News
11-4-2025
Now available!
Oostenrijk Magazine with a 10-pager by my hands about Austria with Kurt Hielscher's photos and mine in his footsteps.
4-4-2025
New on the website: Lago di Garda with Malcesine
19-3-2025
New on the website: Ohrid
17-3-2025
Here's the cover of the next Oostenrijk Magazine (Austria Magazine). There wil be an interesting article in it about Kurt Hielscher and it will be published here in The Netherlands starting April 10th. Can't wait!!
25-2-2025
New on the website: Burgen im Bozener Land (1938) - Schloss Runkelstein
30-1-2025
New on the website: Esslingen am Neckar
28-1-2025
New article: "In Kurt Hielschers Fußstapfen", by Angela Ilic in "Spiegelungen, Zeitschrift für Deutche Kultur und Geschichte Südosteuropas".
Last June I was approached by Angela Ilic. She introduced herself as a historian from a research institute in Munich that focuses on the cultural heritage of Germans and German speakers in Southeastern Europe and invited me to write a short feature. Instead, I invited her for an online meeting. It turned out she was already following my page for quite a while. The meeting took place on June, 28th 2024 and we had a very nice conversation about the project, how I came up to it, Kurt Hielscher, his books and the history of our common region of interest: Southeastern Europe. Now I am very proud that I have a copy of "Spiegelungen" in my hands. Check the whole article on hhttps://zwischengrenzen.online/in-kurt-hielschers-fussstapfen/
Thank you Angela!!
10-1-2025
New on the website: Verona
30-11-2024
New on the website: the Mrežnica river around Duga Resa and Autokamp Slapić
22-11-2024
New on the website: Bérgamo
29-10-2024
New on the website: Besigheim
22-10-2024
17-10-2024
15-10-2024
New on the website: Schloss Gabelhofen in Styria
11-10-2024
New on the website: Lago di Como
5-10-2024
27-9-2024
Pavlovac, 1926. Photo: Kurt Hielscher. With the greatgrandfather of the current owner I met.
25-9-2024
New on the website: Salzburg
11-9-2024
New on the website: Hallstatt
6-9-2024
New on Facebook: Besigheim
5-9-2024
30-8-2024
29-8-2024
27-8-2024
New on the website: Gerona
23-8-2024
New on Facebook and the website: Graz
22-8-2024
New on Facebook & the website: The Dom of Worms
20-8-2024
New on Facebook & the website: Rocca di Ostia or the Castello di Giulio II in Ostia Antica near Rome
20-6-2024
New on the website: Alberobello as part of the subpage on Puglia.
2-5-2024
New on the website and on Facebook: Polignano a Mare
25-4-2024
Nice article about me in the footsteps of Kurt Hielscher in the Dubrovnik based newspaper duList in Croatian thanks to a post on Facebook with this photo from Lokrum.
4-4-2024
New on the website: Matera
2-4-2024
New on the website: Würzburg
23-3-2024
Hoooooooooray!!!!According to my website host Webnode I received the 100.000th visitor here on my website!!! Or to be more exact: 103.472 visitors this morning since the start almost three years ago!!
19-3-2024
New on the website: Castello Malaspina di Fosdinovo
15-3-2024
Added to the subpage on the website about Puglia: I massi della vecchia
8-3-2024
New on the website and work in progress: Puglia
1-3-2024
New on the website: the Certosa di Pavia
New on Facebook: Castello Aragonese in Taranto
10-2-2024
New on the website: Carmona
7-2-2024
3-2-2024
New on the website: Rotunda sv.Janeza Krstnika in Muta ob Dravi
26-1-2024
New on the website: Venzone
20-1-2024
New on the website: Iphofen
16-1-2024
New on the website: Gjakova in Kosovo
12-1-2024
New on the website: Kuchl and Golling an der Salzach near Salzburg in Austria
10-1-2024
New on the website: Tivoli
23-12-2023
New on the website: Lucca
15-12-2023
13-12-2023
New on Facebook: Golling an der Salzach
1-12-2023
New on the website: Freiburg im Briesgau
27-11-2023
18-11-2023
New on the website: inside the Colloseum
13-11-2023
New on the website: Pisa
12-11-2023
New on the homepage: A map with location pins from all the places where I rephotographed Kurt Hielscher's photos till now. The map is also another form of navigation of the website and will be updated when I release a new subpage on the website. When you click on a location pin the link to the specific subpage will pop-up. I think it is already quite impressive to see all the places with the pins on the map.
