Eckwarden Butjadingen

Journalist Aike Koch her book "The last of Immkenburg" presents

The author of Aike Koch, "The last of Immkenburg" events and episodes from her life recorded, that it deserve to be recorded. Scenes from her childhood in the Butjadinger country, in which she is deeply rooted, from the time of the Hitler regime and the post-war years.

Aike Koch was born in 1933 in Bremen. After graduation, she studied languages in Heidelberg. Until 1989 she undertook extensive travels including France, Spain, Czech Republic - there she witnessed the Prague Spring.

The author wrote extensive works on the dictatorship of Francisco Franco and the transition to democracy in Spain, wrote articles for the Schulfunk, and dealt with the analysis of conductors and church music. For 15 years, Aike lived Koch on Mallorca. in 1989, she began the restoration of the farm on the Höchte in Eckwarden, which is since then permanent place of residence of the author.

The worth reading book "The last of Immkenburg" with illustrations by Michael Dyer is now available in bookstores.