Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Quan, If you ever get to Germany, the place is well worth a visit - especially as it is neither crowded nor extremely expensive like most of the other sightseeing hot spots. Best from Hannover Douglas On 27.10.2011 23:26, Quan Tran wrote: > Douglas, > > Thank you for giving a grand tour of such a beautiful city. You capture the > essence and the atmosphere of the place very well. It is a lovely place to > sit down for some coffee. > > These are my favorites: _MG_2859, 09B324FA, _MG_2650, 02F6ECEF, 11DF9157 > > Thanks for sharing, > -Quan. > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp at gmx.de> > wrote: > >> 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/<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 >> > >