There are more than 20 towns and villages called Neustadt in Germany, meaning “new town”, so they get an affix to distinguish one from the other. Neustadt an der Weinstraße is situated on the German Wine Road, a route traversing the wine region of the Palatinate region in the southwest of Germany. It is surrounded by vineyards to all sides, and there are traditional wineries and wine-growers on every street and on every corner. These are traditionally homesteads in the middle of the village, several houses and buildings surrounding a courtyard. They usually have a large gate as the main entrance to let tractors and in former times horse-drawn carriages in.
Often they have a smaller door set in the larger gate for everyday access. When the building purpose is changed the arches are often kept because of the structure of the wall as well as for looks.
In this case the arch was filled in except for a door and a window.
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Wonderful archways for this week 😀 I think my favorite is the last one. 😀
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It’s like a framed door, isn’t it?
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Fantastic selection, Elke 👏 I always enjoyed visiting Neudstadt when I was deployed in the Baltic 😃
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Oh… Neustadt an der Weinstraße is the Neustadt the furthest away from the Baltic of all German Neustadts … There is one near Berlin (Neustadt an der Dosse) where I have relatives. I would have stopped there 😂 it’s beautiful too!
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I did know there were so many Neustadts 😂
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😂
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Lovely doors and arches 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Thank you, Teresa!
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