May 10, 2021

Metten (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 - part 1

Visiting two abbeys on one day ... We did it last summer in Germany: the one in Niederaltaich (see here:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8) and this one in Metten. In…

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May 10, 2021

Metten (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 - part 2

Some more flowers (and a piece of fruit) shot at the Benediktinerabtei, but this time in the garden of the abbey.

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May 10, 2021

Seven Years' War: Dehnerts grave, Frankenau

Dehnert's grave is the grave, in the middle of the Frankenau forest, of Johann Just Dehnert, a non-commissioned officer of the Hessian Jäger Korps. Dehnert was…

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May 09, 2021

Deggendorf (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 - part 9

Last part of the Deggendorf series and second part about the Maria-Himmelfahrtskirche (the first part is here). Here's whips, anchors and swords ...

by bjornroose

May 08, 2021

Deggendorf (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 - part 8

And then - German cities in general have a few churches as you might know - a visit to the Maria-Himmelfahrtskirche, in which we'll remain for two posts too.

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May 07, 2021

Deggendorf (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 - part 7

As promised in the previous post, we'll stay on the Luitpoldplatz for one more post. This one is a mix of architecture, sculpture and ... water.

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May 07, 2021

Deggendorf (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 - part 6

After walking around from one part of town to an other one, let's remain on one square for two posts: the Luitpoldplatz. Plenty of things to see there.

by bjornroose

May 06, 2021

Deggendorf (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 - part 5

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May 06, 2021

Deggendorf (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 - part 4

You probably noticed the clouds in the previous post ... Maybe we should go inside for a while and visit the Gedächtnisstätte für die Opfer der Kriege (the…

by bjornroose

May 05, 2021

Deggendorf (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 - part 3

And after visiting church (here) and city hall (here), we visit the market: the Pferdenmarkt (Horse market).

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May 04, 2021

Deggendorf (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 - part 2

After visiting the basilica (from the outside, the inside was not really interesting) in the previous post, let's move on to a more secular building: the…

by bjornroose

May 04, 2021

Deggendorf (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 - part 1

Deggendorf is located on the left bank of the Donau (Danube), about half way between Regensburg and Passau. Traces of earlier settlements in the area date back…

by bjornroose

May 03, 2021

Kloster Niederaltaich (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 -…

Last post about the Kloster Niederaltaich and the Sankt-Mauritiuskirche. Just a few more details. Here, here, here and here are more photos of this church.

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May 03, 2021

Kloster Niederaltaich (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 -…

From the dead bodies (see here) back to the sculptures. Our guide - we didn't even have to pay him: he was guiding an other group and voluntarily came to us and…

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May 02, 2021

Kloster Niederaltaich (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 -…

And then ... holy corpses. Or heiligen Leicher as our guide called them. These well decorated corpses were stolen/borrowed/bought in Rome, where they were found…

by bjornroose

May 01, 2021

Kloster Niederaltaich (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 -…

Some more of those beautiful and detailed sculptures in the Sankt-Mauritskirche which we entered in the previous post. Look at those vains in #1 ...

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May 01, 2021

Kloster Niederaltaich (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 -…

There was no illumination in the orthodox church (see here), so we continued our walk to the catholic one (Sankt-Mauritskirche). Officially wearing a muzzle was…

by bjornroose

April 30, 2021

Foster Kitty

German households took in over 1.6 million more cats and dogs during the past Corona year compared to the previous year. (*1) Germany has a population of 84…

by leesantiva

April 29, 2021

Kloster Niederaltaich (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 -…

I welcomed you to Kloster Niederaltaich in the previous post. You saw a number of buildings in that post, but I promise you that in this post and the upcoming…

by bjornroose

April 30, 2021

Kloster Niederaltaich (Deutschland/Germany) - Summer 2020 -…

Admit it ... after reading the previous post you feared you'd have to look at sculptures for 6 more posts. Close, but not that close: in this post the work of…

by bjornroose