weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Returning from the New Town to the market square in the Old Town, we take a slightly different route and pass through the Stieg quarter, with more interesting buildings and a street rather ominously called "Hölle" (Hell). There is a restaurant here called "Heaven and Hell" which I assume might make for interesting menu selections, and there is also a pizzeria called "Hell" - I guess here you can get either a "hell of a pizza" - or "a pizza from hell" - your choice to decide or maybe the pizza baker will have his input.


Notes
TRIP INFO: Set # 1 provides a brief introduction, maps and information for the entire series. Find it at:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-693834-1.html

DETAILS ON QUEDLINBURG: Set 25 provides an intro, see: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-696723-1.html

EARLIER POSTS of this series: Access my topic list, the new posts are listed in reverse chronological order:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-topic-list?usernum=45105

Thank you for visiting, I recommend viewing the downloads and look forward to your comments and questions.

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1 - Entrance to the pizzeria "In Hell" (Zur Hölle)

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2 - Buildings in the Stieg quarter - note the staggered facade elements that protrude more with each floor

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3 - Facade detail in the Stieg quarter

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4 - Detail of a house decoration

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5 - Group of houses with the Café Roland on Breitestrasse and Hoken

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6 - Sign for the Café Roland

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7 - Three historic buildings on Breite Strasse opposite the city hall (Rathaus)

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8 - Building opposite the entrance to the Ratskeller restaurant on Breitestrasse, historic house despite its relatively young age, built 1893

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9 - Shoe makers guild house (Schuhmachergildehaus), built 1554 on Breitestrasse 52

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10 - House Breite Strasse 53, from 1560 in the Early-Renaissance style with unusual and massive white on orange "Acanthus" decorations - (a mediterranean herbaceous plant with bold flower spikes and spiny decorative leaves [Bärenklau])

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weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Trip map of the Germany segment for your reference

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katu41

Joe, you are the Lowell Thomas of our times.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

So cool!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks George (I had to look up first who this character was - impressive!)

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Bill, glad this set finds your approval.

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Joe, another wonderful series. Do you think the owners back when these buildings were built painted them so colorfully?

Alyn McConnaha Loc: Lebanon, IN

You knew not of Lowell Thomas ???? Shade!
Alyn

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

So many colorful places to see, Joe.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Wonderful architectural tour, Joe. Interesting narrative.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Barbara for another kind comment! Good question about the original color usage - and I simply don't know the answer. I would assume that the decorative elements would have been in this sort of vivid colors, not sure that whole building facades were also. I would also assume that the buildings would have weathered and hence the colors turn muted for a longer period of time and thus not be overall this colorful as we see it now. But really, these colors here are not yet that colorful - wait (for a long while yet) until we get to Poland and particularly the town of Poznan/Posen then we really get into color-shock!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Hi Alyn, nice to see you again - well, yes I didn't - gotta remember that I didn't grow up in this country or on this continent, so I certainly missed some of my "vital" education - but I am still trying to catch up!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Ken - it IS a colorful world out there for sure - I don't think these images would come out that alive in B&W.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks Mike, I am happy to hear that you still enjoy the tour!

angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent and colourful set Joe.