! Disclaimer ! Our exploration took place years ago. The property is no longer abandoned! Don't be a copycat if you want to avoid trouble. In France, trespassing is a criminal offense punishable by several thousand euros in fines or imprisonment. Always be aware of the legal consequences!
I have been watching you grow, and hone your skills for quite a lot of years now, and I always appreciate the ways you use contrast and framing to turn what could be ordinary into something extraordinary. You are true artists. Stay safe out there. Should you ever find yourselves visiting my part of Canada, I could give your cameras a unique and unusual place to explore that has never been viewed before through a lense.🖤🇨🇦
I think a sad truth about trying to sell furniture from homes like these is that the people that have suitable homes and the available cash for the grand old furniture already have their own grand old furniture. An auction house close to me recently sold a Victorian period mahogany grand piano for €50 after it failed to meet a €200 reserve the first time. It's the letters and family photos that get me though, I really dislike seeing such personal things and the human stories being left and forgotten. Very sad.
Over the years we discovered so many untold stories which where left to rot. Shows that everything and everybody transient. That thought can be depressing in the beginning but if you accept it, it will give you enormous freedom to do what you really want without fearing consequences too much
Considering the quality and period most of the furnishings are of in the interior; I'm honestly surprised at how much of it was not looted. There was an ormolu vase still on its pedestal. This place must either have been guarded very well, or is extremely secluded and not known of. Can't wait to check out the video!
The sad truth is that the really valuable stuff already has been looted in the months before we went there. We saw a couple of photos and videos from explorers going there before us.
I don't understand Governments that create inheritance taxes that make it impossible for Families to claim their family homes! This place is a Palace and should be loved and not abandoned! Another great film guys it's always nice to see Sasha I loved hearing the words in the letter, it was written one month after I was born! Hope to see u again real soon guys ! Your the best film makers!💜❤💜❤💜
You know why I respect your videos because you don’t show messy horrible houses that really should be demolished. Thank you for the clean shots and lovely houses and mansions of old.
tbh The letter makes me smile. The lady's family back in Germany sounded warm and loving. I bet she had a wonderful and happy childhood despite her humble background. Sad that years later, she most probably spent her old age alone in a big, lavish mansion.
According to the letters, the family and people from the family's village were all very happy for the lady. She found a fine husband who was a scholar and pretty wealthy. The family was based near Mulhouse which is on French territory today, close to the German border. It would be only a few hours by car to get to this mansion. But 75 years ago, it would have taken much, much longer...
This place is phenomenal and pristine! It looks like the owners were there just this morning. I swear my home has more dust in the living room than this one does, they must have someone checking on it and keeping it clean even if there are a few random spider webs. I wonder what a home like this would sell for, especially with all the contents in place like this. I would love to spend my retirement reading the journals and letters of the archaeologists. These people may not have had children, I can’t imagine leaving things like these letters between family members behind without a care.
Seeing how the lady of the house ended up living a lonely life in the end, all the trinkets and baubles and pieces of her life being left behind to rot and gather dust... My heart just plain hurts. I suppose there's some solace to be found though, at the very least you've helped put her story out into the world and ensure that she's never truly forgotten.
I love this channel. The respect paid to the abandoned places, the knowledge shared, the photography, and narrations… always a stellar job. A beautiful find here. Thanks for sharing!!
What a pristine gem of a mansion!! The children must have found work somewhere else and and far away from their work place, thus then the property value goes down and the taxes would scare most people unless very wealthy...
I think the mystery of what happened to the people and why they left it all behind is the most intriguing part of exploring. Exploring the lives of others is always a joy and perhaps and an addiction.
You're right, Peter. It feels like you're investigating real people's stories when you're on-site. This personal element is often missing in hospitals, factories, etc. That's because people spend most of their times at home, I'd say. Would you agree?
A big thank you for your amazing job. Unlike some others on RU-vid, who are just doing a superficial scavenger hunt. You actually give the viewer some background information, the story behind it, while maintaining the respect for the people involved.
* Another flawless mission. You guys really are the best urbex channel available. Your camera work your effort to tell the background story, Amazing !!!
