The village of Sarp(i) is divided in two by the border between Georgia (Adjara) and Turkey: Sarpi (Georgia) and Sarp (Turkey). During the Soviet era, the residents of both sides—who belong to the Lazi ethnic group—used to pass messages to one another through song.
(May 1999)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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The former town of Blankenstein is now a village belonging to Hattingen (Ennepe-Ruhr district).
In the foreground is the Protestant church, built around 1765.
(February 2026)
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The former town of Blankenstein is now a village belonging to Hattingen (Ennepe-Ruhr district).
(February 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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The village of Dausenau on the Lahn river (Rhein-Lahn district, Rhineland-Palatinate).
(May 2008)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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The ‘old village’ in the Westerholt, part of Herten municipality (Ruhr area, Recklinghausen district).
(November 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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The ‘old village’ in the Westerholt, part of Herten municipality (Ruhr area, Recklinghausen district) is a beautiful ensemble of well-maintained half-timbered houses.
(November 2025)
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Odenthal (Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis) on the Dhünn River with the Romanesque and partly Neo-Romanesque St. Pankratius Church.
(September 2025)
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Wherever you look in Winningen on the Lower Moselle (Mayen-Koblenz district, Rhineland-Palatinate), vine dominates the townscape.
(August 2025)
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The wine-growing village of Alken on the right bank of the Moselle (Mayen-Koblenz district).
(August 2025)
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The wine village of Willingen on the Lower Moselle with the Wine Witch Fountain, which alludes to the witch hunts of the 17th century.
(August 2025)
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