Full sails off the Krumm Steert, Fehmarn
View from the north over the island of Amrum
View over the Wichter Ee and the island of Baltrum
View over the uninhabited island of Memmert, also known as Memmertsand, across to the island of Juist
Juist Island, seventeen kilometers of beach and a freshwater lake
View over the Weser and the center of Bremen, Germany's smallest federal state
Freighter in the Lower Elbe near Stade
Port of Emden, capital of the East Frisians
Together with "pathfinder" and friend Manfred in the three-seater Plexiglas ball of the aged Bell 47
After an overnight stay on the island of Föhr, we first had to scrape off the hoarfrost in the morning
Cemetery in Gestorf, Calenberger Land
Clemenswerth hunting lodge near Sögel
Marketplace and center of Glückstadt
Greetsiel, romantic shrimp fishing harbor, Leybucht 1993
Only the houses protrude from the North Sea during storm surges
The Hallig Hooge, green island without protection
Container terminal in Bremerhaven 1993
Steelworks, Bremen was once an important steel location
Hämelschenburg moated castle near Hameln
Westerhever lighthouse has been in service since 1908
Westerhever lighthouse near Eiderstedt
Lübeck, founded in 1143 and once the powerful head of the Hanseatic League
The Lüneburg Heath, sand, juniper and a carpet of purple flowers
Moated castle from the 16th century: Glücksburg near Flensburg
Round village in Wendland, Lübeln
Walled and secured in the middle of the Wendland pine forests: the interim storage facility and hopefully not a final repository for nuclear waste
Hamburg city center between Alster and Elbe
View over the nature reserve of the Amrumer Odde
View over the constantly changing sandbanks and tidal flats of the Wadden Sea to the coast of the mainland
Aerial view of the island of Borkum from the west
Fantastic beaches are often deserted, even on Sylt
Island of Sylt, chic "Frisian Monaco" in the north
Polish sail training ship, seafaring romance off Sylt
Beach sailors on the 12 km long sandy beach of Sankt Peter-Ording
Shipwreck in the mudflats near the Weser channels
Lonely trimaran, not in the South Sea but in the North Sea
A bird's eye view of the beauty of the Wadden Sea
Beach promenade and pier in Grömitz, Baltic Sea
The Scandinavia ferry from Travemünde at the mouth of the River Trave
A bridge has spanned the Fehmarnsund since 1963
Agricultural landscape on the vacation island of Fehmarn
The old village of Schulenburg in the Harz Mountains sank in its floods in 1956
The Kiel Canal, one of the busiest waterways with 50,000 ships a year
Industrial peat extraction in the Great Moor
Wilhelmstein Island in the Steinhuder Meer

Above Northern Germany (1993)

After the success of "Balloon over Eastern Germany", it was only natural to explore the vast skies over Northern Germany. Sponsored by Nord/LB, this time not only a hot air balloon was used, but also a helicopter due to the constant proximity to the coast. An aircraft that only follows the prevailing wind is too dangerous near the sea. In our case, due to our limited budget, we resorted to the aged helicopter (Bell 47) of a private pilot to put together a mosaic of northern German landscapes, from the Wadden Sea and the East Frisian Islands to the Harz or Heath and the Hanseatic cities. Due to the high hourly costs of a helicopter, the missions, weather and routes were meticulously prepared by friend and colleague Manfred Schmidt. From a bird's eye view, northern Germany unfolds its charm in a special way. in 1993, the illustrated book "Über Norddeutschland" was published by KAJO's own publishing house with knowledgeable texts by Jürgen Hogrefe (Der Spiegel).