Büste von Mia Hesse im Garten des Mia- und Hermann-Hesse-Hauses. Mia Hesse, geborene Maria Bernoulli (1868–1963), stammte aus einer wohlhabenden Basler Gelehrtenfamilie als Tochter des Notars Friedrich Bernoulli und war eine Pionierin der Fotografie in der Schweiz. 1904 heiratet sie Hermann Hesse. Das Paar zieht von Basel auf die Halbinsel Höri am Bodensee. Mia Hesse gibt ihre Karriere als Fotografin auf / © Foto: Georg Berg

Mia Hesse and Hermann Hesse

From the city to the countryside. This trend already existed around 1900 and the ideal of the reform era became a trap for Mia Hesse

Flößer-Wehr an der Monhardter Wasserstube. Zu sehen ist die Flößergasse, über die auf einem angestauten Wasserschwall früher die Flöße ihren Weg auf der Nagold angetreten hatten / © Foto: Georg Berg

How raftsmen invented logistics

Between the babbling brooks and giant fir trees, we found traces of a craft that supplied entire continents – and which few people still know today

Shepherd Queen 2024 Jana Deufel with her older sister Nele, who is already a trained sheep shearer and represents Germany at international competitions / © Photo: Georg Berg

The shepherd queen of Wildberg

From shepherd’s daughter to professional shepherdess: something is happening in the male domain, as the Shepherd Run Days in Wildberg show

Captain Jane Bothe steers the Weisse Düne, a Dutch flat-bottomed ship, through the Achterwasser, the lagoon of the Peene River, which flows into the Baltic Sea. The ship departs several times a week from Neppermin, Wolgast or Karlshagen for trips through the Achterwasser / © Photo: Georg Berg

Lady Captain under white sails

The Weisse Düne is the only sailing passenger ship in Germany. Jane Bothe glides across the waters around Usedom with the crew and her guests

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