Ministerpräsidentin Rhein verbietet geschlechtergerechte Sprache in der hessischen Landesverwaltung
Damit spingt auch Hessen auf den Zug auf und widmet sich den wirklich großen Problemen unserer Zeit. Und ich habe auf dem Heimweg schon mal einen Zusatz für meine dienstliche E-Mail Signatur entworfen. Ich werde künftig das generische Femininum verwenden und in einer Fußnote (mit Sternchen) erläutern, dass damit explizit alle Geschlechter gemeint sind.
On this day 86 years ago, 6 members of the Hesse and by Rhine family were killed after their plane crashed in Belgium. The victims were the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, Georg Donatus, his pregnant wife, the Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, Cecilie, her fetus, his mother, Dowager Grand Duchess Eleanor, and his two sons, Princes Ludwig and Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine.
Gelnhausen, Hessen, Germany-- possibly late 40s*, view from St. Mary's Church tower, based on geolocation efforts.
More photos from the mystery album.
*the photo paper is dated before ww2, but gelnhausen was a postwar base of operations for the US army, so older paper could have been used. i do not think a US soldier would have been touring the church during wartime, so I do not assume the photos are from then. possibly prewar.