I’ve been driving past this building for years but I was always busy and/or rushed. Last week I was on my bike, had time and a camera. It’s the mutual savings institute’s building in a provincial town. I always wondered about the prominent stock exchange imagery. The bear and the bull are the main reason I stopped to take pictures (check out today’s Cosmic Photo Challenge about public art for a closer look) but the windows are remarkable as well.
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Bull and bear as displayed on the front the mutual savings institute (Sparkasse) in Heppenheim. If you want to see the whole building check out my post for Ludwig’s Monday Window.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Public Art
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The Fastnachtsbrunnen (carnival fountain) in Heppenheim features the figure of Till Eulenspiegel, a well-known figure of German folklore. He was known as a liar and prankster who often exposed failings in people, particularly those in higher office.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Liars
A whole district in the town of Heppenheim is called “the lazy quarter”.
Linked to The Ragtag Daily Prompt.
Walking through the old part of Heppenheim, a turn around a corner can offer a new and surprising perspective.
My Square Perspective no. 6 is linked to The Life of B.
When I think of bronze I imagine it as a polished, smooth metal but often bronze sculptures are anything but smooth. This statue of the Austrian-Israeli religious philosopher and author Martin Mordechai Buber in Heppenheim an der Bergstraße shows the foliated texture and how this fosters colour.
Linked to A Photo a Week: texture.
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