Tag: bridge

Half a ufo has landed

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Kronenhochhaus Westend 1

The Kronenhochhaus (crowned skyscraper) in Frankfurt, Germany, from the side

Kronenhochhaus Westend 1

and from below.

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A three-bowed bridge crossing the Neckar near Ladenburg in Southwest Germany.

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: curves and circles.

More curvy and round subjects can be found here.

The creature of the green belt

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Grüngürteltier

A few years ago I came across this sign in Frankfurt. I found it intriguing and yes, odd.  I had no idea what that animal, if it actually is one, was supposed to be.  I’ve since seen a few more signs with the same creature in different poses, unfortunately I don’t always carry my camera.

Yesterday – finally! – I found out the story behind it.  The creature was sitting happily on a pedestrian bridge crossing the river Nidda.

Grüngürteltier

And a sign beneath it proclaimed it to be the GrünGürtel-Tier.

GrünGürteltier

This is a play on words which needs to be explained: Gürteltier is a actually an armadillo but literally a belt anmial, Grüngürtel is the greenbelt surrounding a city for urban recreation, hence this is the GreenBelt Animal.  Rather whimsical, I think.

Grüngürteltier

Here is some more information if you are interested but only in German: https://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=4132 .

For Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge.  More oddball photos can be found here.

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Neckarbrückenblues

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Although Joy Fleming was thinking of a different bridge over the river Neckar when she sang her signature tune: Neckarbrückenblues, this bridge is about 20km upriver, and thus qualifies for Neckarbrücke.

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It spans the Neckar between Ilvesheim and Seckenheim, which is a suburb of Mannheim.

Here is clip of this German blues singer from Mannheim with the amazing voice, from 1980: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR6hKeCB4eQ

For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge. More photos of roads, ways, paths, bridges and the like can be found here.