Knowable Kommern Open Air Museum -5
Leaving Eifel land you come to Bergische land this is the area of undulating hills between the Ruhr and Sieg rivers and also where I spend most of my time in Germany when I travel for business.
Pictured here is probably the fanciest house in the park the Mannesmannhaus aus Remscheid, Mannesmann was a file maker and a shrewd businessman and investor who turned his small business into a metal making empire that today is worth billions and the most respected metals manufacturer in Germany.
The house dates from 1795 when Johann Heinrich Mannesmann settled in Bliedinghausen, originally a half timbered affair it was rebuilt as Mannesmann’s prosperity grew into what we see today.
The family moved into a mansion befitting their stature and wealth in the later part of the 19th century and kept possession of the original homestead until it was donated to the park in the mid 21rst century.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70mm 2.8 G2 Lens at 70mm 1/25, f/11 ISO 100 processed in LR, Topaz Denoise, PS (Lumenzia curves masks and DXO Nik Color Efex)
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.
Knowable Kommern Open Air Museum -5
Leaving Eifel land you come to Bergische land this is the area of undulating hills between the Ruhr and Sieg rivers and also where I spend most of my time in Germany when I travel for business.
Pictured here is probably the fanciest house in the park the Mannesmannhaus aus Remscheid, Mannesmann was a file maker and a shrewd businessman and investor who turned his small business into a metal making empire that today is worth billions and the most respected metals manufacturer in Germany.
The house dates from 1795 when Johann Heinrich Mannesmann settled in Bliedinghausen, originally a half timbered affair it was rebuilt as Mannesmann’s prosperity grew into what we see today.
The family moved into a mansion befitting their stature and wealth in the later part of the 19th century and kept possession of the original homestead until it was donated to the park in the mid 21rst century.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70mm 2.8 G2 Lens at 70mm 1/25, f/11 ISO 100 processed in LR, Topaz Denoise, PS (Lumenzia curves masks and DXO Nik Color Efex)
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.