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Autumn in the Markgräflerland by El2deepblue*

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Ebringen and its vineyards...

This village is one of many lovely wine villages in my region, situated along the 'Baden wine- route'.

It is located about 5 km (3 mi) south of Freiburg and belongs to the Freiburg metropolitan area.

Surrounded by meadows, forests and in the middle of vineyards it is a very nice place.

The entire area of the municipality is located in the Schönberg range, foothills of the Black Forest, which is geologically a part of the Rhine Rift Valley. The Schönberg is characterized by a very diverse surface geology from all periods of the Mesozoic, Paleogene volcanism and glacial löss deposits.Ebringen is known for the oldest recorded viticulture between Freiburg and Basel.

Viticulture has most likely been present since the Roman era in the first century AD, as ruins of a Roman grange were found in the Ebringen area.the earliest written record for viticulture dates from the early 8th century.

The Markgräflerland (Baden) is well known for its Chasselas grapes.(Gutedel in German)

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Many thanks for your kind visits and comments, dear friends.

Although Winter is knocking at the door meanwhile, I want to share some more images from autumn.

Inner glow by ©hristie by the River 💖

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Natural sunburst disappearing behind the mountains.

Setting sun illuminating the windshields of moored river boats.

Beautiful British Columbia, Canada

I invite you to view my Night and Twilight album:

www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157649684655761

Thanks for visiting

~Christie

Munich - Olympiaturm by Markus Bahlmann

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The Olympiaturm TV tower with its reflection in the Olympiasee lake.

Munich - The Neighbours' Cat by Markus Bahlmann

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Resting beside the garden pine.

Munich - Cloudscape by Markus Bahlmann

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Amazing clouds just before sunset, seen from the Olympiaberg.

Munich - Isar View by Markus Bahlmann

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The Isar river downstream of the Maximiliansbrücke, lined with autumn coloured trees.

Seehausen - Thirsty Cattle by Markus Bahlmann

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Cattle on Wörth island on a hot spring day.

Wörth is the largest island in the Bavarian Staffelsee lake and the only permanently inhabited island in the lake.

Munich - Swing Ride by Markus Bahlmann

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Captured on the Oktoberfest 2017 in Munich.

Volkach - Town View by Markus Bahlmann

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Volkach as seen from the "Maria im Weingarten" church. The tall steeple belongs to the St. Bartholomäus & St. Georg church in Volkach's town center.

Munich - Tram 16 by Markus Bahlmann

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A line 16 tram arriving and stopping at the tram station Lehel.

Munich - Forstenrieder Allee by Markus Bahlmann

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The subway station Forstenrieder Allee of Munich's subway line U3.

Oberschleißheim - Schloss Lustheim by Markus Bahlmann

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Schloss Lustheim is a small palace building in the Schlosspark Schließheim that was built in 1684 for the wedding of Kurfürst Max Emanuel with the Austrian princess Maria Antonia.

Oberschleißheim - Mirrored Tree by Markus Bahlmann

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Tree mirrored in a large puddle near Schleißheim Airfield.

Munich - Dahlia by Markus Bahlmann

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A white-red dahlia blossom close-up.

Munich - Feeding Frenzy by Markus Bahlmann

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The waterfowl of the "Kleinhesseloher See" are going into a feeding frenzy as somebody to the right is starting to throw some food at them.

Ismaning - Isar Rapids by Markus Bahlmann

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A tree stuck in the artificial Isar rapids formed by the demolished former Isar weir in Ismaning.

Munich - Let me out! by Markus Bahlmann

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Rose, trying to escape...

Dießen - Gulls 'n' Geese by Markus Bahlmann

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Birds on a jetty.

Shanghai - SWFC and Jin Mao by Markus Bahlmann

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The Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) and the Jin Mao Tower. In the background the twin towers of Shanghai IFC, the Pearl Tower and the Bank Of China Tower. To the right the new elevated walkway.

Munich - Flower Mix by Markus Bahlmann

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Blossoms of a "Field Flower Mix" we had in the garden back in 2018.

Toronto, ON - "Oriole" by Markus Bahlmann

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The "Oriole" is replica of a Great Lakes steamship, she serves as a tour boat. She features 2 decks, upper is an open air sightseeing deck and below is a dining room. The size of the boat is 21 m long and 7 m wide, MMSI 316044324.

Munich - Birdhouse Brunch by Markus Bahlmann

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Caught another red squirrel in our birdhouse...

Landshut - Gothic Vault by Markus Bahlmann

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The vault above the entrance to the Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Landshut. The church was built from 1407 to 1461.

Munich - Hauptbahnhof Panorama by Markus Bahlmann

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A 180° panorama of Munich central station (München Hauptbahnhof) at night, taken from the mezzanine, "DB Lounge", level.

Addendum: No long after I took that pano, the aforementioned viewing spot was demolished, due a complete reconstruction of the station building.

Munich - Magdalenenklause by Markus Bahlmann

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The Magdalenenklause is a hermitage, designed as an artificial ruin, located in the Nymphenburg Palace Park.

