Location: Diemelstadt
Height: 240,8
Coordinates: 51,5 - 8,98
Weather: 13 °C and Sunny
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It’s going to be historical, archaeological, (mostly) cyclable und fun
We are going on a weeks vacation on the other side of the Rhine, which always entails a short moment of hesitation, inhibition, but also a sense of adventure.
The centre of our exploration is going to be Merseburg. While the city itself is an ottonian foundation with some medieval bits left over, we are after older, much older, remains. And Merseburg is smack in the middle of it.
- Firstly the Nebra Sky Disk (Himmelsscheibe)
- The Kreisgrabenanlage von Pömmelte, which strangely enough has no English wikipedia page, anyway, think Stonehenge, but made from wood
- Goseck Circle, again, think wooden Stonehenge
- A couple of dolmen burials, most specifically DOLMENGÖTTIN LANGENEICHSTÄDT, again, German only
- And there is a gaggle of interesting museums (closed on Mondays) in the area also.
Many of these attractions are within cycling (ebike) distance of our hotel, and if I squint at the weather forecast, the weather might be holding up.
There is also a website for the whole region called Sky Paths which gives an overview of the attractions.
#history #archaeology #vacation #cycling
So dark
With whey, old bread, spelt and pasta madre. 15 min @ 250 C and then 30 min @ falling to 230 C
#bread #brot #sourdough #LievitoMadre #Sauerteig @brotbacken@fedigroups.social #whey #molke
Some #makroesk pictures from today
photography #fotografie @photography@fedigroups.social
This one got too wet. I added 50 g of joghurt but didn’t reduce water enough. Very soft dough. It’ll be interesting to taste it.
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Location: Köln
Height: 46
Coordinates: 50,96 - 6,97
Weather: 17°C and Sunny
https://www.koeln.de/tourismus/sehenswertes/flora-koeln/
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On the way back from Raeren I stopped at Töpfereimuseum Langerwehe which is closed for renovations. Have to come back in a year or three.
#HistoryCycle #history #photography #fotografie #steingut #steinzeugkeramik #stoneware #steengoed
Yesterday I drove to #Raeren (pronounced Raaren) to look at some (more) stoneware pottery. Specifically I went here: Töpfereimuseum Raeren
If you’re ever in the area (think Aachen) than it’s WELL worth a visit.
The museum is in a castle.
Inside a nice collection of Rhenish stoneware and on stoneware production and trade. Raeren traded via Colognes Alter Markt but also served some markets themselves. The relatively close Langerwehe produced stoneware mostly for “local” consumption, Raeren produced mostly for long distance (Hanse) trade.
While picking up some of the popular forms of Rhenish stoneware, eg Bartmann Krüge, they also developed distinctive forms.
And here one of the forms used to emboss the jugs (which were produced by the tens of thousands.
If you were a good (large) customer you got your coat of arms on the jugs, which were also used for religious (pro catholic/protestant) or political messaging. Early propaganda/advertising
#HistoryCycle #history #photography #fotografie #steingut #steinzeugkeramik #stoneware #steengoed
Location: Langerwehe
Height: 161,3
Coordinates: 50,82 - 6,36
Weather: 18 °C and partly cloudy
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Location: Raeren
Height: 286,7
Coordinates: 50,68 - 6,12
Weather: 17 °C and partly cloudy
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