Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jim, there will be more - in colour - when I get around to calibrating my monitor (I think it's a bit off track, so I posted the shots in BW:-) ) Thanks for taking a peek Douglas On 27.10.2011 23:55, Jim Nichols wrote: > Douglas, > > You are correct, that is really a jewel of a city. > Thanks for the tour. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" > <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> > To: "LUG" <lug at leica-users.org>; "LEG" > <leica at freelists.org>; <leicareflex at freelists.org> > 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:-) >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >> more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information >