weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

One last picture from Warendorf, then we headed (by car, not horse!) for PORTA WESTFALICA, an easy ride of some 100 km/60 mi to the northeast of Warendorf, where we made a first stop at the Emperor-Wilhelm Monument on a hill just outside of the town. From here we had a great view over the landscape of the Weser river, one of the main rivers of Northern Germany and this provided me one of the very few opportunities for some landscape photography. Porta Westfalica literally means "Gate to Westphalia" and the Weser river valley provides that northern entrance. I have only a few pictures of this location, concentrating on the Emperor William Monument, the landscape views from the monument plus a couple of town pictures including a presentation of our lunch (taken with my cell-phone camera): The food was good, the photos maybe a bit lacking.

Notes
TRIP INFO: Set # 1 provides a brief introduction, maps and information for the entire series. Find it at:
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Thank you for visiting, I recommend viewing the downloads and look forward to your comments and questions.

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1 - One more typical image of Warendorf covered in yesterday's post: Exterior painting of a rider with horse taking a refreshment

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2 - Emperor William Monument (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal): View from the monument north-east towards the village of Barkhausen, the river Weser and the green railway bridge

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3 - View east towards the village of Barkhausen at left, the Jakobsberg transmission tower, the highway bridge over the Weser river and Porta Westfalica at right

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4 - View north-east towards the village of Barkhausen, the river Weser and the towns of Neesen and Lerbeck

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5 - Emperor William Monument (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal) situated near the town of Porta Westfalica above the Weser river gorge, the 88 m high structure was erected 1892-96

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6 - Emperor William Monument with the statue of the emperor with his right arm raised

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7 - Statue of William I inside the monument

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8 - Buildings on the old town square of Porta Westfalica

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9 - Lunch at Gaststätte Pension Zum Angestellten (The Employee): Original Greek salad - with plenty of feta cheese cubes ….

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10 - …. - and a currywurst with fries

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weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Trip map of the Germany segment for your reference

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angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent set Joe.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good series, Joe.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Jim, glad you enjoyed this set - Joe

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Earnest, I am happy you liked this set. Joe

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Interesting series, Joe.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks Bill!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Barbara, happy to hear you like the set.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

More good tour, Joe, I like the monument work.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

I am really enjoying this tour. Great work, Joe.

Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

Excellent set Joe.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Mike, this was a rather unusual monument, sitting on a small hilltop, but besides the structure it also provided a bit of a view, which was one of the very few elevated place on this tour.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

I am very glad to hear that you do Ken, thanks for your input!