Cobblestone Courtyard Corner

"Off the beaten path"

 

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Höerhof: Im gepflasterten Hof

 

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Album Description – Idstein, Germany – 2016APR07

 

I visited somewhere so small I didn’t see any stoplights, so big it has 11 suburbs – eleven formerly independent villages absorbed in 1971 into Idstein, a splendid Town of Tradition with history dating to 1102 – a royal seat in the past and a modern city in the present!

 

My friends Dori & Siggi picked me up 2:00 at the crew hotel; Dori drove us north across the Rhine River, then 12 miles on further north, past Wiesbaden up into a magnificent town in the Taunus Mountains I have long wanted to tour. Highlights:

 

✓Castle Lane („Schloßgasse“):

• Tower of Idstein 'Bergfried', 'Wachturm', a 12th-century free-standing fighting-tower in Castle Garden 'Schloßgarten', a part of Idstein Castle a.k.a. the Witches‘ Tower 'Hexenturm'

• Idstein Castle, former fortress 'Burg Idstein', Castle Lane 'Schloßgasse', later palace 'Schloß Idstein' 1614, now school

• Fortress Gate, the massive 'Burgtor' 1497

• Heavenly Lane 'Himmelsgasse':

• Timber-frame 'Fotostudio Idstein Claudia Rothenberger' 18th century corner building, corner of Felix-Lahnstein-Street

• Timber-frame 'Gasthof zur Peif' 1615, at King Adolf Square

 

✓Upper Lane 'Obergasse':

• Hotel/Restaurant German House 'Deutsches-Haus' 1751

• Hotel/Restaurant house Henrich Heer built 1620 'Höerhof'

 

✓Martin Luther Street 'Martin-Luther-Straße':

• Parish Church 'Pfarrkirche' 1330

• Picturesque view at the church down a cobblestone lane to the Town Hall and the Tower of Idstein

 

✓King Adolf Square 'König-Adolf-Platz':

• Town Hall 'Rathaus' 1698

• Historic timber-framed houses 'Fachwerkhäuser, and most especially the gorgeous house ‘Killingerhaus’ 1615

 

✓Lopsided house 'Das sogenannte Schiefe Haus' 1727

 

✓Brewpub, the Idsteiner 'Alte Feuerwache' 1928, a converted old fire station, where we ate an early supper

 

Due to its well-preserved Old Town 'Altstadt', Idstein is on the German Timber-Frame Road 'Deutsche Fachwerkstraße', a tourist route through towns with fine timbered construction. It was so much fun visiting here with my friends Dori & Siggi; I am scheduled for FRA next week, when we plan to return!

 

The best of 524 photos from this layover are a 3-album set:

• Mainz, Germany – 2016APR06-08

• Idstein, Germany – 2016APR07

• Roman Limes Tower at Idstein, Germany – 2016APR07

 

Hope you enjoy my favorite 27% of the 371 photos in Idstein!

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