#saverne

[the-spirit-of-yore]

Tête romane, château du Haut-Barr, Alsace, France

[paolinegrx]

[paolinegiroux]

[famousinuniverse]

Saverne, Alsace, France: Saverne is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a pass over the Vosges Mountains, and 45 km northwest of Strasbourg. In 2018, the commune of Saverne had a population of 11,289, and its urban area, of 18,740. Wikipedia

[grandboute]

La saison est ouverte !

#licorne #noel #winachtsbier #biereDeNoel #biereDeSaison #saverne #elsassBier #sgelt #hoplagram #alsace #basRhin #elsass #unicorn #hopla #biere #malt #brasserie #houblon #bier #brasseur #instabeer #beer #jusDeHoublon #brewery #frenchBeer #beerstagram #avent #christmasBeer

[merpmonde]

Grand Geroldseck castle - only a cat of different coat

Close to impressive Haut-Barr castle, a one-hour hike from Saverne, sit two more ruins. All of these castles were built around the same time, late 10th to early 11th century, but despite being so close, they weren't owned by the same people.

While Haut-Barr was under the control of the Bishop of Strasbourg, the two Geroldseck castles, the Petit and the Grand, were built by the Geroldseck family, in charge of protecting the lands of the Abbey of Marmoutier. At the time, Alsace was part of the Holy Roman Empire and divided into many largely independent pieces, so these castles facing each other were on a border of sorts. However, the male Geroldseck line went extinct at the end of the 12th century, and the land was co-owned by so many people that no-one was maintaining the castle. The last stand came in 1471, when a group of disgruntled knights used it as their base. The Imperial bailiff laid siege, won and the castle was left as a ruin after that.

While Haut-Barr castle gets a lot of visitors, owing to the possibility of driving there, the Grand Geroldseck is worth the extra walk and brief climb from its neighbour. As well as the dungeon, lots of walls and rooms are still present, making it an interesting place to explore. The remaining walls continue to receive restoration work - there seem to be a few differences between my first visit with @teamroquette and my second this summer, for example, I don't remember seeing the little garden a few years ago.

All that's left to say is: "OI YOU!... YES, YOU! Have a good time."

[francepittoresque]

LÉGENDE | Dame maudite du château de Greifenstein (Bas-Rhin) ➽ https://bit.ly/Legende-Dame-Greifenstein Condamnée à hanter le château et se transformant chaque vendredi en un crapaud tenant en sa bouche une clé, la Dame Blanche du Greifestein serait délivrée par qui l’embrasserait sous sa forme hideuse et lui prendrait cette clé

[letsgethaunted]

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Episode 70: The Dancing Plague of 1518 Photodump

Image 01: Strasbourg , France. 1572. Image 02: In July of 1518 a haunted woman begins to dance in the street. She dances for days days on end with no food or water until she collapses. Anyone who tries to help the woman becomes inflicted with the same uncontrollable urge to dance. A crowd of dancers forms in the street, unable to stop dancing. Image 03: The religious leaders of Strasbourg decide to enlist musicians to play music and aid the people suffering from this “Dancing Plague.” The hope is that the dancers will get it out of their system by dancing the plague out of their bodies. Image 04: This plan obviously backfires. People hear the music and then see the dancers, instantly becoming infected with Dancing Plague. Within weeks hundreds of people are dancing themselves to death. Image 05: St. Vitus is thought to be the culprit of the Dancing Plague. People believe the saint cursed the people of Strasbourg with Dancing Plague. Image 06: St. Vitus’ shrine in a grotto above Saverne. In a desperate move to please St. Vitus, dancers were tied to wagons and brought to this cave to pray to the Saint for mercy. It works! The dancers are cured. Image 07: 8 years after the Dancing Plague of 1518 a physician and alchemist named Paracelsus visits Strasbourg to find out the cause of the plague. He guesses that it’s just a medieval feminist protest. *eyeroll* Image 08: Another viable theory is the dancing was caused by Chorea- a movement disorder that causes involuntary muscle movements. But why would that be contagious? Image 09: Another theory blames the dancing on hallucinations from Ergot - a fungal disease on grain which causes hallucinations and other poison symptoms. However, the symptoms of ergotism make people very sick and would be too severe to allow any dancing while experiencing the illness. What do you think happened?