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Die Burg in Wedde ist ein sehr idyllischer Ort, der in seinen Mauern eine Geschichte trägt, die um 1360 begann. Zu der Zeit war die Burg ein Verteidigungsgebäude. Zuletzt bewohnt wurde sie von 1830 – 1955 von der Familie Koning. Seit rund 15 Jahren ist sie im Besitz von Frank Ferrari und seiner Ehefrau. Heutzutage ist die Nutzung der Burg laut Ferrari „speziell den Kindern, die auf der anderen Seite des Glücks geboren wurden, vorbehalten“. Für diese Kinder, die aus verschiedenen Gründen im Leben benachteiligt sind, bietet die Burg eine seltene Gelegenheit, Freude, Aufmerksamkeit und Unterstützung zu erhalten. „Die Stiftung Burcht Wedde hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, Kindern eine märchenhafte Auszeit in einer echten Burg zu ermöglichen – ein Ort, an dem sie sich wie Prinzen, Ritter und Prinzessinnen fühlen können“, berichtet Ferrari. Darüber hinaus können in der Burg zehn Kinder und vier Betreuer beherbergt werden, denn sie dient auch als Kinderhotel in den Ferien und an Wochenenden.
Om 7 uur s'morgens wanneer de eerste zon net is opgekomen,
is het in deze polder heerlijk vertoeven met alle vogelgeluiden, zwanen en al de flora en fauna waarvan men met volle teugen kan genieten :)
HMM 😃😄😆
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It wasn't difficult to tilt the camera, but more so to find something that the Dutch Angle had a purpose for. My first choice was to take pictures of loose beads, but they looked like they were rolling off the page.
For Macro Monday group. HMM!
Added to the Cream of the Crop pool as my most favorited / most commented on picture.
Winner of the Theme Competition 119, "Architecture"
New Holland Honeyeater
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I've been looking for this Mulberry tree for quite awhile, the directions I had been given managed to omit an important fact. Where to start,—before— you turn right, then left, the right again, it's at the back of the fence....
Need I have worried, the New Holland Honeyeater had no trouble finding it.
We had a beautiful autumn walk at Baarn, Landgoed Groeneveld, Everthing was perfect, light, colours, and place .
The last photo from a small serie Autumn in Holland.
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Landgoed Groeneveld,
The Tubemapper project means that I will be exploring underground stations a bit more. Here's a shot in between platfroms on the central line at Holland Park Station
Luke Agbaimoni - Tubemapper.com
Jo had to work so i went cycling with one of our dogs Balou. Almost everyone in Holland loves iceskating. I am one of the few who cannot skate!
Houses with stepped gables on the market square of Friedrichstadt, North Frisia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Some background information:
Friedrichstadt is a town in the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein. It is located in the Eider-Treene lowlands, at the confluence of the tributary Treene river with the much larger Eider river approximately 12 km (7 miles) south of the town of Husum. With its more than 2,500 residents Friedrichstadt is a climatic heath resort. Tourism is the main economic sector of the town, which is particularly popular as a destination for day-trippers.
Friedrichsstadt was founded relatively late in 1621 as the result of a plan by Duke Frederick III of Schleswig-Gottorf to develop his duchy into the hub of a trading route extending from Spain through Russia to the East Indies. To establish a major trading port on the North Sea coast, he invited Dutch settlers – then Europe's leading experts in hydraulic engineering and commerce – to settle in his territory. In particular, he welcomed Remonstrants who were facing religious persecution in the Netherlands. He offered them religious freedom in an exile settlement where Dutch would serve as the official language. In doing so, he followed the example of his uncle and rival, Christian IV, King of Denmark and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein, who had founded Glückstadt on the Elbe in 1617 for similar reasons and using similar methods.
By 1625, the entire southern half of the town – the so-called Vorderstadt (in English: "Front Town"), which includes the market square – had been completed. Frederick III also sought to attract Spanish Jews to Friedrichstadt, as they were regarded as particularly well educated and commercially skilled. However, the Spanish, who viewed Friedrichstadt as a Dutch rival, prevented this migration as well as Frederick's plans to develop a profitable salt trade.
As a result, it was not until 1675 that German Jews settled in Friedrichstadt. For a time, they formed the town's second-largest religious community. As Friedrichstadt continued to expand rapidly, many more settlers of various religious denominations established themselves in the town. These included German and Danish Lutherans, Catholics, Quakers, Unitarians, and Mennonites.
The settlement developed only slowly because the Thirty Years' War, which from 1626 onward also had a severe impact on southern Schleswig and Holstein. In 1630, the Remonstrants were once again permitted to practice their faith in their homeland, prompting many of them to return to the Netherlands. As a result, the anticipated economic prosperity never materialized. Nevertheless, in 1633, Friedrichstadt was granted town privileges.
Between 1633 and 1637 Frederick III sent a delegation to Tsar Michael I of Russia and to Shah Safi of Persia with a view to setting up Friedrichstadt as a European trade terminus. However, the goal of creating a regular trading route that did not need to pass around Africa was not achieved, the delegation proved fruitless and the town did not become as successful as anticipated. In 1643, following rumors that Swedish forces were advancing, the sluice gates were opened, deliberately flooding the entire area surrounding Friedrichstadt. After the Danish king had the Gottorf fortress at Tönning demolished in 1715, plans were briefly considered to construct a new fortress in Friedrichstadt.
The conflicts sparked by the rise of nationalism in the mid-nineteenth century brought tragedy to the town. Until the autumn of 1850, the Schleswig-Holstein War over the Duchy of Schleswig had largely spared the southwestern part of the region. Following the Battle of Idstedt in 1850, the outcome of the war was effectively decided, and the remaining Schleswig-Holstein forces withdrew into Holstein. But they made one final attempt to recapture Friedrichstadt, which was occupied by Danish troops. The bombardment of the town left many residents and Danish soldiers dead or injured and 285 building including the town hall and the Remonstrant Church were destroyed.
In 1864, during the Second Schleswig War, Friedrichstadt was occupied without resistance. The entire Duchy of Schleswig came under joint Prussian-Austrian administration and in 1867, became part of the newly established Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein. As part of the municipal reform of 1869, the town was incorporated into the newly established District of Schleswig, forming its westernmost point.
Today, Friedrichstadt is recognized as a cultural heritage site of outstanding significance. The planned town, covering an area of around 17 hectares, was laid out in a grid pattern. The older part of the town, characterized by Dutch Brick Renaissance architecture, is crossed by two canals. The houses from the town's founding period were even built by Dutch master builders using building materials imported from the Netherlands. A striking feature of many buildings are the house marks, which are often brightly painted reliefs above the entrance doors that provide information about the original builders or residents and frequently date back to the time when the town was founded.
New Holland Honeyeater
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A big squabble among the Honeyeaters managed to get a bit personal as this one grabbed the leg of its foe.
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