When I saw Paula’s words for August I immediately had a theme in my mind. Saint James’ Way has become very popular in the last decade amongst christian and worldly pilgrims, particularly the last stage in Spain. But many routes lead to this last stretch … Continue reading Five Words, one Theme
This is the family crest of the Brömser-Heddesdorf in Rüdesheim. Consider the six lilies therein (and the bees, consider the bees!) FOWC with Fandango: Consider
“Gut! Wenn ich wählen soll, so will ich Rheinwein haben.
Das Vaterland verleiht die allerbesten Gaben.”“Good! if I have the choice, so let the wine be Rhenish!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust I
Our Fatherland can best the sparkling cup replenish.”
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I was nominated by Teresa and by Margaret to post one favorite travel picture a day for ten days without explanation, then to nominate someone else to participate. That’s 10 days, 10 travel images, and 10 nominations.
The photos I am going to show in this challenge are from travels around Germany and where chosen to introduce my German language students to various German sites.
Here is my second one:
Today I would like to nominate geriatrix . There is no pressure to participate, though. But if you like to share some of your travel photos, have fun!
Hexagons.
Hexagons and lines.
The front of the gatehouse of the 9th-century Imperial Abbey of Lorsch in Germany. It’s one of few completely preserved buildings from the Carolingian area and is a UNESCO heritage site.
And now for something completely different:
I found this but cannot find the source:
geometry, the process:
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Any Kind of Geometric Shape. For more photos of geometric shapes, click here.
The house of wines (and spirits)
The vineyard “Wild Cat” in Rüdesheim
A pinot noir is ripening on the vines
The logo of a town called Weinheim – Home of the Wine
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: All Sorts of Signs. More signs? Click here.
The late 19th century, after the Franco-Prussian War which lead to the unification of Germany was a great time to build monuments to the glorification of Germany. One such monuments (I almost wrote monstrosities) is the Niederwald Denkmal in Rüdesheim am Rhein.
It features a more than 12 metres high personification of Germania, holding aloft the laurel crown of the victor and the sword, pointing downward, as well a symbol of victory.
At the foot of the huge figure is this relief of 133 Germans considered important – all of them life-size to give an indication of the size of the monument. Underneath, larger than life, are the Rivers Rhein (male) and Mosel (female), Father Rhine handing the horn of the guardian to his daughter (tributary) Moselle hinting at the land gain of Elsass und Lothringen (Alsace and Lorraine) through the means of war.
The words are the verses of hymn called Die Wacht am Rhein, the watch towards the west, the heriditary enemy France, glorifying the blood that is ready to be spilled for the German Reich. We all know how that ended.
For One Word Sunday: Monumental, on this day of the “open monument” in Germany which will see me looking for less martial examples of monuments.
An outing to Rüdesheim, where the
Rhine flows through the valley and
on both sides steep vineyards rise
up – and one ends the day
with a good meal together with
friends and a glass of wine.
Or two. Or three. Or more.
For Six Word Saturday. More six word musings can be found here.
No, I don’t mean the traces of the River Rhine in the distance, nor the town of Rüdesheim on its banks, nor the strange totem poles, nor even the old monastery in front of which this guy was kneeling. It’s his back – with the locations of all the German national HHH meetings since 1989 on his shirt. Good times!
This is posted as part of the Thursday Special Traces of the Past, by Lost in Translation.
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