UNDATED – A historic print shows shows the former customs station called Fegetasche near Plön in Germany. Photo © F. Henning, Plön
The story behind the image
Here is another interesting image from a set of 21 historic prints by photographer F. Henning in Plön (which is close to Eutin.) It shows the former customs station near Plön.
It’s called Fegetasche, and I did not know that it actually was a customs station until I did the research for this post. It is a funny name because literally it means ‘sweeping the pocket’ and referred to the customs duties you had to pay when crossing the customs station.
The image does not carry a production date but I’d estimate it to be shot between 1910 and 1915. Today, the bridge over the Schwentine river is much wider – it’s part of the Bundesstraße 76 from Kiel to Lübeck – and the former restaurant and pub has been converted into a premium hotel with private access to the small Edebergsee.
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Photographer Friedrich Henning was a native of Plön (1835-1921), 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.) By the way, I found an interesting image on Flickr showing the entrance to the studio in 2018.
Design ideas
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | c. 1912 |
| Photographer | F. Henning, Plön |
| Location | Plön, Germany |
| Image Source | 17 x 12 cm rasterized print |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 16 bits/pixel, grayscale |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 3971 x 2804 Pixels |
| Copyright | Photo by F. Henning, Scan by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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