In the cottage garden...

Today afternoon: the cottage garden of the botanical insitute of the University of Wuerzburg.

 

Some flowers in (mainly) yellow and pink, take a peep and enjoy!

Cosmos flowers of different species

 American species [Coreopsis pubescens] of the tickseed / Mädchenauge.

Rudbeckia fulgida / Gewöhnlicher Sonnenhut / orange coneflower

Jerusalem artichoke [Helianthus tuberosus], also called sunroot, sunchoke, earth apple or topinambour

Echinacea purpurea / Purpur-Sonnenhut / purple coneflower

 

„I see you...“

Reginald Kenneth Dwight at Wuerzburg

Würzburg, 2012-07-14, a wonderful summer evening with Sir Elton John,

born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, THE English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and global super star.

Enjoy our pictures of a great, great concert on the place in front of the Wuerzburg Residence.

View from the rear stand, approx. 100 meters behind the stage.

 Thank you, Elton, for an unforgettable evening!

Würzburg

Sunday - all day long.

Sunshine - more than enough.
Sky - deep blue.
Leisure time - plenty.

Sunday stroll through Würzburg- Franconia's gem in the northern tip of Bavaria.

What more could a heart desire?

:-)

View from the Festung (fortress) Marienberg to the Old Main Bridge, finished 1488, in the front.

On my right-hand side the Käppele, a small Baroque/Rococo chapel by Balthasar Neumann on a hill opposite to the fortress.

Statuary of saints and sovereigns on the Old Main Bride with the tower of the old town hall and  one of the steeples of the Würzburg Cathedral (Würzburger Dom St. Kilian)

The "Alter Kranen" (the old crane, from the year 1773) on the right-hand riverside. 

View from the "Friedensbrücke" in direction of the old crane and the Old Main Bridge.

The river Main was not totally frozen along Würzburg city because of the weir under the Old Main Bridge accompanied by the faster stream velocity.

But in areas with lower current velocity the ice gained the upper hand.

Obviously we were not the only sun worshipper on Sunday afternoon...

Cormorant sun-curing its feathering after a dive.

Sunday stroll through Würzburg

Würzburg, (German pronunciation: [ˈvʏɐ̯tsbʊɐ̯k]), is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. And that's - more or less -  right at our doorstep.

And Würzburg with its art treasures is really a gem. Although it was destroyed nearly totally during World War II.

Wikipedia: On 16 March 1945, about 90% of the city full of civilians was destroyed in 17 minutes by 225 British Lancaster bombers during a World War II air raid. All of the city's churches, cathedrals, and other monuments were heavily damaged or destroyed. The city center, which dated from medieval times, was totally destroyed in a firestorm in which 5,000 people perished. Over the next 20 years, the buildings of historical importance were painstakingly and accurately replicated. The citizens who rebuilt the city immediately after the end of the war were mostly women – Trümmerfrauen ("rubble women") – because the men were either dead or taken prisoner of war. In comparison, Würzburg was destroyed more totally than was Dresden in a firebombing the previous month.

View along the old bridge over the river Main (Alte Mainbrücke) with its bridge statuary and the tower of the old town hall (with the clock) as well as the twin steeples from the cathedral.

The world-famous sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider at work direct in front of Wuerzburg Residence, the local palace and World Cultural Heritage.

 Mural paining of Wuerzburg' cathedral St. Kilian in an old school that is an arthouse cinema nowadays.

In the crypt of St. Kilian, where you find some really cool gestalts... ;-)

The three apostels of the Franconians - die Frankenapostel - of the collegiate foundation Neumünster

Some impressions of the arthouse cinema / the old school building, where you find the mural painting with the town's landmarks as well.

The photographer at work.

;-)