Forlorn

We found this abandoned dance hall, part of a riverside restaurant, on the banks of the Elbe river after the last big flood.

The hall is in Hohenwarthe near Magdeburg, Germany, Saxony-Anhalt. Maybe not only the water (from the 2013 flood) destroyed the beautiful architecture (built around 1900 I believe) but also the hate of the communism, who ruled this region for 40 years. In East Germany the joy to dance was called decadent…
I like to play on my guitar: this ol’ house …

related:
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/this-old-house-about-getting-older/