"Die Ruine"

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Updated Oct 2004. Updated Oct 7, 2002. Updated Aug 18, 2001. Updated Oct 22, 2000. Rehosted and adapted 8-1999. Updated Nov 2, 1997. Created 1996.

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1990

These three photos show the state of the house when we took it over. It was over 250 years old already.

This view is no longer possible because there is now a new house just besides ours.

A view from the opposite side of the street.

The southern front.

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1992

Just after the purchase we renewed the cover of the roof to protect the attic.

The west front. The wall at the left belongs already to the next house. Note the uppermost window and how it looks now.

The first (second) floor with partially open ceiling.

Again the first (second) floor with partially open ceiling.

Note the broken ceiling.

The wild construction of the attic.

A look to the southern (wooden) wall.

The most dubious construction is the thin brick stack carrying the whole roof.

Starting to demount the rotted beams and broken walls.

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1993

New chimney, new wood construction for the ceiling.

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1995

The loggia was removed, new windows and doors.

The cellar, formerly a stinking dump, is now a beautiful place. Sit down and taste the collection of wines....

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1996

We moved in Dez '95.

The interior is nearly ready:

The small window in the second (third) floor. (Sorry for the poor camera adjustment.) The lower edge of the window is about 10 cm below the floor niveau.

The Finnish soap stone oven in the first (second) floor, dining place and wooden stairs in the background.

The "blue corner" and the Finnish soap stone oven.

The cooking area.

My parents enjoy a Chinese dinner.

Finally a cappucino from the espresso machine...

For what you could get if you would pay us a visit, look into the card of drinks of "Café Ruine". (That page is in German but includes a link to an English translation.)
Hier eine Karte von österreichischen und anderen Kaffeegetränken, die wir unseren Gästen anbieten.

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1997

The plan as of June 1997 of the wooden wintergarden.

Newest Update: It is done! ... well, almost. On Oct. 23^th 1997 the main construction of the wintergarden consisting of wood and glass was erected.

A view of the real wintergarden (Oct. 24, 1997).

A detail view of the wintergarden (Oct. 24, 1997).

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2000

This is a reduced version of a large format black&white photo of the finished house (summer 2000)
The black boxes on the wall beneath the roof are special bat houses.

Another view of the finished house (summer 2000) taken by a friend.

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