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Tag: Fotografie
Wars are never won
This war memorial – commemorating the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 – stands in front of the St Laurentius Church in Weinheim. As in many towns all over Germany, memorials went up to celebrate this particular war and Kaiser Wilhelm I. A German historian talked of this as the epidemic of monuments brought forth by Germany’s boastful besottedness with national ideals (file:///C:/Users/nukman/AppData/Local/Temp/12240-21601-1-PB.pdf) and I am not at all fond of these glorifications of war.
There is a humorous side note to this particular one. Johann Wilhelm Goos, a miller in town, was considered to be the epitome of manhood and chosen to be the model for the charging soldier. He later emigrated to America with his family, where he became wealthy. To this day, descendants of Johann Goos come to Weinheim and want to see what their ancestor looked like.
This is a more comprehensive look of the church overlooking the market square.
For A Photo a Week Challenge: Light the Night. More lit up nights can be found here.
A new building in town
I came upon this odd structure yesterday. It’s on a company’s ground which has just changed its corporate colours (flags everywhere!). The bright colours urged me to fool around a bit.
For Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge. More oddballs can be found here.
The Eastern mind is circular
This is looking up in the dome of the Red Mosque in the castle grounds in Schwetzingen, Germany. This mosque was build in 18th century and never intended as a place of religious worship, rather as an expression of the time’s fascination with all thing oriental.
For One Word Sunday: circle. More circular, round or rounded photos can be found here.
After the rain
Another series for Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge. More photos of road, streets, avenues, paths, can be found here.
Just let your skin breathe
Nancy at The A Photo a Week challenge asked for a photo with an opening.
I managed two openings in one shot.
More openings, possibly a lot more scenic, can be found here.
Tonight’s forecast: 99% chance of wine
An outing to Rüdesheim, where the
Rhine flows through the valley and
on both sides steep vineyards rise
up – and one ends the day
with a good meal together with
friends and a glass of wine.
Or two. Or three. Or more.
For Six Word Saturday. More six word musings can be found here.
Reading between the lines
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Columns and vertical lines.
More upward / downward movement in more photos here.
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