Author: eklastic
Zu alt, um nur zu spielen. Zu jung, um ohne Wunsch zu sein.
I’m a Fan of Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe are the two poets and authors who were on the forefront of establishing the reputation of Germany as the “country of poets and thinkers”. Schiller was born in Marbach in Swabia. He fell foul of the repression of the small country of Württemberg so he fled to neighbouring Baden where he had his debut play premiered in Mannheim.
So in Mannheim I found the youngest statue of Schiller, showing him when he was about 23 – and his big success “The Robbers” premiered.
The Frankfurt statue of Schiller shows him a few years older.
He lived his last years in Weimar where his contemporary Wolfgang von Goethe was established as a politician and the reigning literature god.
Goethe supported him somewhat and the two collaborated during the years they spent together in Weimar.
He died early , only 36 years old.
Municipal Indoor Swimming Pool in Mannheim
This is the front of the Herschelbad in Mannheim. Bernhard Herschel was a businessman and local councellor who donated 500,000 goldmarks in early the 20th century for the establishment of a public swimming bath that would carry his name. It took quite a while with planning and building and the baths were finally opened in 1920, 15 years after his death. There are three large pools, bath tubs, a Roman-Irish bath, a sun bathing section and even a pool for dogs.
A few of the various windows seen on the neo-baroque front.
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Little Dragon Flying
Macro Monday
Life Is Hard
Monday Portrait
The Boy and the Butterfly
One to Three Challenge in July
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Väribingo
Värikollaasit is a Väribingo this week. I couldn’t make up my mind and made a Värisquare.
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