11-11-2023
New on Facebook: Der Wehrgang in Rothenburg ob der Tauber and also on the website.
7-11-2023
New on the website: Portovenere
1-11-2023
New on the website: Millstatt
27-10-2023
New on the website: Runkel an der Lahn
24-10-2023
Last week I've been to Rome with my family. Ofcourse we tried to visit the Basilica di San Pietro too, but the enormous queue avoided us to wait and get in. Instead we decided to discover more of the city, but not before I made this, ànd some other shots on the square. Here Kim, standing in the footsteps of Kurt Hielscher. Check the result on the Rome subpage on the website, Facebook (later) or re.photos.
11-10-2023
New on the website: Großglockner & Heiligenblut and the Austria countrypage
1-10-2023
New on the website: Castello Sarzanello in Liguria
26-9-2023
New on the website: Genova with its stunning Villa del Principe/Palazzo di Andrea Doria and its garden.
21-9-2023
New on the website: Genovevaburg in Mayen
19-9-2023
New on Facebook: the Amphitheater of Pula
13-9-2023
New on Facebook: the Vincentiuschurch in Heiligenblut
5-9-2023
New on Facebook: Einersheimer Tor in Iphofen
1-9-2023
New on Facebook: Molsheim
29-8-2023
New on Facebook: the leaning tower of Pisa
22-8-2023
18-8-2023
New on Facebook: Portovenere
15-8-2023
New on Facebook: Limburg an der Lahn and I added this one to the subpage about Limburg an der Lahn on the website
13-7-2023
New on Facebook: Basilica di San Frediano in Lucca
10-7-2023
Today, exactly 75 years ago, on July 10th, 1948, Kurt Hielscher died. Now, I finally updated his biography on the website a little bit, but I am definitely not ready with it and I am still eager to keep digging. Please, let me know if you find a mistake or have something to add. For now I think it gives an interesting insight in who he was and how he might have changed from an adventurer/traveler/photographer/lecturer to a careerphotographer, with a dark side in the end.
3-7-2023
New on the website: Basque Country
20-6-2023
New on the website: Počitelj
16-6-2023
New on the website and on Facebook: the Wörnitztor in Dinkelsbühl
15-6-2023
12-6-2023
New on the website: Castillo de Alcalá de Guadaíra
2-6-2023
New on the website and on Facebook: "Georg Bronnen und Marien Apotheke", Rothenburg ob der Tauber
31-5-2023
27-5-2023
New on the website and on Facebook: Colmar in the Alsace in France
23-4-2023
Working on it at the Certosa di Pavia in Italy. With my family I travel in the north of Italy, mainly the Ligurian coastline in between Genova and Pisa. On our to and back from Italy we made stops in the Alsace in France as well in Colmar and Molsheim. Soon more here and on Facebook and Instagram.
6-4-2023
New on the website and Facebook: The Topplerschlösschen in Rothenburg ob der Tauber
28-3-2023
New on Facebook: Neuschwanstein
22-3-2023
The subpage on Dinkelsbühl expanded with the Rothenburger Tor
15-3-2023 - Hoooooooooray!!
Today, since the start of the website on the 1st of April 2021, the website received over 10.000 visitors according to Google Analytics!! And they come from all over the world and I am really proud of that!
14-3-2023
New on the website: the stunning Burg Eltz
11-3-2023
New on the website: Picos de Europa: Potes & Cangas de Onís
3-3-2023
New on the website the lovely village of Algatocín in Andalucía.
28-2-2023
New on the website: Rothenburg ob der Tauber
25-2-2023
New on the website: Rastoke, Plitvice Lakes, Kuturevo and Senj
17-2-2023
New on the website (but in progress so more to come): Dinkelsbühl
3-2-2023
New on the website: Maribor
31-1-2023
New post on Facebook: the Kurutziaga Gurutzea in Durango
28-1-2023
New post on Facebook: the Weißer Turm in Rothenburg ob der Tauber
24-1-2023
New on the website: Écija in Andalucía
23-1-2023
Wow, my post about Kratovo nearly got a thousand likes and a lot of lovely and heartwarming comments in a group about travelling in Macedonia!!: Патувања низ Македонија
How cool is that!! Благодарам!!!
20-1-2023
First Facebookpost on Dinkelsbühl with the Nördlinger Tor & Stadtmühle. More to come!
