The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
This is a monument to honour the victims of violence, war, and persecution by Hubertus von der Goltz. That their precarious position is threatened can be seen by the spikes on either side (I have to go back and get a better photo).
Linked to Travel with Intent. More photos inspired by J. Robert Oppenheimer, can be found here.
This is the chapter house of the Wachenburg in Weinheim, a room where large meetings are held. Normally one finds such halls in church related buildings such as monastries or cathedrals but this chapter house is part of a castle built by an association of fraternities. It is used once a year by the association itself when the fraternity members have their annual meeting, the rest of the year it can be booked for events.
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Empty Room.
Alternative title:
You look a whole century younger!
Linked to Six Word Saturday. More six word and accompanying photos are found at Travel with Intent.
You have to pass a lot of trees but the castle and the view is worth it.
Linked to the the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Woodsy.
I think I have to explain my train of thought here.
Serenity – I immediately thought of the Serenity, the spaceship of Mal Reynolds in the cult series Firefly (yes, sometimes I’m a nerd). Mal Reynolds is played by Nathan Fillion who has come to non-nerd fame with the tv series Castle. My hometown is known as the two-castle town (“Zweiburgenstadt”) and in my photo you can see why. I hope the shot conveys the serenity I felt, on a late summer’s evening, just before sundown, with everything quiet and peaceful around me. And so I’ve come full circle.
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Serenity.
This weekend would have been our yearly town festival. The old part of the town would be clad in blue and white bunting and the town’s white and blue.
Cancelled to COVID, of course. The photos are an assembly from years past.
Linked to Friday Fun: Flag.
I was out on my bike tonight at around sunset and caught the Red Tower with the wide Rhine valley behind it just at the right moment. It is one of three still remaining towers which were part of the town wall of Weinheim.
Linked to A Photo a Week: Tower.
These natives of the US west coast were planted about 150 years ago in Weinheim. The single specimen in the trial garden Hermannshof and in the forest arboretum Exotenwald there are about 50 of these giants left of about 150.
Linked to I’m a fan of … #60. More fanatical photos can be found here.
It’s difficult to see the building that is only about 100 years old in this photo. The ruin of castle Windeck in the middle is approximately 1000 years old, the tower on the far left, part of the old town wall, is several 100 years old. But the castle, called Wachenburg, right on top of the Wachenberg is pretty exactly 100 years old. The building was started in 1907 and completed in 1928.
It was meant to look like a medieval castle.
And althought the overall effect is just that, close up it looks just a bit too well preserved.
It was commissioned by a convocation of fraternities of students and they still have meetings up there.
If there are not there, it is used as an event location with a restaurant, and in summer beer garden.
Linked to A Photo A Week: 100 years or older.
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