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Some of Germany's 3050 registered bread specialties.
Germany's Bread Culture and the huge selection of bread is partly down to country's varied climate, which allows all types of crops to thrive, together with its history. Baking different bread was one of the ways the small princedoms that formerly made up Germany could carve out an own identity.
More here: German Bread – Fast Facts ….http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art183251.asp
SCHLOSS NEUSCHWANSTEIN, Neuschwanstein Castle. A 19th-century symbolic medieval knight's castle near Fuessen in southwest Bavaria. Not far from the border with Austria.
It replaced the ruins of two castles and was built for Ludwig II of Bavaria, 'der Maerchenkoenig', the Fairy tale King, although he had only stayed in it for a few days, and it was incomplete, when he died.
An inspiration for Disney castles, and star of several movies, in April 2002 a meteorite reached earth in three fragments, totaling almost 14 lbs, at the nearby Austrian border, and was also named Neuschwanstein after the palace.
Photograph by Lou Lu
GRAFFITI ART in Unterfuehring subway station, Munich.
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MARKSBURG, a fortress above Braubach in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Unlike all the other medieval castles on the Middle Rhine Marksburg was never destroyed, so needed to be rebuilt. One of the UNESCO World Heritage Rhine Gorge main sites, the castle was not used as a residence for royal families but as protection for the town of Braubach and its surroundings.
By Wolfgang Staudt
SCHLOSS GUESTROW in Guestrow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, northern Germany
A Renaissance style palace built in 1589, on the site of a former castle dating from 1219, as a residence for the Dukes of Mecklenburg. The Renaissance garden was added in the late 20th century, and was based on descriptions found in old engravings.
Photograph by Inecita
TUECHERSFELD, Brewery Center of the Fraenkische Schweiz, Bavaria. A village which dates from 1243 and is dominated by some bizarre rocks.
Three members of the peaceful resistance movement in Nazi Germany, the White Rose group, were executed on February 22nd 1943.
Students from the University of Munich and their philosophy professor, the group distributed leaflets condemning the regime of Adolf Hitler.
Four days after their arrest on the 18th February, Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst (founding members of the group) were tried, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death by the notorious 'hanging' judge, Roland Freisler. Whose specialty was "Kangaroo Courts" where a death sentence was to be expected.
That same day the three were guillotined at Stadelheim Prison. After their executions the remaining members were arrested, several were executed others imprisoned, ending their resistance movement.
The text of the sixth and final leaflet produced by the White Rose movement was smuggled out of Germany and passed to the Allies, who printed millions of copies and airdropped them over the country in July 1943.
“We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will not leave you in peace!”
BURG VISCHERING in Luedinghausen, a city in the Muenster region of North Rhine Westphalia.
Originally built in 1271 the medieval moated castle is surrounded by woods, and with its ramparts and drawbridge looks as if it belongs in a fairytale.
In an area where there are so many castles, Leudinghausen alone has three, as well as palaces and forts, Burg Vischering is one of the most beautiful.
Photo by holstinus Flickr.com
In Germany one of the most popular dishes to brighten up dark winter days is Rinderrouladen, "Beef Rollups", slices of beef rolled up around a seasoned onion and bacon filling, served in a wine sauce.
Once considered so special they were served only for celebrations or on Sundays, now they are a very traditional "cold weather" dinner choice.
Click on photo for recipe..........
"A person is first forgotten when his name is forgotten" - Talmud.
Stolpersteine, Stumbling stones, are a memorial built one stone at a time. Small 'memory' blocks embedded in sidewalks in front of homes where the victims of Nazis last lived freely, simple memorials so their names will not be forgotten, documenting their lives with the barest of details. The photo is of Stolpersteine in front of Hauptstrasse 121, Altstadt, Heidelberg. It was the home of the Durlacher family, Hermann, Marta and their sons Walter and Ludwig. Hermann and Marta were murdered in Auschwitz, their sons survived. They had been sent to England in 1939 by Kindertransport, a rescue mission for unaccompanied children under 17 which took place during the nine months prior to the outbreak of WWII.
