The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Placid
Tag: Germany
Different Times, Different Place
It might have been an easier time when police and public were more affable in their dealings with each other. It might also be due to the region – the people of the Rhineland are known for their jovial demeanour.
These are two sculptures (2 of 6, distributed in the centre of Koblenz) in honour of historic local characters, here market-woman Ringelstein and Constable Otto. They stand next to each other, Otto is taking down a complaint by Mistress Ringelstein.
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The Clothes Maketh the Man
In this case, particularly the hat doth the making. And the times define the clothes. But what if the clothes don’t fit in the times? Does that make the man anachronistic all by himself?
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Anachronistic
Oh, Julia!
Cee’s Midweek Madness: Pick a Topic from my Photo in March
My photo is of a restaurant in downtown Mannheim and this is Cee’s photo:
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This Forest Is Unpredictable
I was really puzzled by this notice I came across in a piece of wood in the Palatium:
Careful! Wood!
These trees are actually woodland.
Enter at your own risk.
Branches might fall down and trees might fall over.
Please stay out on windy days.
Don’t stand underneath the trees and do not park there.
Town of Otterberg, Forestry Office Rhineland-Palatium
I’ve learned that forests are unpredictable. As are public notices in the Palatium.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Unpredictable
Not a Seagull, a River Neckar Gull
Wordless Wednesday
The Power of Three
Three is a powerful number and often three of the same are used in crests and coat of arms. The three lilies are from the coat of arms of the town of Wiesbaden, the capital of the State of Hesse. The three rings are a medieval symbol for a bishop and this crest is displayed a the front of the Kloster Neuburg near Heidelberg.
Times Going By
The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin has seen its share of history. It was built in the last decade of the 18th century. Twenty years later it saw the downfall of Napoleon. The French troops had taken the Quadriga (the four horses and the carriage on top) to Paris and General Blücher found it in Paris and brought it back to its original place.
After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 it saw the victory parade and until the end of the first World War only the Prussian Emperor and his immediate family as well as honoured guests were allowed to use the middle passage.
The Nazis celebrated their seizure of control over the German state with a massive torchlight possession through its arches. The gate then was quite heavily damaged during the fights in Berlin at the end of World War II.
On 17 June 1953 it was one of the sites of the uprising in East Germany. From 1961 to 1989 it couldn’t be crossed at all because it stood on the border between the two German states.
Today it is almost a casual place.
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