Tag: Germany

Signs of Hoarding

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I was surprised to find the technical term for boarding around building sites is hoarding: Construction Hoarding, or A-Class Hoarding, is the use of boards, fences or other standing structures to signal and secure the boundary of a construction site.

And every now and again these public spaces are used creatively. Like in Wiesbaden. A museum made the bare surfaces into a exhibition called “Abstraktion im Quadrat”. It was a co-operation between artists and various schools.

The photos were taken on the run – I would have liked to have more leisure instead of taking rushed pictures.

Photographing Public Art #67

Inexplicably Called “The Blue Hat”

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The best theory why this remnant of the town fortification is called “the blue hat” is that the orginal roof was made of blue black slate, possibly destroyed during the Thirty Year’s War. But it remains a theory.

original

The following pictures have all been cropped and the contrast was slightly increased. All editing was done with Photoscape.

“bandicoot”

“water colour pencil”

“oil painting”

Blauer Hut

Kate’s One-to-Three Processing Challenge in October

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Let’s Go!!

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Wurstmarkt time is high jinx time!

The Wurstmarkt in Bad Dürkheim is the largest winefest in the world. It lasts for 2 weeks. Enough time for all the high jinx to last you a whole year!

The sculpture is part of the Wurstmarkt fountain in the square in front of the Bad Dürkheim station.

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Jinx

Disclaimer: I did not want to jinx my weekend by focussing on the negative aspect of the word.

I’m a Fan of the Wurstmarkt Brunnen

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During the first two weeks in September, Bad Dürkheim in the Palatium puts on the largest winefest in the world, the Wurstmarkt (literally: sausage market). It’s not a new festival, it has been around since 1417 – in 2017 it was celebrated for the 600th time! In comparison, the first Oktoberfest in Munich was only in 1810.

Most visitors to the fest arrive by train or tram and the first thing they see when they arrive is the Wurstmarkt fountain.

The wine is brought to the fairground.

People come in their Sunday finery, families and all.

There are stalls for things to buy and things to win.

There are also fairground rides.

Of course, there is music to accompany the merrymaking.

It’s not called sausage market for nothing.

There are always some who overdo it.

Until the next morning, when it starts all over again. For a whole two weeks.

I’m a Fan of … #175