When the French laid waste the castle in Heidelberg one final time in 1693 they wanted to destroy the castle and the town. Their spoils would have been the Kurpfalz, the Electorate of the Palatinate, the state consisting of many smallish areas in the Upper … Continue reading The Jewel on the Neckar
The Heidelberg Castle as seen from behind.
Silent Sunday
The “Blasted Tower” of the Heidelberg Castle was blown up during the War of the Palatinate Succession at the end of the 17th century. Its walls are up to 6.50 metres thick. Like most of the castle it was built of
red sandstone. When the French troops blasted the tower it was partially destroyed, a huge chunk lies still today next to it and the innards are exposed.
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Broken
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During the Nine Years’ War (also known as the Palatinate War of Succession) the French invaded the area around Heidelberg and destroyed the castle and parts of the town. They blew up this tower with a diametre of 24 metres and a maximum wall thickness of over 6 metres on the eastern side of the castle. And didn’t clean after themselves.
I’m sure I didn’t get even half the lions in Heidelberg Castle. They were really fond of lions there.
These lions are on the back facade of the Friedrichsbau. They are all in a row between the windows, and not one is like the other.
PS: It’s not really the last figure left, there is another one standing on top of the wall.
One-to-three photo processing challenge
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I was nominated by Teresa and by Margaret to post one travel picture a day for ten days without explanation, then to nominate someone else to participate. That’s 10 days, 10 travel images, and 10 nominations.
The photos I am going to show in this challenged are from travels around Germany and where chosen to introduce my German language students to various German sites.
Here is my fifth one:
Today I would like to nominate Robert (you were foolish enough to like my #4 post). There is no pressure to participate, though. But if you share some of your travel photos, have fun! I’ll definitely have a look.
Rotund, rough, and ruinous
Linked to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Needs to have the letters o and u in the word.
to be effective. This one could not have been better placed. – That’s what Mark Twain said about the Heidelberg castle.
For Six Word Saturday. More six words and accompanying photo(s) to be found here.
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