User:Scriberius/About

About

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1994
Name	Matthias
Born	1971 (age 52–53) (1971) Städtisches Krankenhaus Celler Straße, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen , West Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
Nationality	German since birth
Country	Germany
Current location	München, Bavaria
Time zone	Central European Time (UTC (Current UTC is 04:27) -1 [UTC-2 during DST])
Current time	It is approximately 06:27 where this user lives. Friday 5 July 2024 CE
Ethnicity	multiracial: Swiss • French • Danish • German • Polish
Race	Caucasian
Height	5 feet 9 inches (~1.75m)
Weight	~ 81 kg
Hair	dark blonde (few left)
Eyes	green-brown
Blood type	O+ CcD ee kk
Sexuality	straight (always)
IQ	>100
Personality type	hmm
Family and friends
Marital status	divorced 2012-04-11 This user is divorced.
Spouse	Bualong (formerly)
Girlfriend	want one This user wishes he had a girlfriend. This user is single. 1This user is monogamous.
Children	2 in-law daughters (2003-2012)
Siblings	1 brother
Pets	1 Felis catus domestica HRH Her Most Divine Emmy IV, First Imperial Master Purrer
Education and employment
Occupation	author and many more
Education	Fachhochschulreife and Fachabitur Wirtschaft (business and economics), Hon. U.S. High school diploma among others
High school	Template:De icon Höhere Handelsschule - Einjährige Berufsfachschule Wirtschaft (BBS III), Braunschweig Hood River Valley High School, Hood River, Oregon Template:De icon Fachgymnasium Wirtschaft (BBS III), Braunschweig
College	Junior College equivalent
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs
Hobbies	visual arts • travel • general knowledge • music • sailing • nature • many more
Religion	atheist (formerly protestant)
Politics	Democracy
Movies	The Fugitive and many more
Books	Angels & Demons among many others
Interests
political science, philosophy and many more
Scriberius subpages
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Userboxes
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User:Scriberius, RL name Matthias, was born in 1971 (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig) in Braunschweig, W. Germany. He has received an Honorary High school diploma from Hood River Valley High, Hood River, Oregon in 1990 and a Fachabitur diploma in 1992 from Fachgymnasium Wirtschaft in Braunschweig, Germany. He moved to Neubiberg (Munich district) in the same year and to Munich in 1995. He's employed by the same institution since January 1996. In his spare time, he enjoys paintings, music and gaining general knowledge among many more. In the 1990s, he was into sailing and boating and attained some licenses with that. Working with Wikimedia Commons has become a major interest in 2005 and is ongoing. His work is currently stressed on visual arts.

He is related to Jacob Georg Christian Adler, Matthias Claudius, Melchior Lorck and Caspar Aquila among other celebs/scholars. My ancestors originated from Denmark, Poland (then Silesia), France (Huguenots → Berlin), Switzerland and Germany.

He received a full scholarship for attending Wikimania 2011 in Israel by Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. (WMDE).

Travel

Scriberius travelled to more than 25 countries, his main type of travel is independent travelling off the beaten paths. He likes to encounter the everyday-life of the locals, especially their culture. The two farthest locations were, according to geodatasource.com/distance-calculator,

• 8,604.54 kilometres (5,346.61 mi): Vientiane Laos (measured from Munich) 2004
• 5,861.15 kilometres (3,641.95 mi): Victoria, British Columbia Canada (measured from Braunschweig) 1990

Travelogue/travelog:

Places

Human settlements I have lived in Braunschweig Hood River Neubiberg Roding München (latest "homeport") Dachau Na Khun Yai Bad Kissingen Bad Säckingen

Done

by alphabet

a small selection

dark orange − live/d there

light yellow − three weeks minimum (except if lived there), also applicable if the duration of all visits sum up to that value

• Aachen, Lower Saxony, Germany − 2000s, few days
• Acco, Israel − 2011, few hours
• Albertville, France − 2000, overnight
• Almería, Almería province, Spain − 1985?, two weeks
• Amberg, Oberpfalz, Germany − 2011, few hours
• Altenau, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few days
• Altötting, Lower Saxony, Germany − 2013, overnight
• Ansbach, Mittelfranken, Germany − 2013, few days
• Aosta, Italy − 1999, overnight
• Bad Arolsen, Hesse, Germany − 1980s, few days
• Au in der Hallertau, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, few hours
• Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany − c. 1997, ca. 1998, 2013-05-01, and 2013-05-05, 2013-10-24 few hours ea.
• Augst BL, Switzerland − 2012, few hours
• Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany − 2009, few hours
• Ban Chiang, Udon Thani Province, Thailand − 2009, few hours
• Ban Dung, Udon Thani Province, Thailand − several times in the 2000s, few days
• Bang Pu Mai, Samut Prakan Province, Thailand − 2009, overnight
• Babylon, Domažlice District, Czech Republic − 1994, few hours
• Basel BS, Switzerland − 8× 2012, few hours ea.
• Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany − 2011, few days
• Bayrischzell, Bavaria, Germany − 1980s?, few hours
• Bellinzona TI, Switzerland − 1999, few hours
• Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany − 1997, overnight; 2013-08-02, few hours
• West Berlin, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany − 1994, few days
• Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2002?, few hours
• Bingen am Rhein, Germany − 1980s, few days

