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Oct. 22, 2020
Fritzlar (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 3
But what are all these walls and towers (see here and here) protecting in Fritzlar? Well, a beautiful Marktplatz (despite the not so beautiful weather), for one…
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Oct. 21, 2020
Fritzlar (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 2
We started with the highest tower (see here), but, as mentioned, there's lots of them around the medieval center of Fritzlar. Let's take a look at the…
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Oct. 21, 2020
Fritzlar (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 1
Fritzlar, defined by Wikipedia as a town "with a storied history", has a medieval center ringed by a wall with a big number of watch towers. The highest among…
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bjornroose
Oct. 20, 2020
Frankenberg (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 6
Our final stops in Frankenberg: the Obermarkt (we were at the Untermarkt here) and - Halloween is approaching after all - the witches tower, or Hexenturm.
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Oct. 20, 2020
Frankenberg (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 5
Let's walk on to the Pferdemarkt (Horse market). And let's take a short stop at the Hospitalkirche and at the corner of the Linnertorstrasse.
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Oct. 19, 2020
Frankenberg (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 3
So, I showed you around the Rathaus (see here) and the Liebfrauenkirche (see here) before I took a one week holiday. Time to have a walk through the rest of the…
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Oct. 09, 2020
Frankenberg (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 2
Okay, we started our Frankenberg tour at the Rathaus (see here), but actually we climbed the "mountain" ("berg" in German, as in "iceberg") first. On top of…
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Oct. 09, 2020
Frankenberg (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 1
Frankenberg was the last place we visited during our February 2020 trip to Germany (but since it starts with an "F" and we visited places starting with a "K"…
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Oct. 08, 2020
Burgruine Eisenberg (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 -…
Next to the actual ruins (see here) there's the Georg Viktor Turm. That tower dates from a later century but is an extra point of interest when you're climbing…
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Oct. 08, 2020
Burgruine Eisenberg (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 -…
Well, we didn't see any snow when we were in Germany in December 2019, but we did get lucky on Valentine's Day 2020. The ruins of the Eisenberg castle (which…
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Oct. 07, 2020
Brilon (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 3
Last post in the Brilon series. Brilon was actually our first stop on that February 2020 trip and it was raining, but there is some colour in this post :-)
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Oct. 07, 2020
Brilon (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 2
In this post three statues: one for the Briloner Anzeiger (a local newspaper), one with the coat of arms, and one for the local ... nightingale. The local…
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Oct. 06, 2020
Brilon (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 1
We started our visit to Bad Wildungen with two posts about the Stadtkirche (see here and here). So why not start our visit to Brilon with ... one post about the…
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Oct. 05, 2020
Bad Wildungen (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 4
There's lots of towers in Bad Wildungen, but some look older than they are. The one in this post for instance dates back only to around WWII. It is, as a matter…
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bjornroose
Oct. 04, 2020
Bad Wildungen (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 3
Next to the Stadtkirche (see here and here) there's the ... Spritzenhaus. In English: the fire station. Not a new one, however, and not a fire station anymore…
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Oct. 03, 2020
Bad Wildungen (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 2
I introduced you to Bad Wildungen in the previous post. After the introduction we entered the Stadtkirche. That is also where we will be staying for this second…
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Oct. 02, 2020
Bad Wildungen (Deutschland/Germany) - February 2020 - part 1
Bad Wildungen was mentioned for the first time around 800 as villa Wildungun. Around 1200 a castle was built here and a town, Alt-Wildungen developed around it.…
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