17-1-2023
New on the website: Kratovo
13-1-2023
3-1-2023
Visiting Dinkelsbühl
24-12-2022
New on the website: Zagreb
23-12-2022
New on the website: Passau
20-12-2022
New on the website: Varaždin in Croatia during Christmas time.
18-12-2022
Look what I found! Four articles in Le Journal des Voyages from 1927 with work from Kurt Hielscher in it.
17-12-2022
New on the website: Alsace & Lorraine
15-12-2022
New on the website: The Aachener Dom
9-12-2022
New on the website: Mostar
7-12-2022
New on the website: Otočec Castle in Slovenia
2-12-2022
New on Facebook: Cangas de Onís
26-11-2022
New on the website: Kutná Hora
23-11-2022
20-11-2022
New reprinted edition of Kurt Hielscher's Romania edition by IPG Book Distribution
Originally published in 1933, Romania by Kurt Hielscher is an astonishing volume of photographs depicting the life of Romanian people in the interwar era. In 1931 he was invited by the Romanian government to visit the country. "As time went on," he said "every day, every week I loved the country more." It was a love that grew throughout 1931 and 1932 and resulted in over 5000 photographs of which 304 were finally selected for this album. Unfortunately in 1944, an Allied bombing destroyed his life's work after hitting his workshop in Poland. He lost over 40,000 photographs and negatives. This photo album is a recreation of Hielscher's work and brings an homage to the love and appreciation he showed for Romania. Featuring over 300 black and white and sepia photographs, a colorized cover, a preface from Octavian Goga, and an introduction by Ernest H. Latham, Jr., it's a one-of-a-kind collection for anyone interested in the history of Romania.
18-11-2022
New on Facebook: Mañaria in Basque Country
16-11-2022
New on the website: Merseburg in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.
New on the website: Lago Maggiore and a littlebit of Switzerland
4-11-2022
New on the website: Sarajevo
29-10-2022
New on the website: Luxemburg
21-10-2022
15-10-2022
New on the website: Soest in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
14-10-2022
New on Facebook: The Nécropolis of Argiñeta near Elorrio, Vizcaya, Basque Country
11-10-2022
New on the website: Pejë in Kosovo.
7-10-2022
28-9-2022
New on the website: Trakošćan Castle in Croatia
26-9-2022
Hoooooooray. Facebook reminded me today, that the In the footsteps of Kurt Hielscher photoproject online exists for 5 years now. This was my first post:
And the link to MyCentury changed in the meantime.
21-9-2022
New on the website: Stralsund & Rügen
16-9-2022
Today I split the subpage on Donostia/San Sebastián and Pasai Donibane in two separate pages with some new then&now duo's:
One on Donostia/San Sebastián
And one on Pasai Donibane:
9-9-2022
16-7-2022
New on Facebook: Burg Eltz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, 1924 vs. 2022
15-7-2022
This week I made a start with Reddit, and I found a special group on rephotography: Old photos in real life. My first two posts got quite overwhelming response.
12-7-2022
New on the website: Dolceaqua in Italy and some photos from our stay at the Cote d'Azur in France last winter.
8-7-2022
New on Facebook: Kamerlengo Castle, Trogir, Croatia. Check also https://www.inthefootstepsofkurthielscher.com/trogir/
2-7-2022
New on facebook: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
24-6-2022
19-6-2022
Made a new subpage and tripline for France & Luxemburg
16-6-2022
New on Facebook: Kaysersberg in the Alsace, France.
10-6-2022
New on Facebook: Stadshus Stockholm
8-6-2022
New on Facebook: Rastoke in Croatia
4-6-2022
New on Facebook: Gerona, Spain
1-6-2022
New on Facebook: Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore, Italy
28-5-2022
New on Facebook: Genovevaburg in Mayen, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany.
26-5-2022
New on the website: New on the website: Arcos de la Frontera, Jerez de la Frontera & Vejer de la Frontera in Cadíz, Andalucía, Spain
18-5-2022
9-5-2022
During my holidays the past two weeks I visited several places where Kurt Hielscher made his photos. I have been to Freiburg im Breisgau, checked out the Genovevaburg in Mayen and Burg Eltz in Germany, Kaysersberg and Riquewihr in France and around Lago Maggiore in Italy. Here a photo and the link to my first post on Facebook from picturesque Riquewihr in the Alsace in France.