  

  Bingen, Germany

• Bingen, Washington, United States − 1989, few hours
• Bad Birnbach, Bavaria, Germany − 2006, few hours
• St. Blasien, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2006, few days
• Blaubeuren, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2002?, few hours

  

  Blautopf in Blaubeuren

• Bodrum/Halikarnas, Muğla province, Turkey − 1990s, overnight
• Bolzano-Bozen, Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol, Italy − 2011, 5 days
• Borkum, Niedersachsen, Germany − mid-1980s, two weeks
• Bornholm, Denmark − early 1990s, few days
• Boston, Massachusetts, United States − 1989, few hours
• Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, Austria − 2008, few hours
• Braunlage, Lower Saxony, Germany − several times during the 1970s and 1990s, few days ea.
• Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
  − birth place and upbringing, from 1971 to 1992

  

  Braunschweiger Löwe at Burgplatz.

  visits post 1992: 2006, 2014, few days ea.
• Braunwald GL, Switzerland − 1986, two weeks
• Bremen, Land Bremen, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Bad Brückenau, Bavaria, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Bruckmühl, Bavaria, Germany − 2015, 3 days
• Burglauer, Bavaria, Germany − 2010, ~5 times few hours ea.
• Carson, Washington, United States Carson Hot Springs to be exact − 1990, few hours
• Cascade Locks, Oregon, United States − 1989, few minutes
• Clackamas, Oregon, United States − 1989/1990, 1991, 1994, several times, few hours ea.
• Colombo, Sri Lanka − 2000, few days
• Corvara, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy − late 1970s, two weeks (skiing)
• Copenhagen (København), Denmark − 1980s and 1990s, 2×, few hours/overnight
• Dachau, Bavaria, Germany
  Germany − 1997 until 2002
• Dalhousie, Sri Lanka − 2000, few hours
• Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany − 2001, few days
• Dubai, United Arab Emirates − 2000, few hours (airport)
• Ebersberg, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, few hours
• Eberdingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 1990s and 2000s, few days ea.
• Eggenfelden, Bavaria, Germany − 2010, few hours
• Ellmau, Tyrol, Austria − 1994?, few days
• Engelberg OW, Switzerland − 1970s, few days
• Enix, Spain, Almería province, Spain − 1985?, few hours
• Erding, Bavaria, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Eugene, Oregon, United States − 1990, few days
• Felix, Spain, Almería province, Spain − 1985?, few hours
• Fethiye, Turkey − late 1990s, overnight
• Fieberbrunn, Austria − early 1990s, few hours (skiing)
• Florence, Italy − 2010, few days
• Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2012, few hours
• Freising, Bavaria, Germany − 2× in 1990s incl. overnight
• Freyung, Bavaria, Germany − 2011, few hours
• Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany − 3× in the 2000s, few days (2) and few hours (1); 2014 (over night)
• Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, few hours
• Fulda, Hesse, Germany − 2010, few hours
• Funchal, Região Autónoma da Madeira, Portugal − 2015, one week
• Galle, {{LKA} − 2000, few hours/overnight?

  

  Galle

• Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France − 1999, overnight
• Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany − 2× in the 1990s, few days ea.
• Gauting, Bavaria, Germany − 2007, few hours
• Gelnhausen, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse, Germany − early 1980s, few days
• Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Gilching, Bavaria, Germany − 1980s, few days
• Golden Sands, Varna Province (Oblast Warna), near Varna, Bulgaria − 1980s, about two weeks
• Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s (few days at Haus Hessenkopf) and 1991(?), few hours
• Gothenburg, Sweden (Göteborg) − 1986, few days
• nearby Gargano, Italy − 1996, ~ 1 Week
• Grasleben, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1970s or 1980s, few days
• Grassau, Bavaria, Germany − 1997, overnight
• Großinzemoos (Ortsteil von Röhrmoos), Bavaria, Germany - 2009?, few hours
• Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany - 1990s, 2014, c. 20 min. ea.
• Bad Grund, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s or 1970s, few hours
• Hahnenklee-Bockswiese, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Haifa, Israel − 2011, few days Wikimania 2011
• Hamburg, Germany − 1980s and 2000s, few hours
• Hanover (Hannover), Germany − several times in the 1980s, 2000s and 2010s, few hours
• Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony, Germany − several times in the 1980s and 1990s, few hours
• Bad Hersfeld, Kreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany − 1980s, few days
• Hebertshausen, Bavaria, Germany − 1997, few hours
• Heino, The Netherlands − 1980s, two weeks
• Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1985?, few hours

  

  Beach of Hikkaduwa.

