To take the wind out of the scoffers’ sails: But of course in Berlin they often looked towards the courtyard with maximum attention. No, not because of the (seriously) planned airport there. Even in this matter, one could have learned from Upper Franconia in Berlin: In Hof, they demolished the almost bagged airport and rededicated the existing runway for trying out cars when they realized that a new construction of a large landing area for Airplanes is a rather moderately clever idea. As is well known, it was different in Berlin, well.
No, Berlin’s view of the courtyard was of a different kind, more serious. Traces of this can still be discovered today in the Hofer Land, where there are entire holiday resorts that were once almost exclusively populated by Berliners. A “wha?!” can still be heard occasionally today; as we all know, land endures. But of course the We-Invest-in-Hof enthusiasm in Berlin declined after 1989. Before that? To a certain extent, Hof was considered a Berlin local recreation area. At some point only Wannsee was uncool, the holiday options to the right and left along the transit highway to the west seemed manageable. So a little house in Hof, Franconian Forest, weekend happiness.
By the way, it would be happy to decorate it with icing on the cake, a visit to the BRD campfire par excellence: “Bet that …” Yes, that often came from Hof, Upper Franconia, for whatever reason.
Now the people of Hof as such are becoming fewer and fewer, the city is shrinking and not at all because of small-is-beautiful considerations. But it’s still worth taking a look from the capital to Hof, especially now that the Berliner Ensemble is, well, half drunk during the break from Chekhov’s “Iwanov.” The fire tanks in the house there hold 150,000 liters, but the sprinkler system in Berlin (which was activated for whatever reason) was content with 15,000 liters in order to quickly flood the stage area and the lower stage.
15,000 liters on stage? Florian Lühnsdorf knows this all too well. He is the commercial and technical manager at the Theater Hof and clearly has roots in Berlin. In Hof they also had to struggle with exactly 15,000 stage liters in February 2022, so Berlin obviously looked very closely. However, in Hof there was a somewhat overzealous man at the gate who wanted to help raise the iron curtain – the one in the theater. And apparently pressed the wrong button. Don’t raise the curtain. But water down.
Now, of course, Lühnsdorf doesn’t want to talk stupidly, especially not about Berlin. But yes: almost two months ago, some late water damage to the house had to be corrected, but otherwise you’re over the mountain in Hof. And the insurance paid too. So greetings from Upper Franconia to Berlin: You can do it.