Church of Saint Kilian
Killian, or alternatively Irish: Cillian, was an Irish missionary bishop & the Apostle of Franconia (presently the northern part of Bavaria), where he began his work towards the end of the 7th century; his feast day is July 8
To all who visit and view, and – especially – express support and satisfaction: you are much appreciated!
Turm der katholischen Kirche St. Kilian in Mainz-Kostheim im Stadtkreis Wiesbaden (Hessen), 1766–1769 wurde diese Pfarrkirche als schönste Barockkirche am Untermain erbaut – die älteste Beurkundung Kostheims stammt von Karl dem Großen, am 31. August 790 unterzeichnete er eine Urkunde "zu Copsistaino", und besonders herausragend war hier im Jahre 1184 das letzte prunkvolle Reichsfest, das sogenannte Pfingstfest Kaiser Barbarossas auf der Maaraue, auch der Schwedenkönig Gustav Adolf besuchte Kostheim und ließ auf der damals noch Kostheimer Gemarkung die "Feste Gustavsburg" bauen
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Maaraue & Mechthildshausen, Germany – 03-05FEB2015:
Great crew, and an on-time Frankfurt arrival: that's very good!
Petra drove from her apartment in Schwalbach and picked me up at 1 p.m. Thursday (no arrival nap for me, so we could see something with the sun shining). We headed over the Rhine to Maaraue, the confluence of the Main and Rhine Rivers. We sat conversing by the Main shoreline on a bench until winter winds whipping near-freezing temperatures liked to froze us, then chatted along the riverwalk upstream to an observation tower near the middle bridge of the Mainz “Three Bridges Walk”, a 5-mile 2-hour circuit crossing the Main River once and Rhine River twice. (After the current grueling winter flight schedule ends & our crew arrives again early morning in Frankfurt, I plan to nap – and have daylight remaining to go on this Walk.)
Petra and I continued on our excursion into late afternoon, and she was looking forward to travelling the next day to Berlin to vacation with a friend. It was fun to invite Petra to go eat and to shop at the Domäne Mechthildshausen, an organic farm serving their own ingredients in their own restaurants, plus selling it in their shops.
(At the Domain I bought 2 loaves of bread: triple-rise sourdough, and spelt; on Sunday Joe and I brought these to share, for lunch and for the concert reception.)
Petra dropped me back off at the hotel on her way to stop by Fichteplatz to return the key to the Gerber family children from their parent’s now-vacated apartment.
I learned "a lot". When I got home, Friday night I went to bed and slept a healing 16 hours.
Saturday evening Joe and I went to a lovely Carolina Pro Musica early music concert, the next mid-morning and mid-afternoon to my brother John’s New Life Lutheran Church in New London, where I played flute with the organist. Joe and I ate Sunday lunch with my brother and his family, a super visit – time flying by fast – and we all went to the wonderful Cantamos choral concert, a great reception and fellowship following the standing ovation. Soli Deo Gloria!
Enjoy my 20% best photos from this layover, in a 2-album set:
• Maaraue, Germany – 2015FEB05
• Mechthildshausen, DE – 2015FEB05
Church of Saint Kilian
Killian, or alternatively Irish: Cillian, was an Irish missionary bishop & the Apostle of Franconia (presently the northern part of Bavaria), where he began his work towards the end of the 7th century; his feast day is July 8
To all who visit and view, and – especially – express support and satisfaction: you are much appreciated!
Turm der katholischen Kirche St. Kilian in Mainz-Kostheim im Stadtkreis Wiesbaden (Hessen), 1766–1769 wurde diese Pfarrkirche als schönste Barockkirche am Untermain erbaut – die älteste Beurkundung Kostheims stammt von Karl dem Großen, am 31. August 790 unterzeichnete er eine Urkunde "zu Copsistaino", und besonders herausragend war hier im Jahre 1184 das letzte prunkvolle Reichsfest, das sogenannte Pfingstfest Kaiser Barbarossas auf der Maaraue, auch der Schwedenkönig Gustav Adolf besuchte Kostheim und ließ auf der damals noch Kostheimer Gemarkung die "Feste Gustavsburg" bauen
______________________________________________
Album Description –
Maaraue & Mechthildshausen, Germany – 03-05FEB2015:
Great crew, and an on-time Frankfurt arrival: that's very good!
Petra drove from her apartment in Schwalbach and picked me up at 1 p.m. Thursday (no arrival nap for me, so we could see something with the sun shining). We headed over the Rhine to Maaraue, the confluence of the Main and Rhine Rivers. We sat conversing by the Main shoreline on a bench until winter winds whipping near-freezing temperatures liked to froze us, then chatted along the riverwalk upstream to an observation tower near the middle bridge of the Mainz “Three Bridges Walk”, a 5-mile 2-hour circuit crossing the Main River once and Rhine River twice. (After the current grueling winter flight schedule ends & our crew arrives again early morning in Frankfurt, I plan to nap – and have daylight remaining to go on this Walk.)
Petra and I continued on our excursion into late afternoon, and she was looking forward to travelling the next day to Berlin to vacation with a friend. It was fun to invite Petra to go eat and to shop at the Domäne Mechthildshausen, an organic farm serving their own ingredients in their own restaurants, plus selling it in their shops.
(At the Domain I bought 2 loaves of bread: triple-rise sourdough, and spelt; on Sunday Joe and I brought these to share, for lunch and for the concert reception.)
Petra dropped me back off at the hotel on her way to stop by Fichteplatz to return the key to the Gerber family children from their parent’s now-vacated apartment.
I learned "a lot". When I got home, Friday night I went to bed and slept a healing 16 hours.
Saturday evening Joe and I went to a lovely Carolina Pro Musica early music concert, the next mid-morning and mid-afternoon to my brother John’s New Life Lutheran Church in New London, where I played flute with the organist. Joe and I ate Sunday lunch with my brother and his family, a super visit – time flying by fast – and we all went to the wonderful Cantamos choral concert, a great reception and fellowship following the standing ovation. Soli Deo Gloria!
Enjoy my 20% best photos from this layover, in a 2-album set:
• Maaraue, Germany – 2015FEB05
• Mechthildshausen, DE – 2015FEB05