• Hikkaduwa, Southern Province, {{LKA} − 2000, few days
• Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Hochdorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2002?, few hours
• Hohenschwangau, Bavaria, Germany − 1995?, few hours
• Holzkirchen, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, few hours
• Hood River, Oregon, United States − August 1989 until May 1990, and vists in 1991 and 1994
• Hünfeld, Hesse, Germany − 1980s, few days
• Husum, Washington, United States − 1990s
• Hvide Sande, Denmark − 1991, few days
• Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany − 2 × in the 2000s, few hours ea.
• Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria − 1980s (few hours ea.) and 2013, 3 days
• Jerusalem, Israel − 2011, few days
• Johanniskirchen, Bavaria, Germany − 2006 and 2008, some days ea.
• Kaiseraugst AG, Switzerland − 2012-09-09, few hours
• Kandy, Sri Lanka − 2000, few days
• Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2001, few hours
• Kassel, Hesse, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany − 2014, over night
• Kempten, Bavaria, Germany − 2013-06-15 to 2013-06-16
• Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany − 1990s, few hours
• Kiefersfelden, Bayern, Germany − 2014-09-19, few hours
• Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany − 2009-11-02 'til 2010-05-05
• Ko Chang (Ko[h] Chang) Is., Trat province, Thailand − 2003, 10 days
• Kochel am See, Bavaria, Germany − 2011-06-29, few hours
• Konstanz Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2012-09-08, few hours
• Korntal, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − ~ 1975, few hours
• Kraham, Ortsteil of Johanniskirchen, Landkreis Rottal-Inn, Bavaria, Germany − 2006, few days; 2009 (overnight); 2010 (few days); 2014 (few days, 3 ×)
• Wildbad Kreuth, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, few hours
• Bad Lauterberg, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s

  

  Bad Lauterberg

• Lalling, Bavaria, Germany − 2005, few hours
• Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany − late 1990s, few hours
• Landsberied, Bavaria, Germany − 2015, few hours
• Landshut, Bavaria, Germany − 2010, few hours
• Laufenburg, Landkreis Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2012, few hours
• Laufenburg AG, Switzerland − 2012, few hours
• Lehre, Gemeindteil Essehof, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1970s, few hours (Tierpark)
• Lenggries, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, few hours and 2008, few days (incl. Mt. Brauneck at each visit)
• Lalling near DEG, Bavaria, Germany − 2004?, few hours
• Laufenburg (Baden), Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2012-10-17, few hours
• Laufenburg AG, Switzerland − 2012-10-17, few hours
• Bad Liebenzell, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 1980s
• Lienz, Tyrol, Austria − 1980s, few hours
• Lindau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 1999, few hours
• Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2012, few hours
• London, England, United Kingdom − 3 × in the 1980s (1987? − my first trip all by myself to a foreign country)
• Lucerne (Luzern) LU, Switzerland − 1980s, few hours
• Lyon, Department Rhône, France − 1980s, overnight
• Maitenbeth, Bavaria, Germany − ~1998, few hours
• Marburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany

  

  Marburger Schloss

  − several times in the 1970s and 1980s, few days ea.
• Mariabrunn, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, few hours
• Marmaris, Muğla Province, Turkey − − 1997?, overnight
• Matrei in Osttirol, Tyrol, Austria − 1980s, two weeks
• Mining, Upper Austria, Austria − 2008, few hours
• Mödling, Lower Austria, Austria − 1994?, few days
• Münster, Regierungsbezirk: Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany − 1991?, few hours
• Munich, Bavaria, Germany — several visits before I settled there in 1995 (some intermissions)
• Murg (Southern Black Forest), Landkreis Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2012, few hours
• Murnau am Staffelsee, Bavaria, Germany (2013)
• Nakhon Phanom, Thailand − 2000s, few hours
• Nakoon Noi, Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand − 2007 and 2009, few hours ea.
• Nakoon Yai, Thailand − 4× in the 2000s, for some months
• Na Wa (city), Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand − several times in the 2000s, few hours ea.
• Neubiberg, Bavaria, Germany − 1980s, several visits; 1992 - 1995
• Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany − 2× in the 1990s

  

  Neuburg an der Donau

• Nice, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France − 1999, overnight
• Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Bavaria, Germany − 1990s and 2010, few hours ea.; 2013, few days
• Nussdorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka − 2000, overnight
• Oberstdorf, Bavaria, Germany − 2013, few days
• Oberstenfeld, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 1980s, few days
• Odell, Oregon, United States − 1990, few hours
• Oker (Goslar), Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Osterode am Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Ottobrunn, Bavaria, Germany − several times, few hours ea.
• Paris, France − 1991, few days (my second trip all by myself to a foreign country)
• Parkdale, Oregon, United States − 1990, few hours
• Passau, Bavaria, Germany − 1996, two days; 2015, few hours
• Pattaya, Chonburi Province, Thailand − 2002, few days ... OMG
• Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s and 2000s, few hours ea.
• Pfarrkirchen, Bavaria, Germany − 2006, few hours; 2010, few hours; 2014, few hours;
• Pfeffingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − late 1970s, few days
• Piding, Lkr. BGL, Bavaria, Germany − 1997, few hours
• Poing, Bavaria, Germany − 1980s, few days (several times)
• Poole, Dorset, England, United Kingdom − 1985?, few days
• Portland, Oregon, United States − several times, few hours ea. (including a visit to the Reed Research Reactor).
• Pfeffingen (Albstadt), Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 1976?, few days
• Räbke, Lkr. Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few days
• Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany − 2013-08-01, few hours
• Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany − 2011 and 2014, few hours
• Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 1980s, few days
• Rheinfelden (Baden), Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2012-10-14, few hours
• Rheinfelden AG, Switzerland − 2012-09-09, few hours
• Ritten, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy − 2011, few hours
• Roding, Bavaria, Germany − where I received basic training with the Bundeswehr between January 1994 and March 1994
• Röhrmoos, Bavaria, Germany − 1997, few hours -- 2009, few hours

  Rome.

