the curved one to God. A quote by Antoni Gaudi. When the Rhine was partially straightened in the 19th century many oxbow lakes were created and with them local recreation areas. Some are quiet areas or nature reserves with limited access, some are for more … Continue reading The straight line belongs to men
Many years past the Rhine meandered through the Upper Rhine Valley until it was straightened out between 1817 und 1876 and in the wake of this engineering feat loops were cut off and recreational areas created. Near the town of Ketsch, south of Mannheim, an island was created to the right side of the river Rhine. It is mainly covered by woods with lots of birds and butterflies. It has been granted protected status.
From Ketsch a wooden bridge allows access to the island, restricted for hikers and bicycles except for forestry vehicles. In this first photo you can see that next to the island is the built-up town with roads and buildings.
If you traverse the island – about 2km at its widest – you come to the bank of the Rhine proper.
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The flooding during the last weeks have reminded me when we were in Düsseldorf on the banks of the river Rhine a few years ago. The banks were overflown then but the waters didn’t reach dangerous levels.
Last week was grandson visiting time and we went for an excursion with our bike, taking the train first and then cycling back. It’s not a great photo by any means but it was the beginning of a wonderful day.
We also went to the zoo in Heidelberg.
There were three elephants
and a large number of flamingoes – but these three were obliging to pose for Thursday Trios.
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