Computers and sheep in East Westphalia – from Paderborn via Löhne to Minden

ප්‍රකාශිතයි: 07.04.2024

We actually wanted to stop for a hike at the Externsteine. But since it was pouring with rain, we spontaneously changed our minds and looked for an activity that offered a little more protection from the rain.


Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum


In the travel guide we came across the “Heinz Nixdorf Museumsforum”, which is located in Paderborn. Since our route took us past there anyway, we decided to explore the largest computer museum in Germany.


Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum


A very extensive exhibition on two floors provides information about the development of writing, mathematics and data processing.


Mechanical chess player - Heinz Nixdorf Museumsforum


The exhibition began with the early days and the creation of the first written characters and invoices for accounting purposes.

From antiquity and the Middle Ages, we moved on to typewriters and calculating machines, which were already invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and later further developed.


Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum


After many impressions about history and important inventors, there was an exhibition on the development of computers on another floor.


Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum


The first examples were room-filling computers. The computer center from the Sachsenwerk in Dresden is part of a facility that was only shut down in 1993.


ESER 1055 - Data center from Dresden


In the evening we spent the night with Landvergnügen at the “Schäferei Stücke” in Löhne.


Sheep pieces


We were given a very friendly welcome and were allowed to look around the farm and farm shop.


Sheep pieces


There is an old wool combing machine on the farm that is still in operation. This is where the wool is prepared for further processing after shearing.


Sheep pieces


The next morning, after feeding, we were allowed into the sheep pen, where some of the sheep initially eyed us critically or welcomed us with joy.


Sheep pieces


However, once it became clear that we posed neither a threat nor a source of food, we were ignored.


Sheep pieces


Some of the little lambs were only three days old and were still lying with their mothers in separate boxes.


Sheep pieces


Our journey continued to Minden, where we took a short tour of the city center.


Minden


On the banks of the Weser, some trees were still under water. However, in January there was a flood here that even made the surrounding meadows, parking lots and walking paths disappear.


Weser-Minden


In the city center we of course also looked at the impressive cathedral before we fortified ourselves at the Italian restaurant on the market square.


Minden Cathedral


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