Description
The acoustic tour (audio walk) is dedicated to the different historical phases of the Zeppelin University site in Fallenbrunnen: from its origins as an anti-aircraft barracks during the Second World War, as a site for French soldiers after the war, to its use as housing, an industrial area and a centre of knowledge from the 1990s onwards.
The students spoke to contemporary witnesses to gain sometimes very personal insights into the history of the site. They also researched and processed historical documents such as plans, articles and letters.
The audio walk was created by the students Luzi Gross, Anne Kruse, Laura Sofía Salas and Nico Stockmann, under the guidance of Christine Schranz, who also published an explanatory text in the volume she edited ‘Nach der Kaserne’ (Friedrichshafen 2016) (‘Fallenbrunnen Walk - Form einer alternativen Erinnerungskultur’).
In 2024, University Communications had the audio walk from 2015 translated into English and re-recorded by Samuel Newman. So that English-speaking students at Zeppelin University also have the opportunity to engage with the history of the Fallenbrunnen site.