A magic dwells in each beginning

"A magic dwells in each beginning" / "Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne" - this famous line of the poem "Stufen", written by Hermann Hesse over 80 years ago, comes to my mind when posting a bittersweet update here. After over 16 years of independent research and teaching at the physics department of Universität Regensburg, my Heisenberg grant and with that my last university employment…