26-3-2022
New on the website: Triglav National park and surroundings with places like: Bled, Bohinj and its famous lakes in winter and summertime.
19-3-2022
New on the website: Český Krumlov
4-3-2022
19-2-2022
9-2-2022
New on the website: San Sebastián & Pasai Donibane/Pasajes de San Juan
26-1-2022
New on the website: Tangermünde, Sachsen Anhalt.
20-1-2022
New on the website: Ljubljana in Slovenia.
19-1-2022
New on the website: Litoměřice in the Czech Republic
19-1-2022
Now I am also to be found on the website of 121cklicks.com and its Facebookpage
16-1-2022
12-1-2021
Today I opened a Contact & Support page on the website. If you'd like to, you can get in touch with me directly, and find ways to supprot my project. There's also the possibility to become a sponsor. I need a sponsor soon to be able to tackle the problem of running out of bandwidth. With some 1.000 visitors on the site in the first ten days of January bandwith limits for the rest of the month are almost there. Solution: a twice as expensive subscription. If you are interested, send me a message, please via the new contactpage.
12-1-2022
9-1-2022
4-1-2022
New on the website: Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
4-1-2021
While longing to go to new places where Kurt Hielscher made his photos, I am making a puzzle of one of them. Can you guess where this is? Every few days I'll provide an update in the comment section of the post on my Facebookpage.
1-1-2022
New on the website: Novo Selo & Shtip.
29-12-2021
New post: Castle of Veianen/Vianden, Lëtzebuerg.
9-12-2021 - Hooooooray!!
Last night, I received the 3.000th unique visitor on the website, ànd the 5.000th view!! (according to Google Analytics)
I don't know if that is a lot or not?? But it feels good. And my visitors come from everywhere!
Thanks for all your support, enthusiasm and positive response😊👍
8-12-2021
New on the website: Prague
4-12-2021
New on the website: Sevilla
26-11-2021
New on the website: Dubrovnik
17-11-2021
New: Ronda, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain
13-11-2021
New: Limburg an der Lahn, Germany
6-11-2021
New post: Castle of Klierf/Clierf/Kliärref/Clervaux, Lëtzebuerg
13-10-2021
New: Alhambra de Granada, Spain
18-9-2021
28-9-2021
New post: Helsingborg, Sweden
19-6-2021
New countrypage: Czech Republic
Český Krumlov, 31st of December
12-6-2021
15-5-2021
New blog about Venice with the Ponte dei Sospiri, the Ponte di Rialto and some more. And a collection of Carnival portraits.
12-5-2021
New countrypage: Italy. Soon I hope to make the first blogs from Venice and Rome.
12-5-2021
Making a start on Instagram: "One day Kurt Hielscher brought me to .... the beautiful city of Ceský Krumlov😍🇨🇿
8-5-2021
New post: Charming Raesfeld Castle, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
2-5-2021
Hoooooooray!!
Last night, I received my 1000th unique visitor on my new website according to Google Analytics.!!
And that within only a month after its launch on the 4th of April, without any paid advertising!! I don't know if that is a lot or not?? But it feels good. And my visitors come from everywhere!
And that only with 4 stories till now: Perast (Montenegro), Prilep (Macedonia), Antequera (Spain) and Trogir (Croatia). So lots of work remaining, but I am only looking forward to that!
28-4-2021
New post: The beautiful city of Trogir, Croatia
25-4-2021
Launched the country subpage for Germany.
23-4-2021
New post: the Puente Viejo, the old bridge in Potes, Liébana, Cantabria, Spain
21-4-2021
New post: the beautiful city of Antequera, Màlaga, Andalucía, Spain.
17-4-2021
New post by Johannes Mueller/Landschaftsleser with the Kurhaus in Wiesbaden
12-4-2021
Also on Facebook
7-4-2021
New country subpage: Spain
7-4-2021
New post: Prilep - Saint Arhangel Mihail Monastery, Macedonia
5-4-2021
Due to the pandemic I am currently not travelling abroad. A trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina in March 2020 had to be cancelled, unfortunately. So I bought myself a 1928 photobook of my own country, The Netherlands, to do something in the meantime, not by the hand of Kurt Hielscher, but with work from various photographers. I called this project "Holland 1928-now".
4-4-2021
www.inthefootstepsofkurthielscher.com is online with Home, About me, About Kurt Hielscher, In the footsteps of Kurt Hielscher, Yugoslavia and Perast.
