The watertower of Straßenheim features very basic mosaic patterns made of bricks.
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Tag: Wasserturm
Water Tower Windows
In a flat country like the Upper Rhine Valley water towers were needed to supply water to the houses of a town or a village. Nowadays, many of these towers have been converted to offices or to living quarters. Either way, one needs windows. And … Continue reading Water Tower Windows
Mannheim Water Tower at Night
Silent Sunday
Guarding the Fields Is Serious Business
The water tower between Edingen and Neckarhausen near Heidelberg overlooking the not the cotton fields but the strawberry fields of the area.
Location, Location, Location
A small puddle in the right place. In this case, in Mannheim in front of the water tower in the city centre.
The Water Tower in Mannheim-Wallstadt
Built in 1904, it was operational from 1905 and secured the water supply for the independent town of Wallstadt (it became part of Mannheim 1929).
Today these old water towers are privately owned and inhabited. The living quarters are usually downstairs but the top floors are accessible. Imagine sitting up high in your own private tower and overlooking the whole of the Rhine valley, from the hills of the Odenwald to the hills of the Palatinate Forest.
Ironically, I only took photos of the upper storey windows.
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Travel Challenge #8
I was nominated by Teresa and by Margaret to post one 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 challenged are from travels around Germany and where chosen to introduce my German language students to various German sites.
Scheduling doesn’t seem to work – so erractically: here is the eighth one:
No Christmas stress, no nomination. Join in if you don’t have anything else you would rather be doing.
Scheduling doesn’t seem to work – so erractically:
Towering lines
The water tower of Schifferstadt, in the upper Rhine valley.
Linked to Lines&Squares: #6 in October.
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