In the Shadow of the Sun
The chief Doctor’s villa in the Clinique du Diable. The building is a bit up the hill, behind the main complex and hidden in the trees. It looks as creepy as some things we found in the cellar…
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Clinique Du Diable – Update
April 2018: The Clinique still stands. With some people from our photo group we went for an urban exploration to the Clinique. Compared my last visit there is even more damage caused by vandalism and thieves. The place got also rather crowded meanwhile: not only
Last count
From the day it was mounted, this electricity meter counted day and night. Until the cables got cut and counting stopped forever.
Disconnected
When business was running, each room needed power, every floor was flooded by artificial light during the dark hours of the nights. But that’s long gone. Only a few ripped off ends from wires and some electric appliance remember of the busy times. Thieves stole
Sitting with Red
Most likely the door to this quiet place cannot be opened from the outside anymore. That must be the reason for it still has a decent condition. Funny story aside: I had no clue what could be in this room. So I held my camera
Roof Windows
At the end of April, there is still snow in the hills of Alsace. If someone would stay inside this building, most likely all windows were closed that day.
Look in to the Tube
Once a huge boiler was connected to those tubes. One tube most likely was for water, the other connected to a chimney. If there is a little wind outside, a low and hollow whistle sounds from the openings.
Empty Chapel
Where once people gathered for worship and to find peace, only shattered and colored windows remind us of the place it used to be.
Maqueraux a la Garage
Inside the garage, where a workshop surrounded by windows used to be, someone once must have had a little snack: some mackerel in a white wine sauce. The can is rusty, all glass broken… and the fish digested long time ago.
Friday 17:01 – Everybody left the building
Maybe not every company is the same. But when the weeks motto is “Robinson” (waiting for Friday), as soon as possible there is an exodus and people run out to enjoy some days of weekend.