of the River Rhine, the Moselle. As seen from the autobahn.
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Tag: Mosel
The Convergence of Two Wine Regions
In Koblenz the river Moselle joins the river Rhine – the corner jutting into the water is called Deutsches Eck, i.e. German corner. FOWC with Fandango: Converge
An Earthly Wine Melt
Rhein and Mosel: two streams that each has travelled through major wine growing country before they meet here, at the “Deutsche Eck”, the German corner, in Koblenz.
I was up in a cable car and against the sun so my pictures don’t show the amazing spectacle that the blue-greyish water of the Rhein conflates with the brownish water of the Mosel (probably due to bad weather further to the west).
A German Corner
And now lets mix Rhine wine and wine from the Moselle and see what happens…
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Coalesce
One German corner
I was in Koblenz yesterday and in the cable car up to the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. In the cabin one has a commanding view of the Deutsches Eck, the German corner, where the river Moselle joins the Rhine. The corner tip was called Deutsches Eck for a long time but was enlarged and a monumental statue of Emperor Wilhelm I on horseback was erected. The statue was destroyed during World War II and until German reunification only the plinth remained – meant to be a reminder of the German separation. A replica of the monument was erected amidst much public discussion in the 1990s.
Public discussion was again fierce when the cable car from the banks of the Rhine up to the fortress was built in 2011. The area where the Moselle flows into the Rhine is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and people were worried that the view was going to be spoilt but personally I think it does not distract from the beauty of the area.
This is linked to One Word Sunday: Aerial.
In summer, the king is in
The Andernach Geysir in the Eifel region of Germany is the highest cold-water geysir in the world. It is situated on a peninsula of the Moselle and only easily reachable by boat. During the summer season every couple of hours a boat with several hundred tourists takes the trip (going slowly so that there is enough time to have some coffee and cake, or a beer if one desires). The viewers walk a few hundered metres, arriving in time for the scheduled eruption, oooh and aaah appreciatevely and then return to the town. The water spray is indeed impressive, up to 60 metres high.
In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, there is a high water fountain that only is switched on if the king is in residence in the palace. Hence, our private saying whenever we see a fountain: The king is in.
This is for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge with the subject water. More watery pictures can be found here.
A castle, a river and mountains
Cee’s Compose Yourself – the challenge is: “landscapes”.
Two photos from Weinheim an der Bergstraße in Germany:
I prefer the second shot. In the first one, the area looks cramped as if it was in a narrow valley when in fact the Wachenburg looks over the wide Rhine plain. The clouds not only add depth to the sky but the shadows they cast also add texture to the forest.
Another German river valley, this time the Moselle. Vinyards rise on both sides of the river. The barge and the houses, especially the mansion on the left, serve as scale and enhance the steepness of the vinyards.
Same river, a number of kilometers downstream and at a different time of year:
The autumn mists casting a haze over the valley in the back, contrasting with the vivid colours of the yellowing leaves.
This is the Kleinwalsertal – a small anomaly as it is part of Austria but can only be reached from Germany because of the high mountain ridge towards the Austrian side.
This is half way up, looking straight out to the mountains of Germany:
Above Grindelwald in Switzerland, the bare rocks attest the higher altitude in this part of the Alps. The photographer in the foreground is deceiving the viewer. The shadow on his side of the mountain almost lets him look like a giant.
My final photo for this challenge – also from Switzerland with a paraglider high up in the air. Again this perspective is teasing the viewer because as high as the paraglider is – he is well below the peaks in the background to the right.
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