"GOTT, IST DIE GEGEND RUNTERGEKOMMEN"
In the organizer's words:
Fontane on his travels with Hans-Jürgen Schatz
The journalist and writer Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) was on the road all his life. Privately and professionally. His travels took him not only through the Mark Brandenburg, but also to other German regions and European countries such as England, Denmark, Italy and Switzerland.
The introduction of the railroad made traveling easier in some cases, but goats in the compartment or baskets full of fish in summer temperatures were no fun. Unfamiliar food and its preparation caused Fontane's stomach and intestines problems, and in letters to his wife he often complained about the state of the "little place", the guest rooms and his health. His digestive problems were often accompanied by colds and seasickness.
We owe Fontane, a passionate letter writer, a very personal, alert view of the modernizing 19th century. The incidents described in his travel letters may not always be hopeful, but for today's audience they are perhaps a source of amusement. For the sender, they were often enough not. Here, too, "He who has the damage need not worry about the mockery".
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