Click on photo to find out more about Stolpersteine. Photographer Gerd W. Zinke via de.Wikipedia
Photoprint from radiograph taken by W. K. von Roentgen in November 1895
Wilhelm Roentgen (born 27 March 1845 in Duesseldorf died in Munich February 10, 1923), was a German physicist, and the first X-Ray was of his wife’s left hand.
It is said after seeing her skeletal likeness, she exclaimed: "I have seen my death!"
Roentgen took out no patents for his discoveries, and donated the money for his Nobel prize, the first in Physics, to the University of Wuerzburg. With the inflation in Germany following World War I he became bankrupt and spent his final years at his country home in Weilheim, near Munich, Bavaria.
Gold painted nuts are often seen decorating German Christmas trees, because traditionally they are bound together with thoughts of nature and fertility, carrying 'the germ of life' so symbolic of the continuation of life.
They were used for die Wintersonnenwende, the winter solstice celebrations in pre-Christian Europe, and were absorbed into Christmas traditions when Christianity arrived But nuts also make great cookies, and there will be few plates of Christmas Cookies in German homes that will not include at least two different varieties of nut cookie.
Click on the image for two authentic and traditional NUT COOKIE RECIPES, which need not only be enjoyed during the holiday season..........
GERMANY 1946/47, THE HUNGER WINTER
Europe lay in rubble, and the winter of 1946/1947 was the coldest in living memory. In Germany it was known as the time of "Weisser Tod", white death, and "Schwarzer Hunger", black hunger, and hundreds of thousands died.
These two little girls had their Christmas tree, but "Weihnachten" was different that year.
Click on photo to find out more......
THE CHRISTMAS TREE APPLE, THE PARADIESAPFEL
The Christmas tree being "ever green" was a symbol of hope during a dark winter for the pre-Christians, and even now they brighten up the year's darkest days, at least until their needles begin to fall.
In Germany many Tannenbaeume will have a red apple, the Paradise Apple, sitting amongst their branches.
It's a German Weihnachten custom with a religious background. For the whole of Heiligeabend, Christmas Eve, the tradition is that the red apple will bring those who see it nearer to "paradise", offering the promise to help find what might have been lost, a person, love, faith, whatever it is, or to find the way onto a new path. Opening a door to paradise, to hope.
Click on the photo to find out more...........
HOHENSCHWANGAU CASTLE, SCHLOSS HOHENSCHWANGAU
"Hohenschwangau Castle", in Bavaria southern Germany, had its beginnings in the 12th century as the Fortress Schwanstein. It was the childhood home of King Ludwig II, who later built "Neuschwanstein" the fantasy "Disney" castle, just across the valley, and although Schloss Hohenschwangau is filled with history, treasures and art it still has the atmosphere of a family home.
For more about the castle and its history click on the photo.
"YOLO," - "You Only Live Once" - has been voted most popular new German youth expression of the year, in the "Youth Word of the Year" competition run by dictionary-maker "Langenscheidt", who produce those little yellow books which are indispensable for anyone learning German.
It defines youth, adventure, fun, craziness and an aim to test the limits of acceptable behavior because.........YOLO.
Germany's young seem to love taking English phrases, abbreviating and adopting them into everyday slang, especially online, and it is the second time in four years that a word derived from English has won the competition. Much to the horror of many Germans for whom there is an ever increasing specter of "Denglisch", the German English mixture, taking over their language.
VOLKSTRAUERTAG, REMEMBRANCE DAY IN GERMANY Sunday 18th November was VOLKSTRAUERTAG, a German National Day of Mourning, held each November on the second Sunday before Advent.
In today's Germany it doesn't only represent those from Germany but from every country, members of the military or civilians, who have died or were left to mourn as victims of violence brought about by combat or oppression.
From Europe's old battlefields, on which Germany played their part, to the armed conflicts and struggles continuing to take place in our present-day world. Monument in honor of victims of war in Staufener Cemetery, Breisgau, Baden-Wuerttemberg. The photographer is M. Donner.
Click the photo to learn about the background to Germany's Volkstrauertag
