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A follow-up to this picture (see also the comments there regarding the living together of these two species in the local zoo.
The "Kunstmuseum Stuttgart" was opened in 2005.
After this shot, I just had to turn around and walk a few meters to find this view.
I also added a cropped black & white variant
Added to the Cream of the Crop pool as most "interesting".
The picture was edited in Photoshop. Here you can see the original - out of the cam - picture.
Yesterday, the local zoo (the "Wilhelma" in Stuttgart) presented its baby polar bear to the public. Today I made a visit.
In contrast to the famous Knut from Berlin, Wilbär is raised by his mother Corinna (which was the reason for all the secrecy, as the responsible persons of the zoo didn't want to disturb the relationship between Wilbär and his mother).
More pictures of Wilbär.
I licensed the picture for use on a baseball cap for kids.
Yesterday, the local zoo (the "Wilhelma" in Stuttgart) presented its baby polar bear to the public. Today I made a visit.
In contrast to the famous Knut from Berlin, Wilbär is raised by his mother Corinna (which was the reason for all the secrecy, as the responsible persons of the zoo didn't want to disturb the relationship between Wilbär and his mother).
More pictures of Wilbär.
Danke!
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Freie Reichsstadt Esslingen - Gemeint sind freie Bürger in der Reichsstadt.
Wie ganz Deutschland war auch die Region um Stuttgart noch vor wenigen hundert Jahren ein politischer Flickenteppich:
Nur wenige Kilometer flussaufwärts im Neckartal begann das "Ausland". Die erste Grenze musste man schon kurz vor Esslingen passieren - heute zwölf Bahnminuten vom Hauptbahnhof entfernt.
Esslingen war bis 1802 freie Reichsstadt - und unterstand keinem Herzog oder König, sondern direkt dem Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation.
Dieses Privileg machte die Stadt reich, was man an den herrschaftlich verzierten Fachwerk- und Bürgerhäusern sehen kann.
Ein besonderer Schatz ist das Alte Rathaus
mit dem Glockenspiel,
das 200 Lieder spielen kann.
In der verwinkelten Innenstadt wurden sogar einige Kanäle überbaut.
Esslingen gehört damit zu den wenigen Städten weltweit mit einer bebauten Brücke.
Einmalig ist auch die Stadtmauer, die sich den Hang emporschiebt und einen Weinberg mit einschließt. Offensichtlich wollte man im Mittelalter auf Nummer sicher gehen - und im Zweifelsfall den guten Tropfen nicht einfach kampflos den benachbarten Württembergern überlassen.
The "Dicker Turm" ("Bulky Tower") is a landmark of Esslingen.
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Esslinger Burg. Die Burg war eigentlich keine Burg sondern 'nur' ein Teil der umlaufenden Stadtmauer. Der Mauerabschnitt diente der Stadtbefestigung. Diese wurde zur besseren Verteidigung über den Berg gezogen. Von der Stadtmauer sind die Türme: Schelztorturm, Pliensauturm und Wolfstor erhalten. Weiterhin können Wehrgänge und Kasematten besichtigt werden. Von der Burg bietet sich ein schöner Blick auf die Stadt und das Tal.
Reiseführer
Deutschland:
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I'm glad about the glass pane of the terrarium between me and the snake... ;)
Same snake as in this shot.
When I walked through the woods, I felt like I was in some fairytale world...
Taken at the same occasion than this shot.
The weather today was very warm for January, so we made a nice walk with many possibilites to sniff ...
Here's a shot which was taken a split second later...
Even though our dog is now 10 years old (the white patches around his nose are not from the snow), he still loves running in the snow ...
I caught this little guy on a meadow in the local zoo (although it's not an "official" zoo animal).
The german name (Eichhörnchen) seems not to be derived from Eiche (= Oak) but from the old german word "aig" which means "to move fast" - and moving fast it did!
Here's an older shot from the side...
154 cast iron stairs leading up to the top of the 38m tower of the Granitz Hunting Castle on the island Rügen.
Handheld HDR from 5 shots.
The world record car T80 was built in1939 by Ferdinand Porsche. It was equipped with the plane motor DB 603 with 3,000 HP. The T80 should be the worlds fastet vehicle on 4 wheels. It was planned to race in 1940 with up to 600 km/h over the Autobahn. The start of WWII halted this project, so the T80 was never used.
Here's another angle on this car which better shows off its size.
Carlos is currently in the cage previously inhabited by the old lionesses, so you can get closer than to the other tigers. You just have to aim between the bars... ;)
More tiger pictures.
A view of todays sunset sky. Taken just a few steps from the front door...
A few minutes later, I was able to capture some lightning on the horizon (second shot here.)
