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

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Typical small, beautiful German town. I can taste the schnitzel and 
currywurst, and maybe even Eisbein :-)

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA



On Oct 27, 2011, at 10:56 PM, Douglas Sharp 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/
> 
> 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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