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Das Hochstativ im Einsatz an der Signalbrücke Vechelde
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Esslingen
23350 / 1951
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... i want to take some images of the city Esslingen at the blue hour. I choosed a viewpoint from castle Esslingen, unfortunately the entry was closed for an open air movie evening :-(
So i had to find another viewpoint, found one, but not the view i wished. Ok, next time, if the castle is free :-)
Manual blend from 2 images.
A hand-tinted glass slide showing an interesting combination of two NZASM (South Africa) class B steam locomotives flanking a pair of freight cars and finally, a double-roofed church van ("Chaplain's Coach").
The South African Railways Class B 0-6-4T of 1893 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal. Between 1893 and 1898, 175 46 Tonner 0-6-4 tank steam locomotives were placed in service by the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM) in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek.
In 1899, twenty more were ordered, of which only two were delivered by the time the Imperial Military Railways took over all railway operations in the two Boer Republics during the Second Boer War. The other eighteen locomotives in this order were intercepted by the Imperial Military Railways, who diverted two of them to Lourenço Marques.
For more information about this locomotive, please visit this Wikipedia link:
Short freight working approaches Esslingen (Neckar) on route to Untertürkheim, hauled by a DB BR 260 shunter.
© Finbarr O'Neill
Sunday, 16 December 2007
DB RB service from Tübbingen to Stuttgart departing Esslingen (Neckar).
© Finbarr O'Neill
The Royal Württemberg stud farm was founded in 1810 by King Wilhelm I of Württemberg in the royal summer residence at Scharnhausen, the Scharnhausen mansion. The Arab horses were imported directly from Damascus, Syria with the help of Baron von Fechting and the Polish Count Rzewusky.
The stock quickly increased by 1816 and new farms were procured in 1817 in Kleinhohenheim and Esslingen-Weil. The biggest farm became Esslingen-Weil.
In 1818, the King had Giovanni Salucci (1769-1845, Salucci became architect of the royal court in 1815) built the Weil Mansion.
The famous horse racecourse was sold and split in garden plots and farming area after the abolition of the kingdom on 30 November 1918. When Wilhelm II passed away in 1921, the farms were given to Princess Pauline of Württemberg, by marriage Princess of Wied, including both mansions in Scharnhausen and Wied.
The Princess was relatively successful but the economic situation after WWI, the Great Depression, made it very difficult to finance the royal farms. In 1932, the Princess was forced to cease operations.
The mansions of Scharnhausen and Weil, including the farm-areas were sold. Unfortunately, the city of Esslingen and neither the state of Baden-Württemberg did show (and are not showing) interest in saving the important history of the places and its remains.
After WWII, many private houses were built on the ground in Weil, even very close to the mansion. The former Royal Estates (residence in Scharnhausen and pavilion in Weil) are today in private hands and therefore not accessible to public. Without these private investors, probably nothing would have remained. The stables in Weil were broken down or were rebuilt to serve as cheap housing (e.g. accommodating asylum seekers). The stables in Scharnhausen have remained.
No information sign, no museum reminds of the importance the place in Esslingen-Weil once had, for Württemberg and the European horse breeding.
... another image of city Esslingen. I waited until the light goes on. But i expected another scene, much more light in the city. With my natural eyes, it was much darker in the lightend areas, very dissapointing !!!.
I made a long exposure ( 256 sec. ) and "le voila" the city lights come to life. As base 98% from 1 RAW, only a view lights adjusted from an other exposure.
In the far, you see a "beautiful" coal power station. I hope humanity awakes and
recognizes, this mediaeval technology is not longer needed.
Next time, i try my luck "in" the old city ! :-)
In the background it is the old church St. Dionys, built in the 14th century.
In the comment I´ll show you a shot from the inside of the church.
Im Hintergrund sieht man die St. Dionys-Kirche, erbaut im 14. Jahrhundert.
In den Kommentaren seht Ihr ein Foto vom Inneren der Kirche.