Dieter Leistner Halle / Saale . Swimming bath

Halle / Saale . Swimming bath
Halle / Saale . Swimming bath Halle / Saale . Swimming bath

In 1965, at the age of 13 years I visited Halle together with my grandfather. He had a special relationship with this city. A few relatives lived in Halle, whom we visited. In the twenties of the last century he had a cigar shop there which he then had to close down because – as my grandma put it – he himself was his best customer ...


When political changes announced themselves in the former GDR in 1989 I became very curious and the first thing I did on December 15th was to visit Halle again continuing my series which were started here in the FRG in 1980 with photos of indoor swimming pools in the Wilhelminian Style and from the Art Nouveau epoch.