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In the last couple of years, I have traveled often to Germany in a search for abandoned ballrooms and you would be surprised how many there are.
In the past, almost every German village had a local hotel. This was the place where people of the town would come together to have feasts, weddings, birthdays or any big celebrations. The majority of these hotels had their own ballrooms. However, times changed and these places became old-fashioned and got neglected.
Sometimes, I was lucky enough to find totally stacked hotels, with beds still made and dishes in the cupboards. Sadly, most of the time I found the rooms empty. However, the beautiful ballrooms made up for it.
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Carra McClelland 6 years ago
This looks like it could pretty easily be restored and used as an event space.
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Rosalinda Henry 6 years ago
Amzing how many of these survived through the years! Shall we dance?😁💃🏼
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Reagan James 6 years ago
This one looks fairly nice! Those curtains! Are they satin or something?
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Nicole Nessflat 6 years ago
this one is surprisingly clean for being abandoned. wow its kinda pretty
Kat833 6 years ago
I wish everything historical could be this well-kept. It is so sad that they tear down amazing buildings like this for industrial sites. I'm younger than 15 and I sometimes fear what my adult-world will be like. We have so many problems on Earht right now and are talking about repopulation on Mars and they use resourses that can be used to help the Earth.
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Bell Smith 6 years ago
It looks more like peeled paint than a design, however if it was purposeful, it's a cool technique! Either way, I like it very much.
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Reagan James 6 years ago
Uhhh. Why is there a tiny bike? Is this place haunted or something? Kinda freaky.
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Bell Smith 6 years ago
might be a lobby. The ballroom appears to be next door
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Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
I had a dream last year about finding an extra space in my house. I dreamed I was in a space just like at the far end of pretty much this exact room!!!!
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Jette Wang Wahnon 6 years ago
This photo brings to mind a Visconti film....evoking the past with its gaiety and lightheartedness and now in total disrepair and abandonment...the room is in mourning.
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Jette Wang Wahnon 6 years ago
4 years old,in a ballroom like this with herringbone floor and red velvet curtains,I bit mademoiselles hand and was expelled.Not Dancing Academy material,she told my parents...apparently I did not curtsy to her liking and was shamed in front of all the children and....took a bite out of her hand.
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Jette Wang Wahnon 6 years ago
This is my favourite photo..I would love to have the original framed.Caption: Sic transit gloria mundi
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KatHat 6 years ago
These are wonderful pics but so poignant. These were all the scenes of so much life and laughter and now it's all still and deserted. And over and over again the beautiful parquet floors! Of course so much of these rooms was beautiful but the floors kept catching my eye. So much time to make and then so much labour to keep up, with shining and buffing - now all left to ruin. It's very sad. I wish something could have been made of these spaces; it's such a waste.
BG Rey 6 years ago
What a waste! In these days of homelessness here are huge buildings, many in pretty decent condition That probably include the guest rooms, kitchen, restaurants, etc. open these up for homeless people, give them cleaning & gardening equipment and let them create shelters for their families.
Isabelle Van Assche (Post author) 6 years ago
Sadly this isn’t so easy. On the pictures most of the halls still look in good condition, but this is deceptive. Many are structurally in poor condition and very bad insulated. Besides the strict German laws make renovation very difficult even almost impossible for such old buildings. One I talked to a man that tried to renovate a ballroom, but he had to stop the renovation. Because the many law made it to hard and expensive
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Sabine Weyhe 6 years ago
I´m from Germany and I didnt now there are so many... would love to find one by myself and explore.
Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
Every time I see pictures like this, or I pass an abandoned house or other building, in my mind’s eye I try to envision what it was like before it died; when a family lived there, people worked there, or couples danced there. When it was full of activity. Alive.
Martina Frensemeier 6 years ago
Would love to see before and after! So sad to see such disrepair...:(
Julian Hebbrecht 6 years ago
I wonder what buildings they are a part of. Are they stand-alone buildings or part of larger buildings?
Isabelle Van Assche (Post author) 6 years ago
Most of the ballrooms were part of a hotel or a bigger cultural house. Although some hotels only had a few guest rooms but the ballroom were rather big. These were the places where the town came together to celebrate and meet each other
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KatHat 6 years ago
These are wonderful pics but so poignant. These were all the scenes of so much life and laughter and now it's all still and deserted. And over and over again the beautiful parquet floors! Of course so much of these rooms was beautiful but the floors kept catching my eye. So much time to make and then so much labour to keep up, with shining and buffing - now all left to ruin. It's very sad. I wish something could have been made of these spaces; it's such a waste.
BG Rey 6 years ago
What a waste! In these days of homelessness here are huge buildings, many in pretty decent condition That probably include the guest rooms, kitchen, restaurants, etc. open these up for homeless people, give them cleaning & gardening equipment and let them create shelters for their families.
Isabelle Van Assche (Post author) 6 years ago
Sadly this isn’t so easy. On the pictures most of the halls still look in good condition, but this is deceptive. Many are structurally in poor condition and very bad insulated. Besides the strict German laws make renovation very difficult even almost impossible for such old buildings. One I talked to a man that tried to renovate a ballroom, but he had to stop the renovation. Because the many law made it to hard and expensive
Load More Replies... Sabine Weyhe 6 years ago
I´m from Germany and I didnt now there are so many... would love to find one by myself and explore.
Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
Every time I see pictures like this, or I pass an abandoned house or other building, in my mind’s eye I try to envision what it was like before it died; when a family lived there, people worked there, or couples danced there. When it was full of activity. Alive.
Martina Frensemeier 6 years ago
Would love to see before and after! So sad to see such disrepair...:(
Julian Hebbrecht 6 years ago
I wonder what buildings they are a part of. Are they stand-alone buildings or part of larger buildings?
Isabelle Van Assche (Post author) 6 years ago
Most of the ballrooms were part of a hotel or a bigger cultural house. Although some hotels only had a few guest rooms but the ballroom were rather big. These were the places where the town came together to celebrate and meet each other
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