• Rome, Italy − 2009, 10 days (instead of 21 booked)
• Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, 2014, few hours ea.
• Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany − 1995, two days
• Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany − 2009, few hours
• Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, Germany − 1992 and 2009, few hours ea.
• Rüdesheim am Rhein, Hesse, Germany − 1980s, few days
• Bad Sachsa, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few days
• Bad Säckingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  − 2012-05-29 until 2012-10-19
• Sakon Nakhon, idem. province, Thailand − 2000s, several times
• Salzburg, Bundesland Salzburg, [Austria − 1990s, few hours; 2013-08-03, few hours
• Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, Germany − several times in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, few hours ea.
• Salzgitter-Bleckenstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany (field trip to Schachtanlage Konrad) − 1980s, few hours
• Salzgitter-Ringelheim, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few hours or few days
• Sankt Andreasberg, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• San Diego, California, United States − 1994, few days
• Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Austria incl. St. Christoph − 1980s, two weeks

  

  Schliersee

• Schärding, Upper Austria, Austria − 2010, few hours
• Sautens-Ambach, Tyrol, Austria − Summer 2008, 3 days
• Schliersee, Bavaria, Germany − 2007, few hours
• Schönau am Königssee, Bavaria, Germany − c. 1993, few hours; 2013-07-31 until 2013-08-14, few weeks
• Schönau, L.B., Bavaria, Germany − 2006, few hours
• Schöppenstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, Germany − 1997, overnight
• Schulenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany − 2× in 2010, few hours ea.
• Sinntal-Oberzell, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse, Germany − 1980s, few days
• Sölden, Tyrol, Austria − 1980s, two weeks for skiing
• Spitzingsee, Bavaria, Germany − 2006, few hours
• Springe, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s
• Springfield, Oregon, United States − 1990, few hours
• Spitzingsee, Germany − 2014, overnight
• Staffelstein, Bavaria, Germany − 1993, two weeks
• Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany − several times in the 1990s, few hours ea.
• Steinau an der Straße, Hesse, Germany − 2009, few hours
• Straubing, Bavaria, Germany − 2001 (5 days), 2005 (few hours), 2011 (5 days)
• Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg,Germany − 1980s, ~7×, few hours and overnight
• Sudelfeld, Bayrischzell, Landkreis Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany − 2006, few hours for skiing
• Sulzemoos, Bavaria, Germany − 1997, few hours
• The Dalles, Oregon, United States − several times, few hours ea.
• Tegernsee, Lkr. MB, Bavaria, Germany − 2002?, few hours
• Teisendorf, Lkr. BGL, Bavaria, Germany − 1997, few hours
• Tel Aviv, Israel − 2011, few days
• Tiberias, Israel − 2011, few days
• Tillamook, Oregon, United States − 1989/1990?, few hours
• Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, 2 ×, few hours ea. (incl. Mt. Blomberg)
• Torfhaus (Harz Mountain Range), Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

  

  Tübingen

  − late 1970s and/or early 1980s, some days
• Udon Thani, Thailand − 2000s, several times, few hours ea.
• Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2002?, few hours
• Bad Urach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 2001 or 2002, few hours
• Vaduz, Liechtenstein − 1999, few hours
• Valley, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, few hours
• Vancouver, Washington, United States − 1994?, few days
• Vatican City − 2009, few hours ea. (4 × on a Rome trip)
• Verden (Aller), Lower Saxony, Germany − 1983 or 1984, few days
• Victoria, British Columbia, Canada − 1990, some days
• Vienenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany − several times in the 1970s and 1980s, few hours
• Vienna (Wien), Austria − 1990s and 2002, few days ea.
• Vientiane, Laos Laos − 2006, few hours
• Vilsbiburg, Bavaria, Germany − 2010, few hours ea.
• Vilshofen, Bavaria, Germany − 2010, few hours
• Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany − 2 × 1980s, few hours ea.
• Waltham, Massachusetts, United States − 3 weeks in 1989 (Bentley College)
• Wächterhof near Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, Bavaria, Germany − several times in 1990 for work for 6 weeks
• Wasserburg am Inn, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, few hours
• Weichs, Bavaria, Germany − 2009, few hours
• Weihenstephan, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, few hours
• Weil der Stadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany − 1980s or 1990s, few hours
• Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany incl. Wartburg castle − 1991, few hours

  

  Wartburg above Wernigerode.

• Weyarn, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, few hours
• White Salmon, Washington, United States − 1990?
• Bad Wiessee, Bavaria, Germany − c. 2001, few hours
• Bad Wildungen, Hesse, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Wissembourg, France − 2001 or 2002, few hours
• Wittmar, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1970s or early 1980s
• Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany − several times in the 1970s and 1990s, few hours ea.
• Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Worpswede, Lower Saxony, Germany − mid-1980s, ~ 1 week
• Wolfratshausen, Bavaria, Germany − 1990s, several times for a few minutes; 2014, some minutes
• Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany − 2010, 3 ×, few hours ea.

For more information, see

• http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/m/
• TripAdvisor (under construction)

Next destinations

• Madeira/Azores Portugal
• Puerto Rico
• Verona VR Italy
• Slovenia
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Budapest, Hungary
• Japan
• Indonesia − maybe also Bhutan and Nepal

I'd like to check out South America and Africa one day, too ...