The purpose of the building was to serve as a memento mori for the Elector (Kurfürst) Max Emanuel - he was supposed to visit the building and contemplate the transience of being alive and a ruler.

Unfortunately Max Emanuel did not live long enough to see the building completed - sic transit gloria...

Here's a winter view

Not yet by Rebecca Bugge

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Do not use without permission.

But I am sure that spring will come this year too.

Munich - Westfriedhof by Markus Bahlmann

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Revisited. The subway station "Westfriedhof" (Western Cemetery) on the border between the districts of Moosach and Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, along lines U1/U7.

Pretty popular photo location for obvious reasons...

The blue walls (remainders of the slurry wall that was used during construction) and the 11 huge lamps of 3.80 m diameter each give a very special atmosphere. The lamps do have yellow, red and blue lights, so each section has a slightly different atmosphere.

Munich - Sunset by Markus Bahlmann

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A great ball of fire sets behind the marshalling yard in Moosach. (München Nord Rangierbahnhof)

Rottach-Egern - Alpine View by Markus Bahlmann

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Taken from the cable car of the Wallbergbahn

Munich - Arnulfsteg by Markus Bahlmann

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On the elliptic southern ramp of the Arnulfsteg bridge. The Arnulfsteg is a new pedestrians bridge, crossing the railway tracks that lead to the central train station.

Here is the same ramp from below.

Budapest - Chain Bridge and Buda Castle by Markus Bahlmann

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Late night shot across the Danube.

Schönau - Fagstein by Markus Bahlmann

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The Fagstein mountain peak near the border to Austria as seen from the Königssee lake.

Munich - Escaping the Garden Confines by Markus Bahlmann

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Some flowers about to leave the garden. Seen in the Kleingartenverein Friedenau allotment gardens.

Munich - Fasaneriesee by Markus Bahlmann

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Last sunset shot before general curfews are declared?

Munich - Morning Light by Markus Bahlmann

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Blossoming tree at the Olympiasee in the Olympiapark.

Uppsala winter by Rebecca Bugge

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Do not use without permission.

Taken a few years ago when I had the fortune to spend some time around more snow than I am used to at home. (It's not all of Sweden that can boast with really white winters.)

Munich - Dülferstraße by Markus Bahlmann

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Rainbow coloured walls and a moving train in this station along Munich's subway line 2.

Shanghai - Dark by Markus Bahlmann

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An after midnight panorama taken at a (at daytime) rather busy intersection of 5 roads:

淮海中路 Huaihai Middle Road

武康路 Wukang Road

兴国路 Xingguo Road

余庆路 Yuqing Road

天平路 Tianping Road

This is from the end of Wukang Road, corner to Xingguo Road, horizontal field of view is about 180°. Located at the border of Changning District (长宁区) and Xuhui District (徐汇区).

The building in the center is a famous apartment block in the former French Concession, at colonial times named "Normandie Apartments", nowadays it is mainly known as 武康大楼 "Wukang Mansion" resp. "Wukang Building" - Shanghai's "Flatiron".

And sorry, due to flickr's inability to properly save local language tags since late Sept. 2022 and no fix in sight (no UTF-8 support in tags, it appears only characters from the stone-age "Code Page 437" work correctly), the tags are incomplete - most Chinese tags do cause flickr's tag parser to create gibberish in the following tags.

Landshut - "Alte Post" by Markus Bahlmann

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This is the Landständehaus (aka Landschaftshaus), which served as the meeting venue for the Landstände, an ancient kind of parliament. The colorful facade dates to 1599 and shows important personalities from the House of Wittelsbach.

After the dissolution of the Landstände in the early 19th century the building was used as a post office - hence the name "Alte Post".

Munich - BMW Headquarters by Markus Bahlmann

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The BMW headquarters building is locally called "Vierzylinder" (meaning "four cylinders).

Oberschleißheim - Double Sun by Markus Bahlmann

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Before sunset in the park of New Schleißheim Palace.

Unfortunately the park closes long before sunset.

The New Schleißheim Palace was built 1701-1704 by Enrico Zuccalli for the Elector of Bavaria, Maximilian II Emanuel, who expected to become emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and therefore felt the need for a representative new residence.

Bad luck: Maximilian II Emanuel never became the emperor...

Munich - Mallard by Markus Bahlmann

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A female mallard duck (anas platyrhynchos) on the "Kleinhesseloher See" in the English Garden of Munich.

Munich - Dusk Reflections by Markus Bahlmann

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Reflections in the Olympiasee, including the ferris wheel of the Sommerfest.

Munich - Inside a Pansy by Markus Bahlmann

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The innards of a pansy flower.

Munich - Theatinerkirche by Markus Bahlmann

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The Theatinerkirche on Munich's Odeonsplatz square, as seen from the Hofgarten.

The official name of the Theatinerkirche church is "Stiftskirche St. Kajetan", it is the church of the catholic Theatines order (Latin name Ordo Clericorum Regularium). The church was build from 1663 to 1690 in late baroque style.