#Bad Honnef

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A frog blows up its cheeks as it sits on a waterlily in a pond in Bad Honnef near Bonn, Germany

Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters

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Greetings from Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

German vintage postcard

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Rhöndorf, Bad Honnef, Rhein-Sieg District, Germany

Alexander Schimmeck

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Poster advertising Bix's Swinghouse at the South Border Jazz Club, Bad Honnef (c. 1970). Bad Honnef is a town near Bonn, Germany.

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Letter to a friend "X", on Schellenberg's divorce

· WS is writing this letter amidst a busy time to later use it as a means to piece together what has happened during this period through correspondence with the recipient, X.

· At the age of 21, WS met Käthe, and they became close for various reasons, including a sexual relationship. After graduating, WS left Bonn to work in Frankfurt and Berlin. During the three and a half years they were apart, WS considered breaking up multiple times, but did put it into action out of a sense of moral obligation and continued to provide her with financial support. At Christmas in 1937, WS finally decided to break up with her during a trip to Bad Honnef. They argued, and Käthe explicitly put forward three moral responsibilities to pressure WS:

1. Käthe had given up her engagement for him (her fiancé was also a lawyer);

2. Käthe couldn't live without him, as she had a poor relationship with her family of origin and WS was currently the only person supporting her;

3. Marriage would reduce her financial burden.

· WS had concerns about marriage: due to the age and personality differences, his parents and all his friends opposed their marriage; WS learned that Käthe had undergone abdominal surgery before meeting him, raising concerns about her ability to reproduce, which turned out to be true.

· WS submitted the marriage review materials, mistakenly believing that the SS's medical examination would be a decisive obstacle. An SS doctor he knew examined Käthe and expressed great doubts, but out of sympathy, WS did not use the doctor's opinion as a reason to give up on marriage. At WS's insistence, the doctor issued a report stating that Käthe had the ability to bear children, but it would be very difficult.

· Before collecting the materials, WS brought Käthe to Berlin, where she stayed with one of WS's direct superiors (presumably Albert). She made friends there and received strong support. During this period, WS once again suggested that they should not enter into a marriage but remain friends, with WS continuing to provide financial and other support. They had another intense argument, and Käthe threatened him with suicide and its consequences. For the sake of his career, WS had no choice but to submit the materials.

· During this time, many colleagues who were on good terms with WS pointed out that he was treating his wife poorly. As a result, WS tried his best to be blameless in such a marriage, never showing the burden of it and focusing on his work. In a marriage without children, and without the possibility of having them, WS would go to work at seven in the morning and return home at nine or ten at night, sometimes working overtime until one or two in the morning, Käthe even made phone calls to check if he was really in the office. Gradually Käthe began to doubt whether he really had that much work, and whenever he came home late, they would argue. There were frequent small and large quarrels, and Käthe often complained to the wives of WS's colleagues, displaying strong jealousy and suspicion.

· WS was dissatisfied with her attire, which was sometimes quite tasteful and other times clownish, and her switching between sloppiness and excessive cleanliness; he was saddened by the absence of children, and she was well aware of this; he believed she should not view the duties of a housewife as akin to a maid's work, and she did not even care about her own health, smoking too much. All these conflicts made WS feel that the marriage was doomed and that he was like a "disgusting, rigid husband who had been battling with a dragon for 20 years."

· Other contents already covered by the Anlage 2.

OCR: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t3Zu4Du9AlQlG4nJWY_IE_Ex1D3h6D9C/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117112698688138659305&rtpof=true&sd=true

Deepl translation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vCmle8-feaWCIKxyjU4xt9y3DZlA-yfw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117112698688138659305&rtpof=true&sd=true

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Linz am Rhein

RheinSteig trail: Bad Honnef to Linz am Rhein trekking ( Germany )

[elektrischemaidchen]

So, nachdem Ihr nun des Franzens Hand gesehen habt, wird es Zeit für unseren Road-Blog! Vor rund 2 Wochen durfte eine von uns nämlich mit ihrer Mainband beim Stella Nomine Festival in Torgau spielen- und da wir am äußersten Rand von NRW leben, haben wir auf dem Weg dorthin einfach mal in Weimar gehalten, unserer alten Heimat, und uns einen lang gehegten Wunsch erfüllt: Wir haben im Hotel "Russischer Hof" übernachtet, um Liszt noch näher zu sein. Der Koffer stand schon eine Woche vorher gepackt bereit...

Tag 1:

Reise, Reise! Die Maidchen beginnen ihre Weimar-Reise...mit einem Bild von ganz woanders: Nämlich von der Insel Nonnenwerth, mitten im Rhein, zwischen Remagen und Bad Honnef. "Hä?", fragt Ihr jetzt. Und wir erklären es gerne: Hier residierte 1841 erstmals unser Komponist der Herzen, Franz Liszt. Früher befand sich nämlich noch eine Gastwirtschaft im ehemaligen Kloster, die für unseren Franz die Krönung der Ruhe und Abgeschiedenheit von seinem stressigen Stardom bedeutete. Hier feierte er seinen 30. Geburtstag, pflanzte ne schöne Plantane und überlegte sogar, die Insel ganz zu kaufen. Ach, Franz. Hättest Du das mal lieber getan. Auch darauf folgenden Sommer verbrachte er mit Marie D'Agoult hier (von der übrigens auch unser neuer Song "Nelida" handelt) in der rheinromantischen Ferne. Leider ist die Geschichte von Nonnenwerth eine sehr traurige: Nachdem die Franziskanerinnen 1854 wieder ein Kloster aus dem Gebäude machten und hier ebenso ein Gymnasium beheimatet war, beschloss der Besitzer der Insel, ein amerikanischer Investor, dass sich eine Renovierung des Komplexes aus Brandschutzgründen nicht lohnen würde und liess die Schule schließen. Früher fanden hier auch noch Konzerte statt, nun ists still. Heute ist Nonnenwerth eine private, unerreichbare Insel, der man von der Fähre aus nur winken kann. Franz hätte es vielleicht das Herz gebrochen.

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Warning sign at the foot of the path leading up to Schloss Drachenburg and the castle ruins of Burg Drachenfels, both located on the Drachenfels ("Dragon's Rock") between the cities of Königswinter and Bad Honnef.

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Eine kleine Kubanerin zur #WDR-Sendung über #Kuba 🤩 #romeoyjulietacigars #cigarrebellionsocietygermany #classiccars #cigarsmokersworldwide (at Bad Honnef Am Rhein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqiH1ZdgayA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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View of Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

German vintage postcard, mailed in 1914

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Poster advertising a performance by the Mr. Felix Brass Band at the South Border Jazz Club in Bad Honnef, Germany (c. 1970).

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Rheintal bei Bad Honnef

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Bad Honnef: Mann nach Messerangriff auf A3 lebensgefährlich verletzt – Mutmaßliche Täter flüchtig - Video - WELT