AUGUST 2025 – The building at Eutiner Straße 50 in Schönwalde am Bungsberg in Germany. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
A house? Somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Northern Germany? Where’s the point? – I hear you. 😉
But there is a story that belongs to this building. Here, my great-grandparents Paul and Eugenie raised their daughters Edith (my grandmother, born 1905) and Irmgard (born 1907). They lived in this house for more than two decades, from 1906 to the late 1920s.
Fortunately, I found old images of the family posing in front of the house, and so I could take a fresh image when we visited the location a couple of weeks ago. Here is the direct comparison:
Paul had been working as a hunter and ranger for the Oldenburg royal family from 1903 to 1932. He started in Oldenburg in Lower Saxony as a hunter (“Leibjäger” in German). In 1906 he moved to Schönwalde am Bungsberg to continue hunting, and in 1909 he became the ranger of Schönwalde and Lensahn. He had made it: husband to a lovely wife, two smart kids, a good job, and living in a beautiful house.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 24-AUG-2025, 15:01 |
| Location | Schönwalde am Bungsberg, Germany |
| Camera | Canon EOS 1D Mark IV |
| Lens | Canon EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM |
| ISO | 800 |
| Exposure | 1/250 sec at f/16 |
| Digital Image Source Format | Canon Camera RAW (CR2) |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 5325 x 3601 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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