Amorbach, Germany - 11th July 2012
By: kassiopaya
Hi Mummy,
today we saw a little village named Amorbach.
There is a very beautiful abbey. It's over 1200 years old.
After visiting the abbey we had a little walk and then we drove on.
Greets
Phillip
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Posted Jul 17, 2012, 8:54 pm
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Mainz, Germany - 12th July 2012
By: kassiopaya
Hi Mummy,
today we visited the capital city of the federal state "Rheinland-Pfalz": Mainz.
There we saw the big dome of Mainz. It was build around 975. It's really beautiful. But we couldn't take pictures inside of the dome. This dome is one of the three Emperor's Domes in Germany. The other two are in Speyer and in Worms.
Then we walked around a little bit and came to a big river. It's called "Rhein". This river is really long and part of it is the border between Germany and France.
At the end we came to a big building made of stone. It was build in the year 9. Roman legionnaires build it in honor of their general Drusus. Because of that, this building is called "Drusus-Stein", which means Stone of Drusus.
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Posted Jul 17, 2012, 9:15 pm
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Speyer, Germany - 13th July 2012
By: kassiopaya
Hi Mummy,
today we visited Speyer.
This is a very important city. There is a big dome. It is the biggest roman church in the world and is UNESCO world cultural heritage. It's approximately 1000 years old.
Some important emperors are burried in the crypt. They are Kondrad II. (with his wife Gisela von Schwaben), Heinrich III., Heinrich IV. (with his wife Bertha von Savoyen), Heinrich V., Beatrix von Burgund (second wife of Friedrich Barbarossa), Phillip von Schwaben (son of Friedrich Barbarossa), Rudolf von Habsburg, Adolf von Nassau, Albrecht von Österreich (son of Rudolf von Habsburg).
It's a very imposant buildung.
In the Middle Ages Speyer was a very important city.
Greets
Phillip
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Posted Aug 13, 2012, 1:53 pm
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Heppenheim, Germany - 14th July 2012
By: kassiopaya
Hi Mummy,
we made a little trip to Heppenheim. It's the city where Sebastian Vettl comes from. Maybe you know him from Formula 1.
First we saw the cute town hall.
Then I saw many lanterns with pictures on it. Every lantern on a way in the old city tells a little story. Very beautiful.
We saw a little house. It was an old school. It was build around 1680. I think it's a little bit slanted.
The church you see is called Saint Peter. It was build 1900 to 1904.
In the end we went to a castle called "Starkenburg". Today there's an youth hostel in it.
Greets
Phillip
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Posted Aug 13, 2012, 2:07 pm
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Beerfelden, Germany - 15th July 2012
By: kassiopaya
Hi Mummy,
in Beerfelden is something really scary: Old gallows!
It's one of the last existing gallows.
The last person who died there was probably a woman in 1804. She stole some bread. Horrible!!
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Posted Aug 13, 2012, 2:15 pm
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Burg Frankenstein, Germany - 15th July 2012
By: kassiopaya
Hi Mummy,
do you know the story about Frankenstein?
(if not, read this: Frankenstein Story)
I was on the castle in which this story took place. There was a little Festival.
A man told us a few things about this castle. That was very funny and a little bit freaky.[img]null[/img]
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Posted Aug 13, 2012, 2:28 pm
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Himbächer Viädukt, Germany - 15th July 2012
By: kassiopaya
Hi Mummy,
on our way we stopped on a beautiful building.
It's the Himbächer Viädukt. It's 250 Meters long and 40 Meters high. On it's top there's a railroad.
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Posted Aug 13, 2012, 2:36 pm
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Lindelbrunnen, Germany - 15th July 2012
By: kassiopaya
Hi Mummy,
at last we saw a little well.
The host told me, that it could be the well where Siegfried was killed while he was drinking. It's a part of the story "Nibelungenlied".
You can read the hole story here:
The Nibelungenlied
In this story there's a man called Siegfried. He took a bath in the blood of a lindworm. Because of that he was immortal. But while he was taking the bath he had a little leaf of a lime on his back. There he wasn't immortal.
