The dragon got shafted – literally and figuratively.
All those depiction of St George thrusting his shaft into the dragon and killing him and that dragon is never bigger than a medium sized crocodile. How could such a small creature create such devastation?
The story got misconstrued to make St George into a hero. But marble statues don’t lie!!!
FOWC with Fandango: either Misconstrue or Shaft – take your pick
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Student fraternities are different from Studentenverbindungen in Germany. In Heidelberg they have villas or mansions at their headquarters – the crest on top is a sign of it. They are today on prime property and could be sold for millions but they are usually so well off financially that they don’t have to sell.
This one is opposite the famous Heidelberg castle on the other side of the river Neckar.
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Small distances or longer distances, the look is down.
Do I dare to jump or not? Maybe best NOT to look down.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Pictures Taken from Above
The Institute for Physics at the University of Heidelberg has had its first dedicated professor in 1752. It has moved several times during its existence, the photo below is from the 1850 building in the centre of Heidelberg’s historical town. Here Robert W. Bunsen and Gustav R. Kirchhoff established the scientific method of spectral analysis. With their spectroscope they discovered hitherto unknown elements, namely Caesium and Rubidium. Most people have heard of Bunsen because of the burner he developed and which carries his name.
Today the insitute has long moved to a modern building in a different surburb but they are still doing groundbreaking research. The institute – together with the Max-Planck-Institute Heidelberg – is devoted to fundamental questions concerning the dynamics of quantum systems at the borderline between few-body and many-body physics.
If you don’t know what they are doing, join the club. Alternatively, you can research it.
Today seems quite a scientific day, what with the Ragtag prompt being elliptical. Since the plaque about the door of the Institute is an oval – mathematically an ellipse – I use the opportunity for a double dip.
FOWC with Fandango: Research and Ragtag Daily Prompt: Elliptical
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Ragtag Daily Prompt: Wreck
The northern most part of the town of Heidelberg is called Handschuhsheim which can be translated as “Gauntletham” or “Gloveham”. Although the name in all probability refers to the home of a man called “Ansco” (or “Hansco”), which over time evolved into “Handschuhs-heim” the inhabitants … Continue reading Hand in Glove
Lens-Artists Challenge: Bold
Seen in Schwetzingen. Seen in Heidelberg. Seen in Heppenheim. Monday Windows
When I was little I wanted to become a university student. I was growing up near Heidelberg, home of the oldest university in Germany, and I found the atmosphere of the old part of town exhilarating (minus the throng of tourists, of course). I didn’t … Continue reading I Wanted to Go to University
Sculpture of three gingko leaves in the spa gardens of Bad Dürkheim. The base carries a verse: “Every leaf is a mirror, greening in the light, withering in the snow – the leaf of the gingko is a mirror within a mirror. show yourself – … Continue reading Sculptured Trios I
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