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.
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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.htmlDETAILS ON QUEDLINBURG: Set 25 provides an intro, see:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-696723-1.htmlEARLIER 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=45105Thank 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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Trip map of the Germany segment for your reference
Joe, you are the Lowell Thomas of our times.
katu41 wrote:
Joe, you are the Lowell Thomas of our times.
Thanks George (I had to look up first who this character was - impressive!)
Longshadow wrote:
So cool!
Thank you Bill, glad this set finds your approval.
Joe, another wonderful series. Do you think the owners back when these buildings were built painted them so colorfully?
You knew not of Lowell Thomas ???? Shade!
Alyn
So many colorful places to see, Joe.
Wonderful architectural tour, Joe. Interesting narrative.
NMGal wrote:
Joe, another wonderful series. Do you think the owners back when these buildings were built painted them so colorfully?
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!
Alyn McConnaha wrote:
You knew not of Lowell Thomas ???? Shade!
Alyn
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!
kpmac wrote:
So many colorful places to see, Joe.
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.
UTMike wrote:
Wonderful architectural tour, Joe. Interesting narrative.
Thanks Mike, I am happy to hear that you still enjoy the tour!
Excellent and colourful set Joe.
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