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Offline sirvlad

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anyone interested in translating
« on: June 28, 2009, 02:23:38 PM »
I got this old book,it`s sorta a hotel registery.It is full of 100`s of names,many original paintings,drawnings,poems,bars of music and so on.It`s from 1912 to the 1930`s.The book was a vet bring back.
By sirvlad, shot with FinePix A350 at 2009-06-28 If anyone is interested I will post some photos of the pages. Also if it is OK with HT.This is`nt 1 of the original drawings but I thought it might be easy to translate.
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Re: anyone interested in translating
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2009, 02:27:53 PM »
Wow thats really cool. I would love to see some more shots. I cant translate but I love cool stuff like that. Where was the Hotel?  :aok
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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2009, 03:31:23 PM »
This is indeed a guestbook, though I am not convinced if it's from a ordinary hotel.
The second picture shows a poem someone wrote to thank for a few happy hours he had spent at this place:


Transcription:

Ein Sonntag Nachmittag im Murnau allein
Was kann wohl im Leben noch trostloser sein?
Ich dacht' schon an Schlafen, Lesen und so
Da lud man mich ein, hierher in's Chateau
Und hier im reizenden, Gastlichen Haus
Da tollten wir fünf uns mal richtig aus
Da taten wir uns erst mal herrlich sonnen
Und dann hat die Schneeballschlacht begonnen
Wir rauften, wir rollten und tollten im Schnee
Auf einmal verstummten die Schwestern jäh
Und sahen sich beide verständnisvoll an
Doch gleich haben sie wieder ganz harmlos getan


The following translation is a rather rough one. My limited command of the English language does't really allow me to translate the lighthearted spirit and mood it it is written in:

A Sunday afternoon in Murnau, alone
Could there be any thing more bleak?
I even thought about sleeping, or reading or such
When I got invited to this Chateau
And here in this delightful, convival house
We five were now really romping around
First we would take a bath in the sun
Then a a snowball fight was begun
We were brawling and rolling and romping in the snow
When the sisters fell silent all at once
And gave each other a knowing glance
But immediately they were acting innocently again



EDIT

I found the place were this book is from:



Schloss Neu-Egling near Murnau.
This "Chateau" was build just before WWI by the Family von Poschinger, very old Bavarian noble house. It's still owned by the family and as far as I can see right now, had never been a hotel or any similar kind of "public" place.


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Re: anyone interested in translating
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2009, 04:21:58 PM »
The porschinger`s name is all over it,many different names,There is atleast 100 signatures in it.A few are von Stauffenbergs family.I was able to make out a few other names.My under standing was this was from a castle there.The story is : a G.I. was guarding the castle and he had 6 duffle bags of souveniers,but was only allowed to keep 1 bag.This was in it.Years later he sold his collection to a ww2 collector I know,everything but this book.Years alter he died and his wife called and said she was willing to sell it,so he bought it.That was about 30 years ago,well times are tough and now my friend needs money,so he sold his collection of stuff for $80,000 but kept the book.Well it`s been a few more years and his bills are piling up so he sold it to me.He never spent anytime researching it,he just knew it was worth keeping.Ill post another pic of a page or 2 shortly.

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« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2009, 04:42:52 PM »
If the same family still owns that house, I bet they might be interested in acquiring the book back? It is about their family history, right?


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Re: anyone interested in translating
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2009, 04:54:29 PM »
Here`s a few more pages
By sirvlad, shot with FinePix A350 at 2009-06-28
By sirvlad, shot with FinePix A350 at 2009-06-28
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By sirvlad, shot with FinePix A350 at 2009-06-28
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Re: anyone interested in translating
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2009, 04:57:00 PM »

By sirvlad, shot with FinePix A350 at 2009-06-28
By sirvlad, shot with FinePix A350 at 2009-06-28
By sirvlad, shot with FinePix A350 at 2009-06-28
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Re: anyone interested in translating
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2009, 04:59:02 PM »

By sirvlad, shot with FinePix A350 at 2009-06-28
By sirvlad, shot with FinePix A350 at 2009-06-28

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Re: anyone interested in translating
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2009, 05:16:51 AM »
Thanks Lusche  :salute

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« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2009, 08:26:30 AM »
Was me a pleasure.  :salute

You want to contact the owners of Schloss Neu-Egling? Of you need some help, PM me, I think I could easily arrange this.
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« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2009, 08:51:54 AM »
If I owned that place, and you offered to give me back that piece of my family's history, I know I'd offer you a room for a week or two.  You might have an opportunity here to do something very kind and have an affordable vacation for your family in return.
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Re: anyone interested in translating
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2009, 09:49:42 AM »
Awesome find and great post. Some of it looks to be in French as well?

Easily one of the coolest things I've seen online. What an amazing piece of visual history.
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« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2009, 10:13:54 AM »
Absolutely amazing. Nice piece of history there.
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Re: anyone interested in translating
« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2009, 12:06:50 PM »
If I owned that place, and you offered to give me back that piece of my family's history, I know I'd offer you a room for a week or two.  You might have an opportunity here to do something very kind and have an affordable vacation for your family in return.

I have to agree.  It seems a crime to be out of the family's hands. That book is an incredible work.  It belongs with the building it speaks of in such happy times.
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Re: anyone interested in translating
« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2009, 03:30:30 PM »
Thanks again Lusche. I have no idea what I`m going to do with this,I have no intention of selling it.I`m not looking to contact those folks just yet.I`m not exactly wealthy and could never just fly over there,heck I`ve never even flown in a plane befor.I plan on eventually getting it appraised and then going from there.Although I have no idea on who to get to do so.There`s a good amount of original art work and such that I would imagine some of it must be from some famous artist,writers,or even musician.As of now it just sits in a suit case locked away in my closet.If any one would like I can post some more pages,the book probably has 50 or more.