Großartiger Film. Ich liebe es in alten Dingen und Gebäuden zu stöbern. Alles hat Energie und erzählt eine Geschichte. Faszinierend, der Erhaltungszustand und quasi noch komplett eingerichtet... Vielen Dank für's Teilen 🙏😊
I just love your narration behind the camera. It is so great. The words you choose. Deep thoughtful words of people and time that has gone by. Lovely mansion and beautiful videography again.
The artistry and class you bring to each of your video stories truly stands on a level of its own. You bring to life what your cameras see, so poignantly that one can almost smell the fragrance of old books, feel the texture of faded upholstery, and hear the creaking of old floorboards. This mansion it the kind of place where I could spend weeks, combing through the small treasures left behind by those who filled that “Cabinet of Curiosities” with souvenirs of their own travels and explorations. Thank you for always bringing your unique quality content, that takes me away to the places you visit. You provide a memory for these lost habitats of people long passed away…a testament to their having lived and loved lives of rich complexity. Always, you leave me wanting more.🖤🇨🇦
Love this exploration. What a beautiful and grand building. I’m glad someone is making use of it now. It was cool seeing evidence of this family’s travels. The low heeled red shoes look middle eastern, and the wooden carved pipe with a feather tied to it looks like a Native American piece. Many tribes used pipes like that in ceremonies, tho’ that one looks like a tourist piece. Thank you for reading a bit of a letter. Really gives us a feel for the family who lived there. Doesn’t matter so much if you’re rich or not, at the end you want your loved ones around you (tho it is good to be able to pay your bills.) How sad that just one older person ended up there all alone. At least the dead animals were more at a minimum here. Thanks for posting this one at last. I think all the spectacular Italy footage outshone all else for awhile.
Thanks so much for showing as much as posible openess into a historical life of this family. I love to make a picture in how family 's live in that time. Wishes you succes in exploring such mansions. Feance is my favorit of all those aristocratis.
it's sad that she lived there alone. I wonder if it was her wish or if her children didn't want to have her with them. It's even sadder that the children left all that behind.
You all did a very nice job on this video. If that beautiful place was stolen from then that is very sad. It was also sad seeing this gorgeous home uninhabited. Thank you and stay saqfe and well.
Wow, wunderschöne Dokumentation ❤ bin tief beeindruckt von von all diesem Kulturgut. Nostalgische Gedanken kommen auf und man versucht es sich vorzustellen wie es einst war. Klingt irgendwie alles wie ein Märchen - filmreif! Danke für diese eindrückliche Einblicke 🥰
Hey Claudia, danke für deinen lieben Kommentar! Ja, für uns schien es, als hätten wir die vergessenen Überreste eines wahren Märchens gefunden. Leider gab es aber wohl kein Happy End...
Wonderful job guys !!! Here I would definitely say that time has stopped !! This was wonderful you guys did such a AMAZING job covering everything !! So many neat and interesting items in each room I can't believe all that was left behind !! My this grand home stay protected as much as possible and be kept from harm of any kind. Wonderful job guys I loved it every second !!👍👍
Awesome video, I love history and walking into the past. I am amazed at how well the condition of the house and furnishing are. Thanks for sharing this excellent video and as always, I will be looking forward to your next video
Welcome back my lovelies!!! So this is a fill in while you all work on another beautiful adventure? I was watching a movie about 2 weeks ago and it involved a character named Till!! Never heard that before watching this amazing channel. It's unique for me. It makes me very sad that all of that history is just going to be forgotten and the future will never know.
I just had a feeling of you all being there. Every room and every word was like a repeat. I do have something of a strange thing that has not been explained like a deja vu sort of thing. My apologies. I still love it because you all are a favorite of mine.
Always beautiful work BWT and how sad to see places like this go to abandonment. Nothing made by man's hands last forever... I noticed that there is a modern leather recliner with leg rest in your footage.
@Broken Window Theory up in the northeast back in old colonial times they modeled their mansions like the manors they'd seen in Europe before they came over. The Vanderbilt house for example in Rhode Island. We call them mansions or plantations in the old south. I live right next to a town called Freistatt mo. It's an old German town that still celebrates beer fest and old German agriculture. Lots of Amish who use no electricity and live off the land like in the old days. They make the best home-made pies, jelly, preserves, and sell them to the public! It's called Ernte fest not beer fest sorry. Its like a harvest festival every year where the celebrate German heritage with lots of bratwurst and beer!
