Nicole Rie­skamp

I com­ple­ted my master’s degree in cul­tu­ral anthropology/​ethnology, gene­ral edu­ca­tion and psy­cho­logy at the Uni­ver­sity of Pas­sau. I was par­ti­cu­larly influen­ced by the year abroad in Roma­nian Buko­vina as ifa cul­tu­ral mana­ger. With my cul­tu­ral pro­jects with and in the envi­ron­ment of the Ger­man mino­rity, I got to know the coun­try and its peo­ple. From this I deve­lo­ped inde­pen­dent pro­jects, such as my city tour of the his­to­ric rail­way line Suceava-​Itzkany or ceme­tery cul­ture in Buchen­land with (photo) docu­men­ta­tion of German-​language grave inscrip­ti­ons.

For those who do not know the Berg­strasse: 

Sceni­cally char­ming and quietly situa­ted, the old Roman army and trade route lei­su­rely winds its way along the Oden­wald slope. Medieval towns, tran­quil com­mu­ni­ties and also the two uni­ver­sity cities - Hei­del­berg and Darm­stadt - cha­rac­te­rise the region. The hill­tops are dot­ted with cast­les from which you have a magni­fi­cent pan­o­r­amic view of the Rhine plain, among other things. Thanks to the mild cli­mate, almond and fruit trees blos­som early in the year along the Berg­strasse. Hessen’s Berg­strasse is also home to Germany’s smal­lest wine-​growing region, which boasts num­e­rous grape varie­ties.

Here, in the Bergstrasse-​Odenwald Geo-​Nature Park, peo­ple like to take time out from the bustle of the Rhine-​Main and Rhine-​Neckar regi­ons.