000 ore more young people come here together to celebrate Walpurgis Night (the night from 30. of April to 1. of May). Thanks for looking.

Comments (46)

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Sepiasiren

4:37AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

what a terrific name for a terrific place--love it

gonzojr

4:43AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Awesome Place!

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bernieloehn

4:48AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Great picture! BTW: This place has a really fantasitc acoustics! You can stand on the stage (the place were Hendesse stands) and whisper and people in the last/highest sitting line will understand you so well as if you are sitting next to them.

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vintorix

4:57AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Beautiful place, perfect for Walpurgis Night!

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carlx

4:58AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Wonderful place and photography, Klaus!!!

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jmb007

5:05AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

bel endroit

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waldodessa

5:05AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Beautiful!

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jayfar

5:17AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Quite an arena, looks a lovely place to sit and contemplate.

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lyron

5:44AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Cool picture!!

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GARAGELAND

5:47AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Heidelberg, well worth the visit, as are most German cities. I can imagine how beautiful some of them must have been before they got bombed into the stoneage during the war.

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durleybeachbum

7:46AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

What a great venue!

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CATMANDO

8:18AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Interesting history of this meeting place.

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MrsRatbag

8:50AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

How beautiful this is! We don't have anything this lovely here, all our arenas are concrete and steel...

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flavia49

9:06AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

excellent picture!

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jarmila

9:28AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

nice place and perspective

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Debwhosmiles

10:00AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

You captured this place well! So glad it was restored to this beauty!

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Simpleworks

10:11AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Fantastic shot and location.

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TECHNISTRATIONS

10:13AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Neat place and history story too... I'd love to see a 360 Panorama of this sometime! What is the Walpurgis Night? Noting the date, I was wondering if that was when they commemorate the burning of the Castle of Heidelburg?

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brycek

10:44AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Wonderful place..nice capture!

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rockstrider

11:10AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Looks like such a magnificent place! Great capture of it Klaus!

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mariogiannecchini

11:14AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Wonderful place !Fantastic perspective in this shot !

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mgtcs

11:25AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

What a magnificent angle of camera my friend, you are the best!

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Jay-el-Jay

11:45AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

It looks like a cool spot for a fun gathering.It reminds me of a place in Springfield,Mass. that was called Barney's Hill or Hippie Hill.It also had a similar history and a Masonic tomb/memorial nearby.

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drifterlee

12:40PM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Wonderful shot!!

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helanker

12:49PM | Thu, 03 February 2011

What a beautiful shot and alot of stairs too :-) Yeah, we called it a "tingsted"

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Umbetro38

1:05PM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Dieses Bild kommt richtig gut - toll

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alessimarco

2:16PM | Thu, 03 February 2011

~Beautiful light and shadows! Wonderful capture!~

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jocko500

2:55PM | Thu, 03 February 2011

very cool shot. is this the same place as on the show "Under cities" where the nazis build a underground place. i saw they was making a super highway underground too. not sure if this the place?

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