His wife Kriemhild told another man called Hagen that secret. She thought he could trust him. But Hagen wanted to kill Siegfried. Hagen met Siegfried on this well and killed him by sticking a lance in the back of Siegfried.
The Nibelungenlied is a very, very long story and it is very old.
Another interesting detail is, that in this story Hagen throw a large amount of gold in the river "Rhein". There are many people who think it's a true story and because of that they are searching for it. But nobody has found it yet...
Greets
Philip
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Posted Aug 13, 2012, 2:53 pm
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Delligsen, Germany - 20th August 2012
By: Dr.Kröbner
Hi Mummy,
I safely arrived in Delligsen, after a short journey, I suddenly heard voices and a teddy face has looked in my envelope
He helped me out and introduced himself as Dr.Kröbner he is a stay at home TV
all the other TVs came and welcomed me warmly...Scruffy the big rat from USA, DuDette the mouse from USA, Philly the little squirrel from germany, B.o.B. the beaver germany, *coco* the little monkey from Germany, Spikey the little dragon from germany, Mr.Lemony Japan, Mr.Shaun a TV from hostmum...
I think we will have a good time
Mummy here are some more information about Delligsen...
Delligsen is a municipality in Holzminden district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It consists of 6 localities which were independent until 1974: Delligsen itself, Grünenplan, Ammensen, Hohenbüchen, Kaierde and Varrigsen. The area is dominated by the massiv of the Hils hills
Delligsen itself has been an industrial settlement dominated by the Friedrich-Carls-Hütte ironworks which closed down in 1984.
Grünenplan further up in the Hils is an officially designated climate health resort. It has history of 3 centuries of glass industry and still a factory for special glasses belonging to Schott AG. The factory was founded in 1744 by the prince of Brunswick's government in order to produce large mirrors
now I need to rest
... it is sooo hot here over 36 degrees
Love
Phillip
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Posted Aug 20, 2012, 6:14 am
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Fritzlar, Germany - 23rd August 2012
By: Dr.Kröbner
Hi mummy,
I had a great day in Fritzlar, hostmum was born there
and goes there regularly, good for me .....
Fritzlar is a small German town (pop. 15,000) in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, 160 km (99 mi) north of Frankfurt, with a storied history. It can reasonably be argued that the town is the site where the Christianization of northern Germany (north and east of the Roman Limes) began and the birthplace of the German empire as a political entity.The town has a medieval center ringed by a wall with numerous watch towers.
Thirty-eight meters (125 ft) high, the Grauer Turm ("Grey Tower") is the highest remaining urban defense tower in Germany
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this old house called Curia, it were designated as the home of a Säkularkanonikers, a canon or a canoness, mainly for individual buildings are representative district in immunity to the church...
great view of the Cathedral
from the other side...
The St. Peter's Cathedral is one of the most beautiful Romanesque-Gothic churches in Hesse.
Three-aisled basilica
The Cathedral of Fritzlar measures 43 meters (from the basement to the top). He continues to shape the cityscape of the small town in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis (formerly Circle Fritzlar-Homberg). The three-aisled basilica in Fritzlar is considered one of the most beautiful in Germany.
The city hall, first documented in 1109, is the oldest in Germany still in use for its original purpose
The town hall is decorated with a stone relief from the 1441 Holy St. Martin, the patron saint of Fritzlar.
help I`m a good boy
cobblestone pavement, very slippery during rain , but not today
hostmum could not stop to take pictures
again and again she said : oh what a beautiful day ... .... oh what a great view
......The monastery, hostmum went to school here
I'm sitting here on the Roland fountain on the market square.Many houses in the town center, notably around the market square, date from the 15th to 17th centuries and have been carefully maintained or restored.
in the half-
timbered house hostmum grew up
that was a great trip.....
bye,bye
Phillip
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Posted Aug 23, 2012, 4:19 pm
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Delligsen, , Germany - 18th September 2012
By: Dr.Kröbner
Hello mum,
last week we adopted Spikey, he is now on the way to england ....
with a last hug I wished him a nice trip
bye, bye little dragon
Love
Phillip
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Posted Sep 24, 2012, 2:48 pm Last edited Sep 27, 2012, 3:47 pm by Dr.Kröbner
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