[Leica] IMG: New gallery - a walk through a little known jewel of acity

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Douglas,

You are correct, that is really a jewel of a city.  Thanks for the tour.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
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Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:56 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: New gallery - a walk through a little known jewel of 
acity


> Hi all,
>
> most people tend to drive straight past *Tangerm?nde*
> over one of the few bridges that cross the Elbe river
> (on the B188 East-West highway from Berlin to Hannover)
> without noticing that it's there.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Tangermuende/
>
> The city, as its name infers, is at the point where the
> river Tanger joins the Elbe, and has been a city since
> the 12th century and also the seat of a the German
> emperor Karl IV. The opriginal castle was razed to the
> ground by the Swedes, but much of the medieval
> fortifications still survive - almost all of it is
> brickwork, and hardly any stone.
>
> Most of the city now dates from 1671, after a young
> woman by the name of Grete Minde burned the city down
> as revenge for her mistreatment - her name has gone
> down in German literature in a classic novel by Theodor
> Fontane published in 1879
>
> We always stop there for lunch or a coffee and a break
> from driving with a walk around the city.
>
> This ancient city is in the process of being brought
> back to its former glory after years of very limited
> investment under the communist regime of the GDR. As
> can be seen, some parts are still very much in need of
> redevelopment, but the work is in full swing throughout
> most of the city.
>
> The Schloss built on the foundations of the old castle
> is now a 4-star hotel (with very reasonable prices),
> and some of the towers of the medieval castle now
> contain hotel rooms - including the prison tower!!
>
> Although the pictures were shot on 3 separate visits
> (one of them very cloudy and dull), their order shows
> our usual route and our usual stops around the place.
>
> Well worth a visit if you are ever in the area.
>
> I'll be putting up some of the shots in colour when I
> get around to it.
>
> Hope you enjoy the visit
> Douglas
>
> BTW: the lady in the  leather jacket is Frauke, my missus.
>
> Some of the shots with rather low contrast were shot
> with a Tamron zoom I picked up for 15 euros at the flea
> market in Berlin - it's not one of their best:-)
>


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