Countries

• excluding Germany
• more than 1 hour

Nur Reisen ist Leben, wie umgekehrt das Leben Reisen ist. − Jean Paul

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Details at Virtualtourist

Objects and landscapes I have seen

(small selection)

North America

U.S.A.

United States

• 
  Timberline Lodge with Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson and the Three Sisters.
• 
  Crown Point, Oregon
• 
  Portland, Oregon
• 
  Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California.
• 
  Bridal Veil Falls (Oregon)
• 
  Mount Hood, Oregon.
• 
  Multnomah Falls, Oregon.
• Seal Rock State Wayside, Oregon.
  Seal Rock State Wayside, Oregon.

Canada

• 
  Victoria, British Columbia
• 
  Victoria, British Columbia
• 
  Butchart Gardens, Victoria Is., B.C.

Asia

• 
  Ko Chang, Thailand
• 
  Wat Kham Chanot, Thailand
• 
  Adam's Peak, {{LKA}
• 
  Tomb of Amyntas (Fethiye, Turkey)
• 
  Jerusalem, Israel
• 
  Vientiane, Laos

Europe

Basel BS, Switzerland — Rathaus

• 
  Bornholm Is., Denmark
• 
  Great St Bernard Pass (Col du Grand Saint Bernard), France/Italy. FranceItaly
• 
  Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany
• 
  Externsteine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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  Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
• 
  Gothenburg (Göteborg), Sweden
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  Hürtgenwald, Germany
• 
  Rhön, Germany
• 
  Thüringer Wald, Germany
• 
  Gardens of Vatican City, Vatican
• 
  Formentera Is., Spain
• 
  Corvara, South Tyrol − late 1970s Italy
• 
  Landshut (Germany): Trausnitz Castle Germany
• 
  Vaduz Castle, LI
• 
  Basel BS, Switzerland
• 
  Rome, Italy
• 
  Bad Säckingen (wooden bridge) Germany
• 
  The Thinker, Paris, France
• 
  The Little Mermaid
• 
  Disneyland Resort, United States

missing: Artwork

Airports

incomplete

Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand

• Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2000
• Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv District, Israel 2011
• Boston Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 1989
• Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, NC, U.S.A. 2015
• Cyril E. King Airport, United States Virgin Islands, U.S.A. 2015
• Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand 2002 2004 2009
• O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. 1991
• Cologne Bonn Airport, Cologne, Germany 1998
• Dalaman Airport, Muğla Province, Turkey 1998
• Dubai International Airport, Dubai, U.A.E. 2000
• Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 1989 1990
• Hanover/Langenhagen International Airport, Hanover, Germany 1982? 2006 2014
• Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A. ] 1991
• Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport near Rome, Italy 2009
• Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Puerto Rico , U.S.A. 2015
• Madeira Airport near Funchal, Portugal 2015
• Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport near Constanţa, Romania 1983?
• Munich Airport, near Munich, Germany 2002 2004 2007 2009 2010 2011 2014 2015
• Nakhon Phanom Airport, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand 2004
• Peretola Airport (Aeroporto di Firenze/Amerigo Vespucci Airport), Florence, Italy 2010
• Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. 2015
• Portland International Airport, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. 1989 1990 1991 1994
• Punta Cana International Airport, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015
• Sakon Nakhon Airport, Thailand 2004 2009
• Son Sant Joan Airport, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1977?
• Suvarnabhumi Airport near Bangkok, Thailand 2007 2009
• Udon Thani International Airport, Udon Thani, Thailand 2007 2009
• Varna Airport, near Varna, Bulgaria 1981?

See Template:De icon www.flugstatistik.de under user Matt1971 for details, that list is also incomplete

Museums, galleries and collections

Ritual masks from Polynesia displayed at Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München.

Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum.

Naturhistorisches Museum BS.

• Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, Florence, Italy – 2010
• Alpenländische Galerie, Kempten, Germany – 2013
• Alpinmuseum Kempten, Kempten, Germany – 2013
• Alte Pinakothek Munich, Germany – 1992, 2007, 4× 2008, 2010, 2× 2013, 4× 2014
• Anatomisches Museum Basel, Switzerland – 2012
• Archäologische Staatssammlung München, Germany (ex Prähistorische Staatssammlung) – including temp. exhibition Die letzten Tage von Herculaneum, 2006
• Augusta Raurica, Kaiseraugst AG/Augst BL, Switzerland – 2012
• Ban Chiang National Museum, Ban Chiang, Thailand – 2009
• Bayerisches Armeemuseum Ingolstadt, Germany – 1999?
• Bayerisches Polizeimuseum Ingolstadt, Germany – 2007
• Bavarian National Museum (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum), Munich, Germany – 2003?
• BMW Museum Munich, Germany – 1992? (not BMW Welt)
• Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum Braunschweig, Germany – 1986?
• Cuvilliés-Theater (incl. museum) Munich, Germany – 2008
• Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum Ingolstadt, Germany – 2000?
• Deutsches Museum Munich, Germany – twice, 1980s and 1990s
  • Verkehrszentrum Munich, Germany – 2007 and 2× 2009
  • Flugwerft Schleißheim, Germany – 1993?
• Dommuseum Salzburg, Austria – 2013-08-03
• Donau-Schiffahrt-Museum Regensburg, Germany – 2014
• Feuerwehrmuseum München, Munich, Germany – 2007
• Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Italy − 2009
• Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany − 2013
• Glyptothek Munich, Germany – 2008
• Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum Braunschweig, Germany – 1987?
• Basel Historical Museum, Switzerland - 2012-10-06 (ground floor only)
• Keltenmuseum Hochdorf, Germany – 2001?
• Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland – 2012-09-28
• Kriminalmuseum (Vienna), Austria – 2002
• Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München) – 2013
• Musée du Louvre, Paris, France – 1991
• Marburger Schloss, Germany – mid-1980s
• Mittelalterliches Kriminalmuseum Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany – 2009
• Münchner Polizeimuseum, Munich, , Germany – 1996
• Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany – 2004 or 2005
• Museu de Arte Sacra do Funchal, [Funchal]]], Portugal – 2015
• Music Museum (Basel), Switzerland – 2012-09-16
• MVG Museum Munich, Germany – 2007 and 2009
• Lower Saxony State Museum Hanover, Germany – 2014
• Neue Pinakothek Munich, Germany – 2013, 2014 (2×)
• Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy – 2010
• Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel, Switzerland – 2012-10-06
• La Specola, Florence, Italy – 2010
• Residenzgalerie Salzburg, Austria – 2013
• Roemer-und-Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Germany – 1985?
• Schaezlerpalais Augsburg, Germany – 2013-05-05 (all collections)
• Schloßmuseum Murnau, Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany – 2013
• Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany – 1987 or 1988
• South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology (Südtiroler Archäologiemuseum), Bolzano, Italy – 2011
• Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany – 2013-05-12
• Staatliche Münzsammlung München (Residenz), Munich, Germany – c. 1993
• Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, Munich, Germany – 2006
• Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München, Munich, Germany – 2× 2007
• Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig, Germany – several times between the 1970s and 1990s
• Städtisches Museum Braunschweig, Germany – 1991?
• Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy – 2010
• Vatican Museums, Vatican City – 2009
• Wehrpathologische Lehrsammlung der Sanitätsakademie der Bundeswehr, Munich,Germany – 1996
• Wiener Kriminalmuseum, Vienna, Austria – 2002

UNESCO World Heritage sites

• Acre/Akko/Acco (city center), Israel − 2011, few hours
• Bamberg (city center), Germany − 2009, few hours
• Ban Chiang Archaeological Site, Thailand – 2009, few hours
• Dolomites (dolomiti), Italy − c. 1977, few days
• Florence (city center), Italy − 2010, few days
• Jerusalem (city center), Israel − 2011, few days
• Laurisilva of Madeira, Portugal − 2015, few hours
• Regensburg (city center/Stadtamthof), Germany − 2011 and 2014, few hours ea.
• Rome (city center), Italy − 2009, few days
• Vatican, Holy See − 2009, few days
• Lutherhaus, Wittenberg, Germany − 1991, few hours (I was in Luther's former chamber with the ink stain) (the building became a UNESCO World Heritage site 3 years later)
• Würzburg Residence (Würzburger Residenz), Bavaria, Germany − 2010, few hours

Coming up:

• 2015 ...

Religious buildings

(small selection, sorted by settlement)

Apoteosi di Ignazio by Andrea Pozzo in Sant'Ignazio, al fresco, 1691 - 1694

• Germany
  • Bayreuth
    • Spitalkirche − 2011
  • Braunschweig
    • Aegidienkirche
    • St. Albertus Magnus − 1970s, 5+ times
    • Brunswick Cathedral (Dom) − 1970s-2000s, 5+ times
    • St. Pauli − 1980s-1990s, 30+ times
  • Fulda
    • Fulda Cathedral (Fuldaer Dom) − 2010
  • Ingolstadt
    • Münster Zur Schönen Unserer Lieben Frau − 2007
  • Kempten
    • St. Lorenz Basilica − 2013
  • Konstanz
    • Dreifaltigkeitskirche − 2012
    • Konstanz Minster (Konstanzer Münster) incl. Mauritiusrotunde, Basilica minor − 2012
    • St. Stephan − 2012
  • Munich (München)
    • Munich Frauenkirche (Dom zu Unserer Lieben Frau a.k.a. Frauenkirche) − 2006?
    • Asamkirche − 1997?
  • Murnau am Staffelsee
    • St. Nikolaus − 2013
• Israel − 2011
  • Acre/Akko/Acco
    • Or Torah Synagogue
  • Jerusalem
    • Church of the Holy Sepulchre
    • Church of the Pater Noster
    • Church of All Nations
    • Christ Church
    • Church of the Holy Sepulchre
    • Dominus Flevit Church
• Italy
  • Bolzano − 2011
    • Maria Himmelfahrt (Duomo di Bolzano)
  • Florence − 2009
    • Florence Cathedral (Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore)
    • Santa Maria del Carmine
  • Rome
    • Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio − 2010
    • Pantheon − 2010
    • San Lorenzo fuori le Mura? − 2010
    • Santa Maria del Popolo − 2010
    • Santa Maria della Vittoria − 2010
• Switzerland − 2012
  • Basel Minster (Basler Münster)
• Portugal − 2015
  • Igreja do Colégio (Funchal)
• Thailand

  

