The Baltic Sea has the richest treasure of amber. In the towns on the coastline amber is omnipresent in museums, jewellery shops and just as a reference. Stralsund was part of the Hanseatic league in the middle ages and the typical ship of the seafaring traders, a cog, was included in the official seal. Jewellers in Stralsund combined these traditions to create this iconic brooch.
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Amber,
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Steps.
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Compassion.
If you know something of the Nibelungenlied you know that Hagen killed Siegfried at a brook while he was kneeling down to have a drink. There are at least eight places in the Odenwald which claim to be the place where it all happened. Quite interesting, isn’t it?
The photos were taken at the Lindelbrunnen in Hiltersklingen.
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: QI.
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Mobility.
The title is a quote from Goethe’s Faust.
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Luminiscence.
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Eyerolling.
“First they give me a beer to hold and then they say I am not allowed to have a sip. “
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Moue.
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