We don’t usually associate police officers with very caring actions. But here two of them are, caring for a homeless person who wasn’t feeling well. FOWC with Fandango: Officer
Tag: Germany
Stylish Renovation
This is a typical apartment house from around the 1920s. The windows are framed by sandstone, straight on the upper floors, curved with a keystone on the groundfloor. Instead of keeping the natural reddish stone it was painted grey keeping the contrast but giving it … Continue reading Stylish Renovation
The Name Says It All
This is the panorama from the castle ruin Schauenburg above the town of Dossenheim at the Bergstraße. Schauen means “looking” in German, and one can see the Upper Rhine Valley, from Odenwald to Palatinate Forest, with Mannheim and Ludwigshafen in between. Although to be honest, … Continue reading The Name Says It All
On the Way Out
This plate is appropriately hung in the Carl Benz Museum in Ladenburg. FOWC with Fandango: Fuel
Not on Cloud 9 but on Floor 11
Mannheim and its surrounding areas, the hills of the Odenwald on the right side of the Rhine, and the hills of the Palatinate on the left Rhine side. Cellpic Sunday
Foward to the Past
The war memorial (in Germany usually referred to as warrior memorial (Kriegerdenkmal) because the names of the fallen soldiers are displayed) in our town was inaugurated in 1936 to honour the dead of world war I. The much longer list of fallen soldiers from world war II was added in the 1950s. Because of the bellicose demeanour of the sculpture it is now viewed critically. Instead of removing the sculpture the town has chosen to go a different route: in direct line passing the location of the former synagogue (destroyed in 1938) is a memorial for the victims of violence, war, and prosecution. I see it as a warning against a dystopian future which would resemble a not so distant past.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Dystopian
On the 11th Floor, not Quite Cloud 9
Mannheim as seen from a highrise building. Cellpic Sunday
Why Fly if You Can Walk
The floodable meadows next to the river Neckar have small footpaths for walks in drier times. Cee’s Which Way Challenge
An Idea Turned to Stone
A really monumental monument – the Niederwald monument – erected to commemorate the unification of the many German states into one Reich. Huge and full of symbols and allegories, overlooking the Rhine and waving her towards a distant France, stands Germania. The location is wonderful, … Continue reading An Idea Turned to Stone
You Want Muscles?
I remember a tv add in South Africa where somebody did a credible Arnold Schwarzenegger impression with that sentence above. It was for BMW power steering. Not having it equated working out in a six pack shack / muscle factory – whatever you want to … Continue reading You Want Muscles?
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