  Ceremony at Wat Kham Chanot

  • Wat Kham Chanot a.k.a. Wat Kumchanot or Wat Pajanak, Ban Dung − 2007 and 2009
  • Wat Nakhoon Noi, Nakhon Phanom − 2009
  • Wat Na Wa, Nakhon Phanom − 2007
  • Phra That Phu Pek (new), Sakon Nakhon − 2004
  • Wat Phra That Choeng Chum, Sakon Nakhon − 2004
  • Wat Tham Kham (วัดถ้ำขาม), Sakon Nakhon − 2004
  • a wat full of cats in Na Wa, Nakhon Phanom Province
• Holy See (Vatican City ) − 2009
  • Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano)
  • St. Peter's Basilica (Sancti Petri in Vaticano)
  • Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (Santa Maria della Neve)
  • Scala Sancta
  • Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri (Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri)
• Sri Lanka
  • Kandy: Sri Dalada Maligawa (ශ්‍රී දළදා මාළිගාව)

Trade fairs

Germany

• bauma − 2007
• Han(n)over Messe − 1987
• Harz + Heide − 1980s, ~9 times
• ISPO Munich − 2012

Animals

Stripe-tailed Hummingbird

• I was raised with 2 (some years 3) domestic cats (1978-1990). Since 2011, I have a domestic cat again.
• My first horse ride was in 1984.
• I have seen my first wild hummingbirds in 1989 in Oregon, USA.
• I've seen my first wild dolphins in the Turkish Riviera ~ 1997.

Other

Danube Delta in Romania

• 10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom − 1986?
• Danube Delta, Romania − 1980s, one day (nice, but so much mosquitos…)
• Great St Bernard Pass, Italy ↔ France − 1999 by motorcycle, few hours
• Naturpark Bayerischer Spessart, Germany − 1980s, few hours
• Thuringian Forest (Thüringer Wald) Germany – 2005?, few hours
• Yala National Park, {{LKA} − 2000, overnight
• Ettal Abbey, Germany − 1988?, few hours
• Prasat Phu Phek, Thailand (ruin) - early 2000s
• Nong Han Lake, Thailand - early 2000s
• Phu Phan Mountains, Thailand
• Runkelstein Castle, Italy - 2010
• Burg Trausnitz, Germany - 2010

  

  Glungezerhütte

• Glungezerhütte, Austria - 2013
• Perchten/Krampus (IMG)
• I've seen my first double rainbows in the Turkish Riviera.

Hills, mountains and mountain ranges

Mt. Wendelstein, Germany.

• Adam's Peak (Sri Pada), {{LKA} − 2000, "climbed" the summit in the night -- 2,243 metres (7,359 ft)
• Brauneck, Germany – 2008
• Glungezer, Tux Alps, Austria − 2013 (alpine hut)
• Hafelekarspitze, Inntalkette, Austria − 2013
• Harz mountain range, Germany – several times between the 1970s and 1990s
• Mount Hood, OR, United States − 1989 or 1990 -- 11,249 feet (3,429 m)
• Mount Rainier, WA, United States − 1990 -- 13,211 feet (4,027 m)
• Mount Shasta, OR/CA, United States of America − 1990?
• Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany – 1980s 2 or 3 times; 2012
• Karwendel (Tiroler Mittelland), Austria – 2013, few hours
• Sudelfeld, Bavaria, Germany – 2006, few hours (skiing)
• Swabian Alb (Schwäbische Alb), Germany … I have no idea where exactly, but I've seen de:Bärenhöhle
• Tuxer Alpen (Tiroler Mittelland), Austria – 2013, few days
• Walchensee (village), Bavaria, Germany – 2015, few hours
• Wendelstein, Bavaria, Germany – mid-1990s (overnight)
• Wildspitze, Ötztal Alps, Austria − mid-1980s, few hours for skiing -- elev. 3,774 metres (12,382 ft)
• Mt. Zugspitze, Germany - early 1990s
• and many more (hiking, skiing), mostly visited in the 1990s

Impressions of my upbringing in Braunschweig

Education

• 
  Städtische Grundschule Bültenweg (1978-1982)
• 
  Musikschule Braunschweig @ Villa Gerloff, 4 years of piano lessons (~ 1984-1988)
• 
  Hood River Valley High School, Class of 1990 (Honorary High School Diploma; Honor Roll)
• 
  Fachgymnasium Wirtschaft der BBS III (formerly Ina-Seidel-Gymnasium; 1990-1992)

Environment

• 
  Burgplatz

High School curriculum

Rare classes (in the view of Germans) I have attended (all credit-eligible) included Sociology (½), Psychology (½), Concert Choir, Jazz Choir (½), Music theory (½) and American history. I was member of the following sport clubs: Track and Field, Wrestling and golf (try-out only)

Non-professional qualifications

sorted by topic

• Boating
  • Sportbootführerschein Binnen under sails / under motor ~ 1991
  • Sportbootführerschein See under sails / under motor ~ 1992
  • Segelführerschein "BR" DSV under sails / under motor ~ 1995
  • Sportseeschifferschein under sails / under motor ~ 1994
• Sports
  • <general>
    • Bundesjugendspiele (?), ~1982
    • Bayerisches Sportleistungsabzeichen bronze (Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband), 1996 ("Sondergold" in 200m swimming)
    • Deutsches Sportabzeichen bronze 1996 , silver ~ 1997
    • Prüfer Deutsches Sportabzeichen (examiner)
  • Budō
    • German ju-jutsu 5th kyū-level DJJV, 1996 File:(5. Kyu.).png
    • Karate 9th kyū-level DJJV, since 2014 [File:Ceinture blanche.png|30px]]
  • Swimming

    

    • Seepferdchen, ~ 1976
    • Deutsches Jugendschwimmabzeichen - silber, ~ 1985
    • DLRG-Rettungsschwimmabzeichen silber, ~ 1986
    • BRK Wasserwacht-Rettungsschwimmabzeichen silber, ~ 1996
      

etc. pp.

