Chapel of Reconciliation [25]

The old and first reconciliation church built in 1894 was blown up by the GDR border troops in 1985. It was rebuilt after the fall of the Wall in 1989. I visited here on a dreamy misty day and found the beautiful chapel in the midst of the old Death Strip. Simplicity in its circular shape, strength of its loam walls and asceticism of its wood lamella outer strips make for an attitude of complete solitude. I lit a taper and placed it in the sand in its simple box container. The old returns and becomes the new.