discovering an art nouveau inspired domestic yard in falkenstein. falkenstein is a district of königstein, a spa town in the taunus mountains near frankfurt. on a very muggy and sticky summer day i made my way there to check out falkenstein castle, an old ruin that sits high above the rhein/main plains and overlooks it majestically. as soon as you'll see the pictures you will understand why i chose the falcon image in the title of this post. before i climbed up burghain hill where the castle ruins are situated i stumbled upon another interesting structure - the former domestic yard of a sanatorium for officers. i didn't know that back then when i visited falkenstein, instead i kept wondering what it was. now that i know that it belonged to the sanatorium i regret not checking out more of the actual location, because the sanatorium is still standing as well and used as a very luxurious hotel. well, anyway, i still swooned over finding this seemingly 'hidden' gem and took...
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