Life in the countryside probably has many parallels in every country in the world.
For over 70 years, three photographers from one family photographed a village in Thuringia: Ludwig Schirmer, Werner Mahler and finally Ute Mahler, who later co-founded the renowned Ostkreuz photo agency.
Many of the photographs are currently on display at the Akademie der Künste Berlin.
Interview with Ute Mahler (in German):
https://www.radiodrei.de/programm/schema/sendungen/radio3_am_morgen/archiv/20250227_0600/radio3_aktuell_0910.html