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october: freudenberg and frauenstein.

one sunday i made a walk around frauenstein, starting at freudenberg castle. the castle ground is part of a holistic project, that is actually pretty difficult to explain, because it's got to do with experiencing things, with sensing and feeling and taking in visual, sensual, emotional experiences. it is 'a field of experience for the sense and mind'. there are barefoot walks in the park and other activities. inside the castle you can experience a conglomeration of things, such as an ice cold chamber, several dark rooms to experience sense of touch or sense of taste and different sound spaces. i haven't been inside the castle yet ( but it's on my agenda, as soon as i find someone who wants to go with me, i suppose '_' ), but i've been visiting the castle gardens and parks a lot in those years i've been living here and it's seriously one of my favourite places in wiesbaden. for this walk though, i didn't stay at the castle grounds but walked further into the frauenstein borough and finally ended up making a circular hike around frauenstein. frauenstein is a little village at the outskirts of wiesbaden, the gate to the rheingau region, actually. it is perfectly situated in a beautiful wood area with a very decent view out onto the rhine and vineyard mountains.

the garden grounds of castle freudenberg. they accommodate several horticultural gardens with different approaches ( but they all have in common that they're as natural and ecological as possible ).


autumn was in with full force.

those sticks with the bullets on them are actually insect nesting boxes.

view from the gardens onto frauenstein.

for me it is always a pleasure to see the bright coloured leaves.


the gate of the rheingau.


i met some sheep along the way.


random creepy looking satellite thing. maybe it was something entirely different, but since it reminded me of alien abduction or something to do with space and universe, this was my conclusion xD


vineyard trees.

yes, vines do change their leaf colours, too!

arriving in frauenstein i decided to climb up the castle tower to have a better view onto the village.

frauenstein castle, or what is left of it.

on my way back to freudenberg i passed by the sheeps again.

freudenberg castle.

i just loved the abstract image of this installation.

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