The town wall of Kirchheimbolanden in the Rhineland-Palatium.
Silent Sunday
Tag: Kirchheimbolanden
One tough climb, four steep alleys
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Tough.
Do high walls also make good neighbours?
Kirchheimbolanden, a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, has restored their town wall dating back to the 12th and 13th century. It has a walkway (as it did when it was built), with an open construction looking over the old part of the town, and loop-holes facing outwardly.
For Thursday’s Special: Traces of the Past.
Mathilde or Marianne?
This mural tells a story from the time of the German revolutionary upheavals 1848/49. It can be found in Kirchheimbolanden opposite the old town wall. Unfortunately, it has fallen into a state of decay and urgently needs reparation works.
This is the mural seen from above, standing on the town wall.
A detail with Mathilde Hitzfeld (a young woman who fought on the side of the revolutionaries for freedom and democracy), almost like a German Marianne (the symbolic figure of the French Revolution).
The state of disrepair can be seen with this singular figure, a few metres away from the mural, missing hand an all.
For Monday Mural. More murals can be found here.
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