• Driving licence
  • Germany
    • Class A, BE, C1E, CE, ML (1990-1995); Schlüsselzahl 95 (2014)
    • Fahrerlaubnis zur Fahrgastbeförderung („Personenbeförderungsschein“) (2014)
    • Flurfördermittelschein („Staplerschein“) (2014)
  • USA
    • Oregon DMV (Class B?), unrestricted (1990-1994)
• Radio operator
  • UKW (nautical radio) 1991

Professional qualifications until 1995-12-31

Basic training @ Bundeswehr

• Sicherheitsfahrtraining BMW M3, 1993
• Bundeswehr ATN Sicherungssoldat from 4./Jägerbataillon 4, 1994
• Dienstfahrerlaubnis Bundeswehr Kl. 3, 1994
• Dienstfahrerlaubnis Deutsche Bundespost Kl. 3, 1995

Memberships of non-professional organizations

• currently
  • HEROLD, Verein für Heraldik, Genealogie und verwandte Wissenschaften zu Berlin
• formerly
  • Deutsches Jugendherbergswerk
  • DLRG
  • Verband der Reservisten der Deutschen Bundeswehr
  • Heraldisch-Genealogische Gesellschaft „Adler“

Books

I have read more than 150 books so far, starting as a child. English language books include Lord of the Flies (1991), portions of the bible (mostly during Sunday School lessons and sermons in 1989/1990) and of course school books during my exchange year. Last read books: Eine Billion Dollar, Der Letzte seiner Art. My current book is Freedom™ ("Darknet").

Visual Arts

I have been always into visual arts (drawings and paintings), in late 2007 it became somewhat like a passion. I don't know why, maybe it's because of Wikimedia Commons usage.

Paintings I have studied (originals and with professional guide only)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mattes/Misc./Original_paintings

Music

I have learned to play the following instruments in the 1970s and 1980s: recorder, piano (over 6 years, 4 years at Städtische Musikschule Braunschweig), Spinet and electronic organ). Also, I like to sing (including one year in High School — The Madrigal singers of HRVHS impressed me at that time), I was a member of the Jazz and Concert Choir of Hood River High School, class of 1990. I'm esp. gifted with rhythm.

My mother was a music teacher at a public school and also a teacher for special ed. My paternal grand grandfather was a professional organist in Wałbrzych, Lower Silesia, Poland (seems like I have partly inherited some of his genes).. My maternal grandfather was an officer in the WW I and II in the Wehrmacht.

My music styles are all but country music and Volkstümliche Musik. Nowadays, I do not prefer to listen to Heavy Metal anymore (1980s) or even Rap/Hip Hop (1990s). My main favorite music style is classical music. Since 2015, I'm an ensemble member of AGV München (Grosser Chor).

Misc.

I have watched TV for ~35 years for almost every day, nowadays some minutes per month. I have listened to radio programmes for the same time, but nowadays, this rarely happens.

Motor vehicles

(all but the TDM images and the Yamaha scooter do not show the individual vehicle)

Driven and owned

• 
  Peugeot 306 II, ~ 1997 - ~ 1999 (metallic gray)
• 
  Lancia Delta GT i.e. 1500 I ~ 1998 (red)
• 
  Mitsubishi Lancer III, ~ 1997 - ~ 1999 (red)
• 
  Subaru Justy KAD (I)
• 
  Vespa P 200 E (with clutch), ~ 1997 - ~ 1999 (green)
• 
  Yamaha TDM850 4TX, ~ 1997 - 1999 (metallic yellow and black)
• 
  Yamaha TDM850 4TX, ~ 2000 (blue)
• 
  Yamaha Scooter Teo's, 125 cm³, 9 kW (12 hp), 4 cyl., automatic transmission, water cooling, disk brake, built in Sept. 2000.

Driven but not owned

• 
  Ford F-250 II
• 
  Opel Kadett D Caravan (built 1979–1984)
• 
  Renault 4 F6
• 
  Volkswagen Golf Mk2
• 
  BMW 5 Series (E34)
• 
  Audi A4 Avant B5
• 
  BMW E46/3 td
• 
  BMW 320d Touring (E91)
• 
  Volkswagen Type 2 (T3)
• 
  Volkswagen Transporter (T4)
• 
  BMW X1 (E84‎)
• 
  BMW Mini R60 (Countryman‎)

among others (e.g. rental cars, civil employment, military service)

Next car to be owned: Audi Q3 quattro

Interesting Wikipedia articles

Dancing Plague of 1518 (why doesn't it occur again?) •

User boxes

I'm working on the ultimative Wikipedia user box gallery. This is going to be completed within the upcoming years -- or maybe never, we'll see.

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