Some posts back I explained the concept of municipal homes and the fact that they usually are located in very remote places. This story is no different.
The municipal home was actually built in 1927, but was destroyed by fire already back in 1929. The construction of a new building was started in 1948 on the ruins of the old one and it was completed in 1949. A basement was added in 1956 and a row house for staff in 1974.
The municipal home later turned into a nursing home, which was closed in 1993. After that it became a popular place for the youth to hang out, drink beer and sniff glue. The police shut down the place at some point, and it is now in private ownership.
What makes this place unique is its location, which is about as remote as it gets. It is located more than 20 kilometers from the town center and just a few kilometers from the Russian border. The village over there is a dead end. Only one of the two roads leading there is driveable by a normal car.
This of course meant that this exploration was fairly interesting from the start. A small village in a remote, closed location, where everybody knows each other and recognizes a foreign car.
There she is, and she’s a beauty. Again one prime example of the simple post-war architecture, which I so admire.
The building consists of two wings. One has two floors, the other one just one. And then there is the basement, but somehow I don’t think I am going there.
The main entrance is behind these bushes. It was chained shut.
But the back door was open. So it was really worth coming out here.
Views through the first big windows.
The downstair corridor. The building was pretty much stripped of everything.
The first patient room was also empty.
It was quickly starting to look like the two storey wing was full of standard sized patient rooms.
I rest my case. Only the floor material is different here.
For some reason the paint in this room was in much better shape than in the previous ones.
Back to the decay, it seems.
The toilet door.
Something, which looks like a larger lobby at the end of the corridor.
All windows open. At least the ventilation works.
It looks like there has been a small kitchen here.
Behind the lobby was a large bathroom.
An ad for a washing cream.
The vandals have struck.
Looking back towards the corridor I just walked through.
This is the main entrance of the building.
Right next to it was the main stairway.
Now that’s an interesting combination. The sign claims, that this area is under construction. It ahs been attached with adhesive tape, which says ‘blood’. I’ve never seen such tape before.
Moving on to the lower wing in the following post.