Two weeks ago we went to a new public pool. We liked it.
Tag: Germany
The Bürgerhospital in Frankfurt
“What is the art of healing other than a daily service of love and charity to advance the wellbeing of the suffering!”
Johann Christian Senckenberg
Senckenberg, a physician, naturalist, and collector, set up a foundation and to this day the noted natural history museum in Frankfurt carries his name. He was instrumental in establishing the first proper hospital in Frankfurt in the mid 18th century. The walls on the ground floor are decorated with quotes by him.
Aye, there’s the Nub!
NUB stands for Neckaruferbebauung Nord. It consists of three highrise residential building with terraced buildings in front and several school buildings, on the northern banks of the river Neckar in Mannheim.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Cityscapes
and Thursday Trios.
Blow by Blow
The family crest for “Eisenhauer” (a not uncommon name in the German state of Hesse), literally “striker of iron” which is what a blacksmith does: he strikes the iron on the anvil – and what an impact he makes.
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A Window with A View and a House with Trees
I’ve shared this shot before – but how could I not with this brief? The lighthouse of Roker Beach in Sunderland.
And here the same window – just to show what difference the right angle, different lighting and a different focus can do.
And now for something completely different: A white house hiding behind green trees.
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: June Pick a Topic from My Photo
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An Earthly Wine Melt
Rhein and Mosel: two streams that each has travelled through major wine growing country before they meet here, at the “Deutsche Eck”, the German corner, in Koblenz.
I was up in a cable car and against the sun so my pictures don’t show the amazing spectacle that the blue-greyish water of the Rhein conflates with the brownish water of the Mosel (probably due to bad weather further to the west).
Flying with the Bees
The fairground came to Michelstadt in the Odenwald. The event is known as the “bees’ market” and it ends with a bee exhibition and the auctioning off bee colonies and beekeeper paraphernalia.- The fairground attractions are usually garish in colour, bright and shiny but this rather old-fashioned swing-carousel is doing it in pastels.
Cee’s Midweek Madness: June Pale Colour
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Reaching the Highspot
After a long climb, if you’re the first to reach the top!
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Vogelstang Lake
The lake is wedged between two suburbs of Mannheim, Vogelstang and Wallstadt. From the northern side the watertower of Wallstadt rises above the stretch of beach.
From the opposite site the highrise apartment building of Vogelstang are visible.
BTW: The sign just visible says: swimming allowed, boats and stand up paddling not allowed.
School Windows
These are windows of the Feudenheimschule in a district of Mannheim. Many schools were built in the first twenty years of the last century, and it shows in the style. Also, in our area of the country sandstone is an often used building material. This particular school was finished in 1913.
The detail in the top left photo is part of the crest of Mannheim, a wolf’s hook – a tool used to catch wolves and foxes in former times.
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