Tag: Odenwald

Windows with Antlers

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I took this photo last Monday in the Odenwald and then I went to look for other windows with antlers in my archive.

Also from the Odenwald, with an added stag head (not a real one, obviously) .

This one is from the Alps, from the Kleinwalsertal – this curious part of Austria that can only reached from Germany.

Again from the Odenwald. I’ve posted this photo before but with so many antlers how could I not?

Monday Window

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I’m a Fan of Ancient Toilets

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Inspired by Geriatrix’ toilet signs last week I consulted my archive and came up with these:

Haselburg
Windeck
Tiefburg
Oppède-le-vieux

Arranged according to age: 

A Roman toilet from around the 2nd century in a villa rustica near Höchst im Odenwald.  
The Windeck toilet with a long drop built around 1100 AD in Weinheim.  
The Tiefburg in Handschuhsheim is about 200 younger but features the same kind of jutty toilet. 
And the simple hole in a stone toilet in Oppède-le-vieux, also from the middle ages.

I’m a Fan of … #212

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How To Advertise with Gallows

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The former place of execution near the town of Beerfelden im Odenwald has a certain attraction to visitors. It lies outside the town on an open hill. A steady stream of cars stop, one takes a short stroll around the gallows, glances to the opposite hills, adds a few morose thoughts and drives off.

The town of Beerfelden thought they could profit from this steady stream of visitors and instead of them bypassing the town, one could lure them to stay awhile and spend some money.

Last time I was there, this boulder had been added to the site.

The verse (a pretty bad doggerel, not a parody but just really bad poetry) admonishes the visitors that it would be a mistake to leave without paying the inns and shops of Beerfelden a visit (only a 12 minute walk!).

As to my thoughts of this PR I’ll keep quiet, as it is

Silent Sunday