Karlsbau, Freiburg, Breisgau
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Karlsbau, Freiburg, BreisgauThe World > Europe > Germany > Baden-Wuerttemberg |
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The "Karlsbau", a jolly ugly concrete and steel building erected sometime in the 60ies of the latter century, rising prominently out of a parking lot for tourist busses.
The state-owned bank of Baden-Württemberg, doing business not for ordinary citizens except should you...
This pedestrian bridge leads from the city centre into the midst of the "Stadtgarten" (Town garden), ...
In earlier times this building was a hall of residence for students of the university. The name deriv...
The new synagogue was built in 1985/87. The building below the cathedral tower is the public library ...
One of the few successful re-buildings after the bombings of 1944: the "corn house" holds it's name d...
This spot marks the Northern limit of the old city center of Freiburg, which by now is a pedestrian z...
The city centre of Freiburg is circled by some 4-laned streets called "The Ring". Right out of the "S...
The market around the Freiburger Muenster takes place each day but sunday. On the north side only loc...
At the northern side of the cathedral there was a cemetery in earlier times. The yellow building oppo...
This is right in the middle of Freiburg's most busy shopping street, "Kaiser-Joseph-Strasse", in shor...
Germany? Before the beginning there was Ginnungagap, an empty space of nothingness, filled with pure creative power. (Sort of like the inside of my head.)
And it ends with Ragnarok, the twilight of the Gods. In between is much fighting, betrayal and romance. Just as a good Godly story should be.
Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.
Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!
Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.
But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.
Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.
And there we must leave you, O my most pure and holy children.
Text by Steve Smith.
