Erwin Böhme was a German World War I fighter ace credited with 24 aerial victories. He was born in Holzminden on 28 July 1879. Both studious and athletic, he became a champion swimmer, proficient ice skater, and expert skier, as well as an alpinist. After serving his mandated military service in 1899, and earning a civil engineering degree, he moved to Switzerland for three years of mountaineering.
Erwin Böhme, after the death of Oswald Boelcke
A 2006 view of Holzminden's old town.
Usambara Railway tracks
A Nieuport 12 replica in French livery.
Holzminden is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Holzminden. It is located on the river Weser, which at this point forms the border with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
A view over the town in autumn
The Weserkai and the large granary
Fürstenberger Strasse, looking towards Haarmannplatz (Haarmann Square, named after the district building master Friedrich Ludwig Haarmann); with, on the right, the Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst (HAWK)
Railway station