Once upon a time there was this ridge of mountains from Basel to Frankfurt and then about 50 million years ago the middle part sank down and the ridge became a rift: the Upper Rhine Valley. On either side are mountain ranges, the higher altitude … Continue reading This part of Germany
I went for a drive / walk on Saturday. I’ll start with the most boring of the pictures. This cycle path is next to the Bergstraße, the ancient trade route already named by the Romans, strata montana, mountain road. It leads from South to North … Continue reading Between Odenwald and the Rhine Valley
The Upper Rhine Valley is up to 35 km wide, from East to West. The river Rhine used to meander leisurely in this plain from Basel in the South to above Mainz in the North. In the early part of the 19th century Johann Tulla started with straightening the Rhine making it possible for larger ships to transport goods up and down the river. The cut off “arms” became recreational areas, some for boating and swimming etc., some have become preserved areas for fauna and flora.
The small river running through our town and rushing and sometimes trundling towards the big river Rhine is split through canalisation into Old Weschnitz and New Weschnitz and various trenches dug for irrigation of the very fertile soil in the Upper Rhine Valley. Close to the town of Lorsch an island has been formed, called Weschnitz Insel which is kept as a nature reserve.
One both sides of the valley are the hills of the Odenwald in the east, the Pfälzer Wald in the west, creating horizontal borders.
Horizontal lines created by the greener gras where water veins are.
A Photo a Week: Horizontal Lines
The title is a line from a song by Le Loup called Look to the west.
More sunsets and sunrises can be found here: The Daily Post: Rise/Set.
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