Kees' photos

Cora isn’t posing, she’s intently watching Lasse Hallström’s “Chocolat” (Johnny Depp is irresistible). (And I watch her until she’s finished –she’s using my computer...)

Forest between Icking and Wadlhausen, apparently planted in a militaristic age.

One of a number of old farms at Irschenhausen.

It’s a modern myth that Macintosh users wouldn’t like cables. They love them.

A sight many Icking citizens find disturbing. “What do you mean?”, American viewers may ask. No, not the gas prices. It’s the balloon advertizing a Pfanni snack. Luckily, it may remain there only for a limited time; then it must be removed –or replaced by something else ... probably something even more disgusting.

The Schleicherhaus as seen from the Schleichersteig. For a description look here.

Heute habe ich zum ersten Mal das Gut Holzen besucht. Ich werde bestimmt wiederkommen ... wenn die Sonne auf der anderen Seite steht!

Der Maler Adolf Schleicher hat das große Haus in der Mitte, Icking Nr. 24, 1926 bauen lassen. Es war gewissermaßen das erste präfabrizierte Haus Ickings: es war schon einmal sonstwo hochgezogen worden, dann auseinandergenommen und wiederzusammengesetzt am heutigen Standort. Abgesehen vom steinernen Fundament ist es ganz aus unbehandeltem Holz gemacht. Das Baumaterial wurde übers Gleis transportiert: der Zug hielt einfach unten an der Baustelle an (mit nur wenigen regelmäßig verkehrenden Zügen stellte das zu der Zeit kein Problem dar). Es gibt immer noch einen (unbewachten) Bahnübergang und ein Pfad, das dorthin führt; dieses trägt den angemessenen Namen “Schleichersteig”. Das Bild wurde von der Ickinger Sprungschanze aus gemacht. The painter Adolf Schleicher had the big house in the center, Icking house #24, built in 1926. It was the first prefab house of Icking: it had been erected elsewhere, then taken apart and reassembled where it is now. Substantially, work took just two weeks. It has a natural tan: apart from the stone basement it is entirely made of untreated wood. Building materials were transported by rail: the train simply stopped below the construction site (no problem at that time, with only few regular trains a day). There is still a railway crossing and a small trail leading to it, aptly called the Schleichersteig. This picture was taken from the Icking ski jump.

The back door of our house is much nicer than the front door. It really hurts that it’s the doctor’s...

Detail of the Little Red Riding Hood Fountain (Am Kosttor, Munich).

The railway station of the Isartalbahn doesn’t exist anymore. For some unknown reason, this small building which belonged to it has escaped destruction. Well, it’s cheaper to have time do the work.

Isn’t that parked car a hybrid Toyota Prius? I suppose it must be Harrison Ford visiting Dorfen, or Brad Pitt...

Icking hat seinen ländlichen Charme noch nicht ganz verloren. Im Hintergrund die neue Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche. Icking hasn’t completely lost its rural character. In the background the new Holy-Cross-Church.

This “plague column” once stood near the railroad crossing, but was later moved to a meadow alongside the Gregoriweg. In spite of its name, its function is disputed.

Not rarely Icking’s modest older buildings which miraculously weren’t torn down have more charm than its luxurious villas in fake country style.

The entrance of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. I knew little about Munich before coming, but what I did know was that about 70% of the buildings had been destroyed during the war. So I was really surprised to see this. As a matter of fact, most of what you see here has been rebuilt in the early 50ies.

Ludwig Dürr's first Icking house dates from 1903. This is a shot of his second house from 1909 which he, again, built for himself and his family. It was aptly called “Luginsland” (Countryside View), but as the photo shows is no longer entitled to that name: it's surrounded now by a high forest. I don't feel too sad about that: extensions and changes have adulterated it.