Yesterday, I revisited the abandoned asylum and the surrounding park-forest. There are a lot of rhododendron bushes all over that park, many of them quite old and large. Like I already said last time I was there, the vibes of that place are impeccable and it is absolutely beautiful. I took a lot of photos again.
After the visit, we had an additional stop at a local cultural site. This area, former GDR territory, had once been torn apart by uranium mining, which had a pretty terrible impact on nature and the health of the local people. There have since been a lot of restoration efforts for the landscape.
An interesting monument to that history is this giant artwork that used to be a mural on one of the mining facilities. It is now being displayed free-standing among the fields. It is titled "The peaceful utilisation of nuclear power" and the artist is Werner Petzold, who died last year. It is about 16 m or 50 ft tall, and overall quite impressive.
