The "Scorpions" - hard rock from Hanover - rehearse in a former steel warehouse, 1989
Suitcase factory on the Sprengel site - at that time always in a balancing act between clearance and use
Under the roof of Hannovers Sexwelt, everyday life begins with a hearty breakfast at twelve o'clock
Master chimney sweep Boos on an inspection tour over the rooftops of Linden
Five million files gather dust in the labyrinth of the roof of the district court (evacuated in 1990 for fire safety reasons)
Only a few people are familiar with the local court's filing system
In the foundry of the railroad repair workshop in Leinhausen
View over the city center of Hanover to the Maschsee
Nostalgic view of the old Kröpcke café from the former Magis café
Friday prayers at the mosque on Weidendamm
Koran students in the mosque on Weidendamm
a little night music on the roof of the "Baukasten" housing project in Nordstadt
Between the roof skins of the town hall dome
The disco tents of the "music circus" seem tiny in the Hanomag's so called "submarine hall"
Security guard for the "music circus" in Hanomag's huge so called "submarine hall"
Ghost bird of the "Scharniertheater" in the attic of the Lister Turm
Breakfast break at the railroad repair workshop in Leinhausen ...
... and behind the partition wall it's back to cards
Fencing practice on the practice floor of the corps house of the "beating" student fraternity Slesvico-Holsatia
Children's playground attic
Media library in the Stadtbücherei am Aegi
Parcel post office on December 22, Santa's automatic conveyor belt, 1989
The TIERRA group rehearses a flamenco performance in a backyard shed in Nordstadt
Storage space of the imagination - State Theater scenery storage in the Hanomag
Roofscape of Lichtenbergplatz, Linden
City silhouette and working model of the city in the model chamber of the building regulations office
Anonymous attic, storage and drying loft
Mountains of files and pigeon droppings under the roofs of the decommissioned scandal company Kertess-Chemie in Südstadt
View of the Hanomag paint shop, 1989
Loading hall of the main freight station

Under the roofs of Hannover - 1989

A look under the roofs of our city was the third volume published by the small KaJo publishing house. Why wander so far into the distance? Here, too, there were plenty of secrets hidden behind facades and roofs to be discovered. Roofs are not only a protective skin, but also a city's calling card. Whether factory roofs, mansards, dusty attics or the dome construction of the town hall - roofs can tell us a lot about our history and living conditions. So we climbed under the roofs of our city with Udo Iwannek, an inveterate Hanoverian and text author, to introduce previously unknown roofscapes, forgotten treasures and the people who live and work here. Many of the discoveries have long since disappeared and are, so to speak, history. The illustrated book was published in 1989.