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Recordist's notes
Over the 10 years that I've been visiting Vogelsang has been slowly demolished and now (June 2025) only a few buildings remain. Demolition creates a mountain of rubble, which is crushed into smaller pieces for transport as is happening here. But forest life continues nevertheless - a seemingly parallel world. Indeed on this lovely warm and sunny day it feels extremely present with a multitude of different greens and a gentle wind rustling the leaves. New growth is everywhere. Willow warblers and a chaffinch sing apparantly unworried by the destruction. In fact i'm pretty relaxed about it too. There are probably specific plans for this area, but for the moment the forest has a brief time of respite.
About the place
Templin is a town of about 17,634 people in Brandenburg, Germany. OttoAnna lists 51 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
Stepping on rotten floor boards in the derelict sports hall
Templin, Germany
Hitting railings and metal side of a mysterious tank-like machine
Templin, Germany
Drones zing and a Black Woodpecker hammers at the top of a dead tree
Templin, Germany
Wood ants explore contact mics placed on their nest
Templin, Germany
Song thrush and woodpecker drumming
Templin, Germany
Forest evening at Vogelsang mid June
Templin, Germany
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Sources & credits
- “Vogelsang demolition while birds sing, An der Garnison, Vogelsang, Burgwall, Zehdenick, Oberhavel, Brandenburg, 16792, Germany - Vogelsang demolition - crushing rubble into smaller pieces” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0