The orb with cross, the globus cruciger, symbolised Christ’s domination over the world in the hand of a worthy ruler during the Middle Ages. I have no idea whether this particular ruler, a figure in a facade of the Heidelberg Castle that is not completely in ruins, was a particular worthy ruler. In fact I tried to find out who he was because I liked the kitty at his feet but I gave up because there are so many of these figures.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Sovereignity
Since I couldn’t match Debbie’s Six Word Saturday I think I’m permitted to break the rule and add a few more words.
I’m reverting to a series I had a few years back, i.e. using book titles as my heading and finding appropriate photos to go go with them. Today’s novel is Das Brot der frühen Jahre, a novel by the German Nobel prize winner Heinrich Böll. The photo shows the bakery (now long gone) where we bought our bread when I was little.
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Since it has been far too dry the level of our local river is quite low. But there are signs that show when the opposite was true.
Weekly Prompt Weekend Challenge: Level
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We were playing around with our reflection on the visitors’ deck of the Stuttgart airport.
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If you live in Germany, you’ll understand. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Delay
These are not “lived in” treehouses or playhouses but part of an art installation at the International Forest Art Walk in Darmstadt. The title of the exhibit is … “Tree Houses”.
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In Bad Wildbad (not as bad as it sounds) they have a suspension bridge above the Black Forest. At its highest point it is 60m above the forest floor, on one side leading down the side of the hill. Lens-Artists Challenge #357: Into the Woods
Windows this time. Hundertwasserhaus in Bad Soden am Taunus Monday Window
This is the fundament of the Haselburg near Höchst im Odenwald. For years, the locals took stones for their own houses from this ancient Roman villa. The realisation that it was in fact an ancient site dating back to the 2nd century C.E. came relatively … Continue reading A Roman Foundation
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