Lutherstadt-Wittenberg

Iโ€™m back processing a few old pictures (and some more recent ones) in between trying to do school work and work overtime at my job. Now that the weather in Ireland has reverted to the chill of fall, letโ€™s see if I can get some new stuff posted and viewable from my busy life. ๐Ÿ™‚

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This is more from my day trip to Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, Germany back in 2009 with the Toytown Photo group. It took place on September 19, 2009 – two years ago today.

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The Town Hall

Population about 50,000, this town sits along the beautiful Elbe river. This is the famed town of Martin Luther, where he wrote and posted his edicts on the church doors as part of the Protestant revolution. When in Germany, this town is one of the “must see’s” because of its place in history and the role it played as a part of “enlightenment”.

Wittenberg town square merge

The church towers are for the city church, where Martin Luther preached his then controversial message.

The main pilgrimage point in town is actually the Schloss kirche, upon which Martin Luther nailed his 95 Thesis on the door of the church back on October 31, 1517. The original door no longer exists, but today, the door is metal with a cast plate of the thesis itself.

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For more pictures, you can check out the three flickr sets below:

Lutherstadt-Wittenberg

St. Marien Lutherstadt (City Church)

Schloss Kirche Wittenberg

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Hundertwasser school

I’m back processing a few old pictures (and some more recent ones) in between trying to do school work and work overtime at my job. Now that the weather in Ireland has reverted to the chill of fall, let’s see if I can get some new stuff posted and viewable from my busy life. ๐Ÿ™‚

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These pictures are from a trip with the Toytown photo group, taken in September 19, 2009 – almost two years ago today. (I know – quite the backlog of pictures!) These are from the Hundertwasser School Lutherstat Wittenberg, Germany.

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This school was built and designed by famed Austrian architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, for the local school children. There are very few straight lines on the outside and it’s almost as colorful as the architect himself.

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For more details, please see wikipedia at:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedensreich_Hundertwasser

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You can also see the rest of the set here.

Otherwise, does this architectural style look familiar to you? It should, if you’ve read my blog before. This is the same architect who created the Green Citadel in Magdeburg, Germany –

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which I blogged a bit about here.

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Raspseed in Bloom

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One of the most amazing parts of European travel is that Raspseed is grown here pretty extensively to be used in Canola oil and as an alternative fuel source. When you travel about Germany, Poland, and even parts of Ireland at the right time of year, you find fields of a lovely golden yellow inter spaced by fields of green wheat, corn, and native grasses. It smells delicious and makes for lovely scenery as you drive past. These pictures were taken in May of 2010, but I think they’re still eye catching even processing them a year later.

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Raspseed in bloom with ridge behind

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