Transition - The Schlüter-Works

the industrial ensemble of the historic Schlüter-Halls at Freising near Munich
delapidated walls with windows at historic industrial builgings at Freising
broken green window at historic industrial ensemble at Freising Bavaria
outlook through entrance of historic industrial building in Freising
delapidated hall at historic industrial ensemble at Freising Bavaria
view through broken window of histroric industrial building at Freising
3 gablewalls at histroric industrial ensemble at Freising Bavaria
look through broken window of historic industrial building in Freising
look through broken window of historic industrial building in Freising
look through broken window of historic industrial building in Freising
ruined roof at historic industrial ensemble at Freising
the industrial ensemble of the historic Schlüter-Halls at Freising near Munich
fence and green plastic cover at historic industrial ruin at Freising
look through green plastic into historic industrial building in Freising
insight of the Schlüter-Halls in Freising Bavaria
white house with grafiti at historic industrial building in Freising
red print on tear-off wall at historic industrial ruin in Freising
closeup of historic Schlüter Works in Freising near Munich
broken oriel window at historic industrial ensemble at Freising Bavaria
empty clocktower on historic industrial ensemble in Freising in Bavaria
window and advertising of Café Schlüter in Freising
interior view of Café Schlüter in Freising
supported gabel walls of historic industrial ensemble at Freising
coltsfoot flowers at fallow around the historic industrial ruins in Freising

The photographs of the Schlüter Halls in Freising near Munich were taken spontaneously on the occasion of a trip to Freising in April 2008 (camera: Lumix DMC-LX1). It was the morbid aesthetics of the decaying buildings which attracted my interest. At that time, the halls were not accessible, and only could be photographed from the outside.

The changes which took place at the Schlüter Halls happened very fast: Already in automn 2008, construction works started in the historic ruins under preservation order, and by November 2009, the modern shopping malls opened inside the restored halls. The photographs thus became documents of the times before the transition.

In former times, the Schlüter Halls in Freising used to be the production site of the wellknown Schlüter tractors. The factory was built during World War I and closed down in 1993. Its towers - resembling the church towers of the Freising Cathedral - and the barock-style waves of the gables of the factory halls make the ensemble a remarkable architectural example of Bavarian industrial history of the early 20th century.