seat on the how to this is vacation time children enjoy riding ponies and students from the state of hessen guide tourists from the region of swabian through the mud flats. lots of nature and just a few people most ferries sail past the heartache it's no surprise that the election campaign is subdued on long as not a single election poster hangs here. the easternmost end of the aisle that flies a european union flag almost a political statement. no one paid us and wanted to run for the bonus time for the green party but didn't get its nod so he and his wife marina busied themselves with their farm. you know one says most of the topics debated in the campaign don't affect people on the arctic like social justice. the. garlands don't really suffer from poverty or social injustice as does the mainland because we have no social housing or hot spots this is in the bronx or quite quite and so i think the people here don't have the problems that are being discussed in . the debates go right past us. problems that concern others we don't have them. things like problems with refugees. we see that th

on hessen site right at the in a german border. kuhlmann so drying their feathers after hunting for fish. morning scenes in the laden nature reserve. in the. volatile grave is often out and about here in the early morning counting birds and checking for overnight newcomers he's waiting for the cranes to arrive the eighty year old has been observing and documented the species diversity here for decades my grade three birds regularly stop here in spring and autumn the east german border guards unwittingly played their part in allowing a nature reserve to be created right next to the death strip. lantana ho ho they farm their land very intensively over there in farming collectives after nine hundred sixty five or seventy this whole area of hessen was wasteland the town of over sewell planted forty thousand poplar trees on its sectional. and our midfield three thousand public that was after a devastating wildfire it before hand it was covered in tansey and grassland and was very dry. high and found on cause land when border troops burn

the eastern banks of the vera these goes into your engine on the western banks out and bush lie in hessen the two towns are separated only by the river. but up until nine hundred eighty nine we were only able to see it never visit it it's still a special thing for me to cross this former border in. that i don't think i mean still rangy and now i think i'm in a place that was once closed off to me i always wanted to see it with an a for me. goose bush was in east germany it was impossible to just cross the river to death strip ran between the two towns. in the past this was all barren to ensure visibility now everything's been left to nature the vegetation has developed naturally nature has reclaimed what man took from it. how guys in whose family he came from goes in fear inject they had a large home and a nursery that. this is a photo of my grandparents my aunts and my father. they left east germany together in one nine hundred fifty two. they owned land here in altoona bushland so they were allowed to cross into the west to cultivate their fields and then they decided to defect and ille

wouldn't have dead will cologne here this is full mary's german territory we have the border mock away hessen bavaria and through injury a late as and by unknown tooling clift or. descendant taishan marks where the border was located. this part is bavarian part of the religion and that's has and. his grandfather inspired his infusing as i'm from nature and so he came to be a nature photographer to. help in the arts again from watching my great story birds fly to the ring or across east germany heading north in the one nine hundred eighty s. always filled me with such a sense of longing i always wondered what it looked like over there you could always look across from has an older varia and see that there were recipe she is here that it disappeared elsewhere but what. they had a good population of when chats european stone shots from the great grey shrikes and red kites both of which had the perfect conditions here. but these were so the actual and recipes. there are the shiny black stone. the snipe which is threatened by extinction. the red yellow wind well camouflaged grey partridges. stoat.

next now not the americas but the nineteen seventies which still exist inside a hotel in the state of hessen in central germany the park hotel nine hundred seventy has not changed its interior design for over four decades giving the guests a real retro experience. this hotel the trucks photographers from international magazines and gas looking to take a journey back in time. the pop hotel nine hundred seventy in central germany lay dormant for around two decades and the interior hasn't changed since the nine hundred seventy s. . you know. it triggers memories people are reminded of how their own homes looked the curtains the lights the carpets the it just brings back memories of these two a nun. here everything is authentic every piece of furniture every one of them. actually dying to make founded the hotel with her husband hans they married in one thousand nine hundred sixty three hans wanted to be an interior designer but became a butcher to carry on the family business however the butcher's shop was connected to a guesthouse and set about expanding it importing marble from a silly and lea

teams that in april twenty sixth seen here rived in the german area of hessen as a so-called unaccompanied minor. the case has been much discussed on social media and among the right wing populist a.f.d. party some have been linking the crime to chancellor angela merkel's policy on refugees one can maybe we shouldn't let me pull in who come without documents whole . two years ago i warned of the consequences america's policy put it to the small town of congo mourns a teenage girl as the country at large debates the circumstances and media coverage of the case. now you may have heard the expression good riddance to bad rubbish well in new york city visitors and new yorkers have headed to times square to literally shred to forget some of the bad memories of this year and kick off a new year with a new slate. these people in new york are ready for a fresh start it is good riddance day and passers by on times square are invited to shred their bad memories of twenty seventeen some serious. it crashed. it has been throughout my life and i want to get rid of it some not so. today is a small farew

