Tag: Odenwald

More from Schloss Fürstenau

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A couple of weeks ago juxtaposed the new and old parts of Schloss Fürstenau in Steinbach. Here are some of the windows from the various buildings.

The clear cut classical lines of the new palais with the black and gilded lattice look perfect with the white walls offest by the grey frames (I have no idea what the colours originally were).

Dormer windows jutting out of the slate tiled roof and the wide bay window in sandstone.

My favourite windows are the skew ones in the old part which are on the outside of a staircase.

Monday Window

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Contraposition

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The eldest parts of Schloss Fürstenau in Steinbach, part of Michelstadt im Odenwald, were built in the 14th century. It is still used residentially which is why the court yard is only open for a few hours each day. The newest part is the “new palais” on the left. The renovated white, grey and gold façade is quite the opposite of the more mellow, medieval parts.

One Word Sunday: Opposite and Opposing

Training with the Bike

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Cycling with the train.

A couple of weeks ago we took the bikes and a train.

That’s the Odenwald Bahn, the red train running from Weinheim to Fürth/Odw.

We ditched the train at the end of the line and cycled back, all 17 kilometers.

Bye, bye, train!

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Train

Looking back and Looking ahead

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A curious look – but what’s the connection to my past and my future?

This valley in the Odenwald has been a favourite spot for family outings for almost 150 years. The deer come to the fences to be fed, then and now.

The young deer at the top might very well be the grandgrandgrandgrand… son of the deer my granddad was feeding in the photo on the left, taken in around 1962. The photo on the right is of our son and grandson standing in more or less the same location earlier this year. I haven’t been to that place in the intervening 60 years.

Friendly Friday: Look back to the future

It’s also a small world

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This is my second installment for

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: It’s a Small World – I found this really small world on a my bike ride today. It seems to be part of a “planet ramble” (Planetenweg) with various planets displayed like this (Planetenweg). This is a representation of Neptune. A small, small world – only 57 times the size of our earth.

Six Dragon Flies

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Yes, there are actually six of them in this picture. Looks a bit messy, I know, so I am going to balance that with a very clear, down-to-earth shot:

The valley to the east from here is known as the six mill valley because there are six mills (suprise!). They are not in operation anymore and function as small museums, an upscale restaurant or have been transformed into places of residence. There are a lot more mills further along the small river called Weschnitz, to be sure, but these are the ones within the scope of a comfortable Sunday stroll.

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Six