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A short drive from my office in Irvine, CA I found this interesting bit of architectural detail.
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Oberes Torhaus (in English: "Upper Gatehouse") in the village of Ickelheim, a district of the town of Bad Windsheim, Franconia (Bavaria)
Some background information:
Yes, one of the two gatehouses of Ickelheim, the lower one, to be precise, is available for purchase. However, both are almost identically constructed. Of course, you cannot buy the large building at its site, but only a small model of it for your model railway. The company Busch, a German producer of model railway equipment, has recreated the gate and offers it as a building kit for sale. So if you are the proud owner of a model railway, how about a nice little timber-framed gatehouse for your model railway layout?
With its more than 600 residents the village of Ickelheim is situated just about four km (2.5 miles) south of the district town of Bad Windsheim, in which it is incorporated. It is also located about 50 km (31 miles) west of the city of Nuremberg. Most likely, the settlement was already founded during the so-called Franconian colonisation in the 6th century. However, documented is its existence since the year 741.
In 889, Ickelheim was mentioned in a document as a Franconian royal seat. In the following centuries, the settlement evolved into a so-called Rundling (a circular village) with two gatehouses, which was surrounded by a rampart and a moat. However, the two gatehouses, which exist now, are not the original ones from medieval times. Instead, both were built in 1713 just to flag both accesses to the village. Anyway, the timber-framed gatehouses of Ickelheim are very unusual buildings and I don’t remember ever having seen any gatehouses resembling them – neither in Germany nor anywhere else.
In 1249, Pope Innocent IV put Heilsbronn Abbey and the fortified settlement of Ickelheim under his protection. However, another charter proves that in 1259, Ickelheim was already in possession of the burgraves of Nuremberg. In 1294, burgrave Conrad IV bestowed the municipal area to the German Order. Subsequently, Ickelheim became a minor administrative seat of the German Order, while the major seat of the whole area was in nearby Virnsberg Castle.
In the first half of the 16th century, the reformation in Franconia was in full swing. Many neighbouring communities had already converted to Protestantism, while Ickelheim was still under control of the Catholic German Order. In 1539, the villagers even demanded a Protestant minister, but the reformation wasn’t implemented in Ickelheim before 1565.
The Thirty Years’ War didn’t spare the community. In 1621, Ickelheim was afflicted with lootings and infringements by the Catholic Imperial forces under command of the military leader Peter Ernst, Count of Mansfeld. And in 1631, Imperial forces once again looted Ickelheim and its neighbouring communities Marktbergel and Ipsheim.
In 1806, the village was incorporated into the new Kingdom of Bavaria. In 1811, the rural community of Ickelheim was created. In 1856, a significant part of the commune was destroyed by fire. The fire was caused by arson and fanned by adverse winds. At the end of World War II, American troops tried to occupy the village. But as the resistance was rather fierce, they draw back and shelled Ickelheim with incendiary grenades. As a result, several houses were destroyed and the municipality was finally seized on 15th April 1945.
Today, Ickelheim is a beautiful little village with not less than three inns. In 1987, the commune won a gold medal in the Germany-wide competition "Unser Dorf soll schoener werden" (in English: "Our village should become more beautiful"). Ickelheim, which used to be an agricultural settlement in the past, is now mainly a village of commuters who work in the towns of Bad Windsheim or Ansbach or even in the city of Nuremberg. Only a few farms have survived. However, it’s noteworthy that at the southern slopes of Ickelheim vines are cultivated, which is quite unique in this area.
This was a bit of a test, for future refinement. 1st exp. [50mm f/5 20s] for window. Swapped to 14mm for 2nd exp. [f/5 25s] Orange flash. Capped. 3rd exp. [f/5 40s] Blue back lighting & mood lamp - MITZ6085
USB-C DisplayPort adapter from a laptop and AirPods sans charging case onna broken chair...
1) a thing that's part of a larger thing, but not attached to the thing of which it's a part.
2) a different thing that's a part of an entirely different thing, also not attached the entirely different thing.
3) onna chair.
A Class 390 Pendolino electric multiple unit in the fleet of Virgin Trains West Coast accelerates away from Carlisle with 1M15, the 14:40 Glasgow Central - Euston service on Thursday 20th October 2016.
On my first visit to Carlisle station for many years my initial thought was "why is it so dark?" The explanation soon became apparent: self-evidently the overall roof is being refurbished, and I'm sure it will look fantastic when it's finished, but I wouldn't want to have to pay that scaffolding bill.
Hamelin / Lower Saxony / Germany
Album of "Doors Of The world":
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Album of Germany (the north): www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157712098...
Lies Baas 2011 Framework needs to keep up any structure....balance is needed to hold it all together....mine seems off a bit lately. So there are plans to be made, health to be kept, and an open mind to fine tune the lay out. But most of all...open your shutters to let the light shine in.
frame - kamaro frameworks (columbus life (dt, st), spirit (tt), xcr (rear triangle, ht)
fork - kamaro frameworks (reynolds 953, columbus steerer)
shifters, rd - sram red
hubs - chris king
headset - cane creek reserve
brake, stem - frm
cranks, qr - tune
bb - hope ti
saddle - gilles berthoud galibier
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Waiting to go to exercise class and enjoyed looking at the Bus Station lean-to. For the record the aperture was f8.
St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Kent, England.
Body length: 2.5cm
Conservation status
Priority Species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework.
When to see
June to October
About
The Hornet Robberfly is a predator, sitting and waiting on a suitable perch (such as a stone or pile of animal dung) for smaller insects to fly past, which it catches on the wing. It prefers dung beetles, but will also eat bees and grasshoppers. It breeds in animal dung on heathland and downland, the larvae hatching and feeding on beetle grubs in the soil.
How to identify
The Hornet Robberfly has a brown thorax and a black-and-yellow abdomen, just like its namesake. There are 28 species of robberfly in the UK, which can be very difficult to tell apart; the Hornet Robberfly is one of the largest.
Distribution
Southern England and South Wales.
Habitats
GrasslandHeathland and moorland
Did you know?
The main reason for the decline in the Hornet Robberfly is the transferral of harmful chemicals from the treatments farmers use on their livestock, to the dung in which the insects live. In turn, this kills, or causes serious deformities in, the robberflies that feed on the dung.
The Wildlife Trusts: Protecting Wildlife for the Future. Registered charity number 207238
"Watch_Dogs"
-8000x3333 (Nvidia custom resolutions)
-Natural & Realistic Lighting Mod by Danvsw
-Camera Tools by Otis_Inf
"Distance"
-6000x8000 (Windowed Borderless Gaming Hotsampling)
-Replay Editor (free camera, timestop, FOV)
-ReShade Framework + 2B3`s custom shaders
Ex Wynns of Newport Diamond T 981 3630DW, not long sold by Alan Davis Recovery of Worcester (aka Warndon Service Station) arrives courtesy of Peter Court's Scammell Crusader low loader with its new owner.
The not insubstantial lifting frame that utilised the DT's GarWood winch was removed not long after I took this picture in the late '80s. Apparently a Ford dealer fitted this framing after Wynns sold it, does anyone know what dealer it was please?