Tranquillity reigns over this valley while sturdy cows graze on lush green pastures. Often, when the bells are not pealing from the church tower in Schlierschied and Jürgen Wolf is not driving his tractor across his fields, the only thing you can hear is the whistling of the wind. And it is the wind that Wolf mentions first when he is asked about his home region: “The raw climate and the wind are typical of the Hunsrück,” says the 52-year-old farmer. What may appear not particularly cozy to a stranger is an immutable part of Wolf’s life. “My father, my grandfather and their forefathers before them were farmers in Schlierschied,” he explains. Read more in English: https://deutschland.de/en/topic/life/mobility-travel/the-home-of-edgar-reitz Read more auf Deutsch: https://deutschland.de/de/topic/leben/mobilitaet-reise/die-heimat-des-edgar-reitz
Posted on: Wed, 14 May 2014 11:00:00 +0000