R.I.P dear MAMA

R.I.P dear MAMA (27.02.1947 - 18.07.2022).

liebe mama, ich danke dir. ruhe in frieden und ruhe sanft.

mother + son, 2019

funeral in bratislava (pressburg). combined in slovak & german language. on a beautiful sunny friday, 22.07.2022. many thanks to the evangelic pastor. she was so kind, she found so nice words and sung so nice for my mother & all of us to make the final farewell easier ...

Liebe Mama, seit meinem ersten Tag warst Du da. Jetzt hast Du Dich entschieden zu gehen 😕. Du hast Dich um mich, um uns 4 Kinder, sooo viel gekümmert und gesorgt ... für die Schule, Freizeit, Sport ... Mama, Mama, Mama, Du hast Dir oft den schwierigsten Weg ausgesucht ... Was möchte ich Dir noch sagen? Auf dem Grabstein Deiner Mutter steht: In Gottes Hand schon ohne Schmerz, schlaf ruhig, teures Mutterherz. Ich wünsche auch Dir, dass da wo Du jetzt bist es keine Sorgen, Angst, Arbeit, Schmerz oder Pflichten gibt. Nur noch Frieden, Freude, Ruhe. Und wenn Du von oben runterschaust, dann wisse, Deine Mühe war nicht umsonst .... Mama, schade dass Du gegangen bist. Mama, danke dass Du da warst. Mama, Ich liebe Dich sehr 💔

it is difficult to say anything ... of course, you have lived your life ... sometimes challenging & hard, often busy & engaged with full time work and taking care of us 4 children (and of father too 😃), but mostly happy and nice, i feel ... please know, all your effort was not in vain. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING + GOOD-BYE, DEAR MOTHER 💗😍🍀

... MORE COMING SOON OR NEVER ...

crematorium in bratislava, friday, 23.07.2022

07/2022

funeral banquet, bratislava, friday, 22.07.2022

let's try to go back in time ... can we?

06/2022 (getting stronger and laughing again 😄)

04/2022 (very weak ...)

2021

on caffeine ~ mother + me, 2020

2020

2019

2019

2018

2018, you always loved coffee + something sweet, didn't you?

2018

2017

2017

2016, you can't stop the time or ignore reality, dear mother ... 

avoiding pictures doesn't help either 😃

2016

2015

2015

1995 (?) at the frozen lake in velka kamenica, eastern slovakia, SK

thanks for our family tree (stammbaum) what you've collected, designed, painted & made for us, dear mother 😃

1965 + 1977

1968

1951 ?

all the best on your last way + good-bye, dear mama, mamicka, mother, mutter 💗💓💔💕

if the last way is a journey or if there is any soul, you will surely find the way to your beloved home spitznberg and einsiedel an der göllnitz, won't you?

+ to my home town  kosice / kaschau / kassa, where you spent the biggest part of your life, too?

many, many, many more (family) pictures here 😭

RIP, ruhe in frieden, ruhe sanft ...

eol => eof

eastern slovakia

as almost every year at all hollows time, i visit the family (dead and alive) in eastern slovakia. einsiedel an der göllnitz (mnisek nad hnilcom) and kaschau (kosice) are the usual stops out there.

the life in the villages in eastern slovakia is much, much different than in germany ... and yes, there is always something to explore for me. this time was the most exciting experience to help to prepare the wood for the (next) winter.

enjoy few more pictures😄

our work is finished => let's drink a beer in the local pub 😇

of course it's cheap here when the most young people leave the region in the order to find jobs in bigger slovakian cities or abroad ...

carpathian mountains [part slovenske rudohorie (slovak ore mountains)]

cemetery in einsiedel ('totengarten' as the locals say)

R.I.P dear grandparents

the hymn of the (carpathian) germans in slovakia

we wish you all the best, dear mother

göllnitz - gelnica

my former home, kaschau - kosice - cassovia 

castle krasna horka

small carpatians (male karpaty) massif near smolenice, western slovakia

karpatenblatt = the monthly journal of the german minority in slovakia

btw, einsiedel is an interesting example how can the culture and demographics change over time. the village was created by german settlers in 1230. that was the time after the mongols / tatars killed that many people in eastern europe that the local kings / rulers invited germans into today's slovakia, czech republic, romania, ....
einsiedel stayed german till WWII with more than 95% of population still german. the remaining inhabitants were slovaks, hungarians, gypsies and jews. after WWII were many germans forced to leave their native region and the village was inhabited mostly by slovaks and germans. after the fall of the socialist system and missing job opportunities in the region left the most (especially young) slovaks and germans the village and today einsiedel become a mostly gypsy village .... hmmmm, i'm curious if the face of western europe will also change that significantly in my lifetime. who knows?

more pictures here

eof