Walter Ulreich - Photografic Notes: Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra has been known for its wines for centuries.The city is not so far from Gorzów, and on a Sunday in November I made a short trip to the former 'Grünberg'. Only few people in the streets, Sunday seems to be the day for family live at home. I visited a museum, shot photos, warmed myself in one of the few open café's and visited the famous Palmiarnia. And I did not taste the local wine, the promille limit is 0.0 for car drivers in Poland.

Otto Julius Bierbaum, from whom I own some wonderful books and read them with great joy many years ago, was born there in 1865, but I did not find any traces of his live in the city.

All photos with Hasselblad 205FCC, Distagon CFE 4.0/40 and Planar CFE 2.8/80.

Maybe this lonesome freecing automobilist could be a hint to Otto Julius Bierbaum, who wrote the novel 'Eine empfindsame Reise im Automobil' in 1903. This was the first German book on a car travel.

A cinematographic faun

Bronce statue of Klem Felchnerowski, famous painter of Zielona Góra in front of the Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej.

Palmiarnia

View over the city from the Palmiarnia

In the Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej I found besides the historic collections and a wine museum an exhibition of the Polish artist Franciszek Starowieysk (1930-2009). He specialized in poster, drawing, painting, stage designing, and book illustration. Many of his impressing posters are in the exhibition and I think they are great.

All following photos by Samsung S6 edge smartphone. To avoid too much reflections, the poster shots are taken from a strong angle.