This Gingko in the Weinheimer Schlosspark is 180 years old and over 23 metres high (the sign says 20 metres but the sign itself is about 20 years old and the gingko hasn’t stopped growing).
Tag: Germany
One Rock? One?!
Debbie’s One Word Sunday prompt is rock. I couldn’t stop at one.
And don’t think these are just close-up of pebbles. To put it in perspective here are a few people.;
When the weather is good and the rocks are dry and non-slippery, the Felsenmeer near Reichenbach im Odenwald is teeming with families clambering up the 1,200 m sea of rocks.
Less athletic types can walk on a winding road between the different sections. Btw: This path also contains access points for ambulance and rescue vehicles. Needed regularly, I’m told.
But that doesn’t seem to deter the masses.
The Tail End of the Storm
We had the first autumn storm blustering over our area. It didn’t bring much rain, at least around here, but the winds were quite strong and there was damage to some trees. Today the last of the clouds were passing overhead.
A Spire with a Twist
Legend has it that the devil himself twisted the spire of St Clemens in Mayen. I’m not sure if that’s true but it’s a much more compelling story than that it was simply caused by a mistake of the carpenters.
Since the devil’s ire came from being fooled into helping to build the church – he’d been told that the people of Mayen were building an inn with a ballroom rather than a church – here are a few twisted vines.
The Sun Is Going down
still kind of light 
the light is going 
colours are showing 
colours are going
the end of the day 
the sun is going down 
colours blazing 
colours are almost gone
Up Square
This was the first past square I decided on (I worked my way the alphabet up and posted the photos the alphabet down) and I don’t quite remember why I considered it an up square. There are two birds up on the roof? The scaffolding was up one day without warning (at least, I wasn’t told beforehand)? The ladder on the left leads upward? Anywho – it’s a square about preserving the past.
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Past Square #14
Tree Square
This tree stands inside the castle ruin of Lindenfels. It is already old but the tree doctors are doing everything to keep it alive and have put in splints so that it doesn’t topple over. Burg Lindenfels was first mentioned in 1123 and thus has a really long past to look back to.
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Top Square
This wayside shrine is standing on top of hill and it had snow on top. Nowadays no new shrines are erected in Germany but they are a reminder of a more outwardly religious past.
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More Neustadt
I’ve featured Neustadt an der Weinstraße quite a lot the past couple of weeks and here are a few more windows from the village Mußbach incorporated in Neustadt. They are from this house – an obvious tourist magnet.
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