UNDATED – View across the Kleiner Ugleisee near Plön in Germany. © Mark Zanzig/Zanzig.com/Photo: F. Henning
The story behind the image
I could recently acquire a set of 21 historic prints by photographer F. Henning in Plön (which is close to Eutin.) It does not carry a production date but I estimate it to have been published between 1910 and 1915. One indicator is the price of 1.20 Mark. The currency Mark, also called Goldmark, was the official currency in the German Empire from 1871 to 1918.
This photo shows the Kleiner Ugleisee (lit. ‘small Lake Uglei’) near Plön in Germany. I think it is remarkable that this place exists almost unchanged today. The only noticable change is the name: it’s called Kleiner Ukleisee today (spelled with a ‘k’) today. But it is still a place for getting carried away by dreams.
I scanned the rasterized print and took the effort to remove the raster so that the mood of the image comes across nicely.
If you like the lake as much as I do, here are shots of the lake from 1890 and 1894.
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Photographer Friedrich Henning (1835-1921) was a native of Plön, and one of the established photographers in the region. At the age of 31, he married Juliane Dorothea Ernestine Bendt (1846-1919). Ten years later, their son Friedrich Henning (1877-1942) was born who also became a photographer and took over the business. It’s not clear who actually shot this image. It could be either Friedrich senior (as a work late in his life) or Friedrich junior (with his career in full swing.)
Design ideas
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | undated, estimated 1910 |
| Photographer | F. Henning, Plön |
| Location | Near Plön, Germany |
| Image Source | Rasterized print, c. 17 x 12 cm |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 3979 x 2806 Pixels |
| Copyright | Mark Zanzig/Zanzig.com/Photo: F. Henning |
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