It might not be the largest baroque palace in Germany but it looks impressive even in winter with the capped tree skeletons in front. Particularly the palace gardens are wonderful. Apparently the buildings were originally painted in a yellow colour offset with white elements. I don’t know when the pinkish/salmon colour came in but I think it works very well – in fact, it looks splendiferous!
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Splendiferous
Many of the houses in the Martinsviertel in Darmstadt are more storey buildings from around the turn of the century (19th to 20th century, not the millenium). They were not free standing houses but terraced houses, originally with uniform looks. But more than 100 years … Continue reading Martinsviertel
But I could if I let me. That’s my last on the card on my phone. It was a quick grab in the parking lot because I was standing behind this car. Since it is a car number I have to break one of Brian’s … Continue reading I’m not nagging
The Kingdom Hall Look inside! One Word Sunday
Last week I went on a walk in the woods to find some leftover hoarfrost. I climbed a steep hill and I decided to not to go down the slippery slope but rather take the long walk through the village of Heiligkreuz (a really small … Continue reading One day I was surprised
have these millstones crushed? Millstones from a mill built in 1612:, they were put on display in a small square in 1979, restored in 2010. For the sake of scale I went back there and asked two guys to stand next to the stones. The … Continue reading How many grains
while my son and grandson were looking down. Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Up or Down – or both
This building is on the site of the “Hessische Rebmuttergarten” (aka the mamma of vines in Hesse) where in 1927 the vines resistant to the grape phylloxera were developed. This vine fretter was a pest, which came from the Americas to Europe and was set … Continue reading Thank you, Mama
This is Bligger von Steinach, as depicted in the Codex Manesse, the beautifully illustrated songbook of German courtly songs in the middle ages. He was a noble who resided in Neckarsteinach in the 13th century but his fame came from his Minnelieder, his songs of courtly love. If the picture holds true he dictated his works to a clerk rather than stain his own fingers. I took the photo at the Starkenburg above Heppenheim which is today a youth hostel and pictures of the Manesse Handschrift decorate the hallways.
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