It’s fascinating what is on that desk. The amazing letter, the stationery probably used when her husband died. It’s interesting the items. In the decor, beautiful antique pottery and fifties pottery cats and planters. I think you’re right. The auction was halted. How old would those kids be now? In their sixties or seventies? But I wonder if someone was after the chandeliers and got spooked. I wasn’t there, but it looks pretty clean. A caretaker? This was a great vlog, thank you.
Hey Minda, we have at least as many open questions as you do. These abandoned places are puzzles, and putting the pieces together takes a lot of time and effort. Often we discover details in our photos and videos that we missed during our on-site exploration.... Then we fret and wonder if we'll ever return to these forsaken places....
@@bwturbex Thank you for your response and your acknowledgment. When you remove chandeliers for an auction or sale you hang them up on a rod, you don’t leave them on the floor to get twisted and broken. Move forward don’t look back. I fear your return visit will look like a rifled mess, and missing objects. I’m always waiting for your next journey.
This year I will be going to start my Bachelors degree in Germany (coming from USA) and one of my favorite things to do is to explore abandoned places such as these and I was wondering if you or anyone else here had any recommendations for spots I could check in Germany? Especially places that aren’t illegal to visit because I don’t want to get in trouble and kicked out haha
Here in Western Europe, you'll have many places to explore within short distances. Lots to do, haha. I recommend to reach out to local explorers on platforms like Instagram or forums. There's also quite a number of legal places you can visit when you pay some money - but for that, you'll often have beautiful decay with no vandalism. You can find these spots fairly easy with Google.
Ich frage mich ob solche Häuser noch zu retten sind, manche kann man ja leider nur noch abreißen. Ansonsten könnte man ja ein Museum draus machen, wäre echt spannend
Looks like that family were world travelers and or collectors of many different cultures. There was a native American one too. The " estate sale" was the reason some odd things were gone. If people stole from that home, it would have been trashed. There were so many places that could have valuable items. Hopefully, this place will stay untouched. It's a time capsule.
Very sad that such a beautiful house and it’s contents have been left with no one to take care of them. The house looks very clean and tidy though. Hope someone with buy it and take it back to life again
The sticker number of objects it probably is for auction , it’s make sense why it missing and some still there, I wonder if the property been dispute, thank you for sharing a beautiful home.
You know you live in a rich house when you collect bugs, and don't have bugs already in the house. I just think it is strange that people had bug collections back then nothing to do in such a nice place it seems. I wouldn't want dead bugs in the house or animals.
It just makes you wonder what makes humans to leave behind everything that was probably so dear to them and just how unnecessary material physical things are. Love your work though!
After years and years of exploring these places, we learned that material things mostly aren't as important as we think they are during our lifetimes. When we're gone, they just rot away...
@@bwturbex Having a few beautiful things in our environment enriches the short lives we have. So the time we have here can be enriched as long as we don't become transfixed with having material things.
@@bwturbex Sorry about that.Probs shouldn’t comment when hungry. I did however enjoy the visit to this wonderful house set in a time long gone. Thanks for bringing it to us. :)
You're voice is so soothing!❤ The way u guys film things and everything , your videos have been free therapy for me. we admire you and wait for them thank you (´˘`)♡
How about you finding a channel that speaks French, instead of demanding others change the language they speak to speak yours? Aren't there any French speaking RU-vid channels? Why don't you start one?
The whole world is not gonna learn and speak your language to accommodate you just because you demand it does. If you're too lazy or too thick (or both) to learn foreign languages, stay within your comfort zone on channels you understand.
@@bwturbex Congratulations for the near perfect French reply! I would've made a consistent choice between "tu" and "vous" by saying either: "dans votre langue" followed by "revenez nous voir", or: "dans ta langue" followed by "reviens nous voir". Other than that, great.
The wooden piece is definitely from a real rifle, probably a .22lr or some other small caliber. Im Not sure what sort of rifles are available over there.
