SIGNIERSTUNDE: Andreas Pawel - Villenstadt Blankenburg - Altes Gold

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Discover the hidden treasures of Blankenburg - experience a fascinating book signing with author Andreas Pawel and his book "Altes Gold", in which magnificent villas tell their stories.

Information about the book - "Villenstadt Blankenburg - Altes Gold":
Villenstadt Blankenburg" edition invites you on a fascinating journey of discovery. The old residential town of the Guelph dukes has the charm of bygone times, magnificent villa facades, fine interiors and historical backgrounds like no other Harz town. As in the first volume, "Splendor and History", "Old Gold" once again describes beautiful and interesting Blankenburg villas in response to popular demand.
And once again, the storyteller and the photographer combine their perspectives: The doors open. Once again, Clemens Bussert's opulently captured images and lovingly noted details are interwoven with a round dance of history and stories: Family history, town history, moral history - and Blankenburg's Andreas Pawel knows them all.
When the reader looks through the stained glass windows again at the end of the volume, he sees the transformation of the town, transience, disruption and new beginnings. It's like coming home.

About the author Andreas Pawel
Andreas Pawel is the son of a married couple of teachers. He grew up in Blankenburg am Harz. From 1978 to 1990, he worked as an underground miner in the mines of the Eastern Harz. From 2001 to 2008, he was mayor of the municipality of Hüttenrode near Blankenburg. Andreas Pawel has been a self-employed entrepreneur and author since 1991. He is particularly interested in the history of mining; his excellent knowledge and research enriching work has led to the rediscovery of the Hüttenrode mining district with its 1000-year history since 1980. He founded the Hüttenröder Edition book series to publish the results of his research.

From 2015, he also published six volumes on the more recent history of the region. In 2020, he succeeded in having the Grasedanz traditional festival included in UNESCO's nationwide list of intangible cultural heritage. Andreas Pawel has wanted to explore and get to know his Harz homeland since his youth. Over 40 years, he has amassed a wealth of knowledge and insights that is unparalleled in the Central Harz region. Through the interdisciplinary triad of historical, geographical and cultural interests, but above all in combination with personal experience, the author has generated a fascinating treasure trove of Harz memories and created lasting monuments to the development, preservation and remembrance of traditional ways of life in this region.

Look forward to an enjoyable lunchtime with Andreas Pawel on Friday, November 21, 2025, from 2.30 pm in your Hugendubel bookstore in Wernigerode.

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