forty year old father killian is from the german state of hessen he studied it via green a university in the city of frankfurt under order not far from. the leader of the small group the prior to b. is fifty two year old father simeon. originally from germany's rhineland he previously held the post of pryor in the mother house highly going crites abbey in austria. before leaving for brandenburg he was the cantor. or. the. whole of over here are the. the. last winter the monks were at the abbey in the vienna woods near the austrian capital preparing for their mission in. the year. monks have been living and working here for nine hundred years. heiligenkreuz sammy is the oldest continuously occupied cistercian monastery in the world. prayer is govern the rhythm of daily life. in. the. form of the. one who was asleep. in. the cold the supreme youth the mange man is the crown of creation that has to be said. and it is our job to see that the gospel is brought close to people who have learned more a monastery also has to do missionary work. that means god willing that will also perform pas

jobs we're hearing after three thousand here in germany a different location also here in the state of hessen where the frankfurt stock exchange is located and there are also very frustrated because they were telling me that siemens in the past used to be a company where they were really proud of their employees one woman was telling me a little bit earlier we were the ones that were making zeman sold strong now they don't care any more about us and i have to be scared to lose my job they also told me that the climate inside of the company has been very bad already for quite some time and there could be other jobs they could be doing for the company and they don't understand that yeah they might really lose their job at the end and when it comes to zebras for costs it's quite cautious why when we've got so many economies on around the world so many of its markets actually recover it. yeah exactly that's very interesting. saying that there is lots of uncertainty when you for example talk about the political situation with also a president in the united states donald trump who is very unpredict

jobs we're hearing up to three thousand here in germany a different location also here in the state of hessen where the frankfurt stock exchange is located and there are also very frustrated because they were telling me that siemens in the past used to be a company where they were really proud of their employees one woman was telling me a little bit earlier we were the ones that were making is even so strong now they don't care any more about us and i have to be scared to lose my job they also told me that the climate inside of the company has been very bad already for quite some time and there could be other jobs they could be doing for the company and they don't understand that yeah they might really lose their job at the end and when it comes to forecasts it's quite cautious why when we've got so many economies on around the world so many of its markets actually recover it. yeah exactly that's very interesting. saying that there is lots of uncertainty when you for example talk about the political situation with also a president in the united states donald trump who is very unpredictable ju

jack a movie is the prince is his brother he's known to police as a suspect in eight burglary cases in hessen. from germany the german cops think that you're responsible for many crimes in germany. no comment and so the. joy of the piece or not but nobody. would have thought she supposed to be the best is she the best one for me. but it's not supposed to mean there's no one here. she supposed be very good breaking into homes this is a bit over two grueling you know i'm not saying anything we're not going to comment . musharraf in which the jitters about us going to the start. become so many suspected criminals are at large in croatia even within the e.u. investigations across borders are complex on their home turf the plane keeps a low profile according to a local policeman who wants to remain anonymous was always just to go to. in all honesty i see these houses i see what's happening. but unless a crime is committed to croatia there is nothing i can do but exodus and when you know that i can only have someone put under observation if i have a suspicion they are perpetrating a crime on the. d

done you know in mine is the director of the jewish communities association in hessen after his organization issued a statement criticizing canadia he received a phone call from the rapper. on the i'm tock on the estimate and on the day we sent out our press release and it became clear that the city of russo's haim was on the verge of canceling colleagues performance. called me. during the course of the call he tried to argue that the allegations we had leveled against him were unsubstantiated in particular he stressed. he was no one to semite that was most important to him he had less of a problem being called a homophobe and sexist but the allegation that he was an anti-semite weighed heavily on him and he wanted to clear his name out from under it i tried to communicate that i couldn't care less if he was an anti-semite or not i couldn't care less what he thought of what mattered to me were his actions and the message his lyrics disseminated and if those lyrics have and to semitic and anti jewish content then it makes no difference to me what as an individual thinks. as appearance at the

susanna's body was found in hessen on wednesday by this time the murder suspect b. was no longer in germany he and his family flew back to iraq and it is there that he was arrested friday morning. the suspected murderer. was arrested tonight eight twenty eighteen at two am by kurdish security authorities in northern iraq at the request of the german federal police work of the split. the case has inflamed the debate regarding germany's handling of refugees levy was denied asylum one and a half years ago he had lodged an appeal which had not yet been processed. psyched anguish this shows once again that rejected asylum seekers must be sent home urgently every individual who is required to leave but especially criminals. german police are investigating the murder of susanna politicians are debating how to get rejected asylum applicants to leave germany more quickly. let's get more on the story from the date of the political correspondents are many young welcomes partly early baby was known to police so how was he able to leave the country. yeah one answer phil is quite

just refused to answer any questions and to explain his role there plus this office in the state of hessen has now decided that they're going to put the files away for one hundred twenty years so we will not know in our lifetime what about if there was a a larger broader network supporting the n.s.u. what are authorities doing to investigate that well lots of people are saying this medicine reese can't have happened without a broader network this cons of been done by these seven people who are now essentially known to be the official members and accomplices of the and as you so lots of people are saying this murder spree happened nationwide who serves those victims that is something that we don't know who helped them organize all the transport that is another thing there are a lot of things that are unanswered and mackel actually the federal chancellor she promised that in two thousand and twelve she said to the relatives we'll make sure that you'll get all the answers and now of course the relatives said after the verdict this is not the answers we were looking for but again you have to s

