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Not just the Windows Are Topsy-turvy
Tag: #Monday Window
Windows of the Schlachthof Wiesbaden
Today it’s an arts and cultural centre used for music events and plays and the like but the building used to be the Wiesbaden abbattoir.
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Municipal Indoor Swimming Pool in Mannheim
This is the front of the Herschelbad in Mannheim. Bernhard Herschel was a businessman and local councellor who donated 500,000 goldmarks in early the 20th century for the establishment of a public swimming bath that would carry his name. It took quite a while with planning and building and the baths were finally opened in 1920, 15 years after his death. There are three large pools, bath tubs, a Roman-Irish bath, a sun bathing section and even a pool for dogs.
A few of the various windows seen on the neo-baroque front.
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Fifteen in a Row
I was fascinated by fifteen dormer windows in a row – they are on the roof of the main building of the Rüsselsheim Fortress , the broadside facing the river Main.
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Two Houses, How Many Window Styles?
Both these houses are from Michelstadt im Odenwald. I was fascinated by the different kind of windows, all coming together to one style, sort of.
The contrast between the sandstone and the white front, the windows with the rounded top on the ground floor, mirrored in the second floor balcony door cum window. The grey and white half-timbered style on the top floor with the small oblang windows. The combination of both styles in the little tower cum bay windows.
And here is another house with typical architectural details of the area. The creme coloured shingles set off by the simple oblong windows, set off by grey and brown frames. The sandstone set-ins with grilles leading to the basement. The angular bay window jutting out and decorated with half-timbered details in dark wood.
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School Windows
These are windows of the Feudenheimschule in a district of Mannheim. Many schools were built in the first twenty years of the last century, and it shows in the style. Also, in our area of the country sandstone is an often used building material. This particular school was finished in 1913.
The detail in the top left photo is part of the crest of Mannheim, a wolf’s hook – a tool used to catch wolves and foxes in former times.
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The Water Tower in Mannheim-Wallstadt
Built in 1904, it was operational from 1905 and secured the water supply for the independent town of Wallstadt (it became part of Mannheim 1929).
Today these old water towers are privately owned and inhabited. The living quarters are usually downstairs but the top floors are accessible. Imagine sitting up high in your own private tower and overlooking the whole of the Rhine valley, from the hills of the Odenwald to the hills of the Palatinate Forest.
Ironically, I only took photos of the upper storey windows.
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Dated Windows
These windows have dates on them, from 1576 to 1907.
The half-timbered house from 1742 was the house of the churches’ bell ringer.
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