I have to add to the one word because this wheel led me down a small rabbit hole.
At the harbour of Gernsheim, a town on the Rhine about 40 km south of Mainz, I saw this crest on the side of a monument. The monument – that’s an aside – showed Peter Schöffer, the man who was working with Johannes Gutenberg inventing movable letters for printing. I found out that this is the crest of the city of Mainz at the confluence of the rivers Main and Rhine. I learned that a single white or silver wheel on a red background was traditionally the crest of the prince-archbishopric of Mainz and to distinguish the town from the archbishopric another wheel was added, displayed in a diagonal and connected with a silver cross. The wheel symbolises the seat of a court, I think. And to my surprise I had a photo of the crest of the archibishopric on the next photo, so probably just a few steps away.
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So very different from English heraldic design. Interesting.
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That’s a fabulous rabbit hole Elke
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We all like the Peter Schöffer guy around here. Apparently, he was very instrumental (maybe more so than Gutenberg) in the invention of moveable letters. I didn’t know that either until a few years ago. We like him because in later life he moved to a place which had a brewery and to this day “Schöfferhofer” is a well known beer in Germany. They caught on early and were the first who brought a shanty on the market with wheat beer (not with lemonade but with grapefruit). Very refreshing in summer, with half the alcohol. And generally called a “girly beer” – which is just fine by me.
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Girly beer here too. That was the first beers I was allowed to have. I like the lemonade version. I can’t stand grapefruit
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They have a version with pear. Not everybody’s cup of t… , glass of beer but it works well with a good curry.
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Most beers and curries work well together
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