you just pick out this one question of this liaison officer from the regional office in the state of hessen he was actually on the ground when the owner of an internet cafe was murdered by the and this you and he was questioned during this trial for thirty years for thirty days and didn't given as to what was his role who had sent him that why was he there and then the office actually decided to lock away his files all those five hundred twenty is what about the question of about this broader network that has possibly supported the n.s.u. families of the victims want answers there are going to investigate well this is something that all the relatives and all the lawyers said yesterday this can only be the end of this trial but this can't be the end of the investigation into this mud the street murder spree it happened nationwide there are a lot of unanswered questions why did they get their cars from how did they manage to pick their victims how did they manage to do it so fast and there are a lot of people doubting that only seven people were involved in this and actually the federal prose

you f. a youth radio station in the state of hessen investigated how cars heat up in the direct sun and what happens to their occupants. told me insulting and showing the time to turn the engine off. starts mbox well it's we already have sort of three point three degrees celsius here in the car but i think it's we're going to observe all the vital signs his blood pressure his heart rate and his oxygen levels son is old enough to stage their sick and unpleasant beating down of my son going to have his heart rate is slightly down but there's nothing to worry about yet we didn't go far as. that however is about to change. the law a physical thing is a sweat pouring down my face things my fingers are trembling and it looks like even my size are trembling at times on the sheet my temples feel and i just feeling that i can't breathe properly i'd like to stop we get out now and they'll say. it's on to. the reporter held out for one hour and ten minutes after that he was in bad shape don't try out. the for a more inviting idea would be to take to the water like here in london felt north rhine-w

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you f. a youth radio station in the state of hessen investigated how cars heat up in the direct sun and what happens to their occupants. told us all to. check the time to turn the engine off. start and it's we already have surgery three point three degrees celsius here in the car blocking it's we're going to observe all the vital signs his blood pressure heart rate and is on such an levels on the hopes that enough to say they're sick and unpleasant beating down on my side shank good morning his heart rate is slightly up but there's nothing to worry about yet with. that however is about to change. your physical form is the sweat pouring down my face things my fingers are trembling and it looks like even my size are trying like the time on the floor my temples feel totally cut and i get the feeling that i can't breathe properly i like to stop to get out now and they'll say. it's all up to. the reporter held out for one hour and ten minutes after that he was in bad shape to go try out. the for a more inviting idea would be to take to the water like here in london felt north rhine-westphali

dry weather europe's recent heat wave has been perfect for the grapes at least here in germany's run hessen region famous for its white wine the high temperatures have had the teams out harvesting grapes earlier than ever before. in saigon jambos what special is that production started about two weeks earlier this year with harvesting at the beginning of august already will be finishing today the feet of a young one will be in the shops by friday that's great the markets are waiting for it. like many here the vaal family near mines specializes in a partially for mentored young wine cold feet of ice or because of the sun the grapes are especially sweet this year they'll yield a fruity wine with a high level of alcohol german wine makers expect the twenty eight team vintage to be exceptional they're among the few german businesses that might actually profit from climate change. the. average annual temperatures are getting higher we can see that but some forty years ago in one thousand nine hundred seventy six we also had a very hot and dry year. extreme highs so it doesn't mean that it's happ

in hessen on the sea as you move very are by far the strongest party and we will probably lead the two governments once again this in this in these federal states but of course we will have to look for coalition partners look we've been going through a number of very turbulent weeks in german politics larded high luck is running out isn't it the momentum is drifting away from her she no longer has the moment she looks vulnerable she looks weak she can't get her way in the party she can't get her allies voted in i don't know what it's like in other countries but i can tell you for germany that ups and downs of politics are nothing very special of course i would like to see us doing better in the polls at the moment but i'm very sure once we're back on track doing serious work in berlin or in the government and the approval rates will go up again in june you agreed a migration compromise inside the e.u. again with it had many holes in it rescued migrants would be sent to control centers across europe but no one agreed on the locations so nobody knows where that's going to happen or how i

conservative party is not going to do well in bavaria it's not going to do well in heston the state of hessen has election in two weeks and pressure will mount for angela merkel to accelerate her or her period of succession to move forward the party congress in december certainly some challenges but you know what i'm going to back always surprises people see it as such a scrap and survivor thing she always comes up trumps and somehow that's you know where does the west is going to leave i completely agree i think mca has caused a lot of this by the vacuum that she left over the past two years we've seen extremely difficult leadership from which has left a lot of room for other people to do this and i doubt that. i think if she should she manage to reinvent herself and come up with a story for germany that makes sense to people that explains to them how she sees the country. future including the million refugees that are living here then she may pull it off if she doesn't i think she'd better start thinking about her succession she's looking for a legacy already could the legacy be coming out