View allAll Photos Tagged techniker
Ein herzliches Willkommen galt auch unseren Fans aus Gross Britanien .. 😎👉💙
A warm welcome was also extended to our fans from Great Britain.. 😎👉💙
Am letzten Tag gab es eine Aktion unter dem Motto: "Das beste Outfit des Tages". Jeder Besucher konnte daran teilnehmen und sich für die Wahl registrieren und fotografieren lassen. Unser Fotograf Patrick hat einige von Ihnen vor die Kamera bekommen .. 😎👍
On the last day there was a campaign under the motto: “The best outfit of the day”. Every visitor could take part and register for the vote and have their photo taken. Our photographer Patrick got some of you in front of the camera... 😎👍
"Burn as you can" .. war eine Single-Auskopplung von unserem 1. Album: "The Unvorgotten .. because everything starts somewhere .."
"Burn as you can" .. was a single from our first album: "The Unvorgotten .. because everything starts somewhere .."
Ein herzliches Willkommen galt auch unseren Fans aus Gross Britanien .. 😎👉💙
A warm welcome was also extended to our fans from Great Britain.. 😎👉💙
Techniker führen beim Kampfflugzeug Tornado IDS einen Triebwerkstest durch während der Übung Red Flag 20-2 auf der Nellis Air Force Base im Nordosten von Las Vegas/USA, am 12.03.2020.
©Bundeswehr/Ingo Tesche
Und heute Morgen war die Stimmung noch besser als gestern .. Patrick, unser Fotograf, hat einige tolle Mädels fotografiert .. und vielleicht auch mehr .. !? 😎👍
And this morning the mood was even better than yesterday... Patrick, our photographer, photographed some great girls... and maybe more...!? 😎👍
Victor .. ein lieber Vertreter der Norwegischen Bruderschaft .. für dieses Foto gab er sein OK .. 😜👍
Victor .. a dear representative of the Norwegian Brotherhood ..
he gave his OK for this photo .. 😜👍
Norwegens Nationalgarde war nicht nur entspannt .. nein, sie sah auch noch gut aus! 👊😎
Norway's National Guard was not only relaxed... no, they also looked good! 👊😎
Immer wieder freuen wir uns über unsere treuen Fans .. danke Leute! Und auch nach vielen vielen Konzerten ist es immer noch so, dass uns die Spannung vor dem Gig zerreißt .. 😎👉⚡
We are always happy about our loyal fans... thank you guys! And even after many, many concerts, we are still tearing ourselves apart with excitement before the gig... 😎👉⚡
WONDER WOMAN aus Dänemark spielten einige Songs von Ihrem damals neuen Album, das nach kurzer Zeit bereits mit 3 Auskopplungen in den Metal-Charts gelandet war. Diese Damen wollte ich mir einmal etwas näher anschauen .. 👊😎
WONDER WOMAN from Denmark played a few songs from their new album, which after a short time had already landed in the metal charts with 3 releases. I wanted to take a closer look at these ladies... 👊😎
1884 to 1888 | The "old technology" arises
Things are getting tense in Lesliehof: in addition to Rauber alley 10, rooms are already being leased in the Lindner house on Neutor alley and in the Mildschuh house on Dietrichstein square. Even the alternate quarters can no longer satisfy the rising number of students. The Ministry of Culture and Education buys the former Baron Mandell'schen property in Rechbauer street. The professors Josef Horky and Johann Wist take over the planning of the "Old Technology", the parent company of the new k.k. Technical College. On the 26th of November, 1884, the first cut of the spade is set. The opening of the building takes place on December 12, 1888 in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
1965 to 1969 | Construction of Faculty Building Civil Engineering
On the former Mandell'schen property arise next to the "old technology" various extensions. This development begins in 1965 with the construction of a faculty building for civil engineering in Techniker street, which is moved in 1969.
1970 to 1975 | Construction of the Central Library
From 1970 on, with the construction of the Central Library, an extension to Techniker street was built according to plans by Karl Raimund Lorenz's team. This southern end at the fork Techniker street/Sparbersbach alley is the first independent university library building in Austria. In 2012, library construction has been comprehensively modernized.
1993 | New construction for architecture and civil engineering
The architect Günter Domenig wins in 1983 the competition around the extension for institutes of architecture and civil engineering in Lessing street 25. Citizen protests lead to an ultimately very reduced version of the draft, only in October 1993, the first institutes move in. The entrance hall is dominated by a glass body, the relatively narrow hall with surrounding galleries on the individual storey levels decorates the "weather wall" of the painter Christian Ludwig Attersee.
1884 bis 1888 | Die „Alte Technik“ entsteht
Im Lesliehof wird es eng: Zusätzlich zur Raubergasse 10 werden bereits im Lindnerhaus in der Neutorgasse und im Mildschuhhaus auf dem Dietrichsteinplatz Räume angemietet. Auch die Ausweichquartiere können der steigenden Hörerzahl nicht mehr gerecht werden. Das Ministerium für Kultus und Unterricht kauft den ehemals Baron Mandell’schen Grund in der Rechbauerstraße an. Die Professoren Josef Horky und Johann Wist übernehmen die Planung der „Alten Technik“, des Stammhauses der neuen k.k. Technischen Hochschule. Am 26. November 1884 wird der erste Spatenstich gesetzt. Die Eröffnung des Gebäudes findet am 12. Dezember 1888 in Anwesenheit Kaiser Franz Josephs I. statt.
1965 bis 1969 | Errichtung Fakultätsgebäude Bauingenieurwesen
Auf den ehemaligen Mandell’schen Gründen entstehen neben der „Alten Technik“ verschiedene Erweiterungsbauten. Diese Entwicklung beginnt 1965 mit der Errichtung eines Fakultätsgebäudes für Bauingenieurwesen in der Technikerstraße, das 1969 bezogen wird.
1970 bis 1975 | Bau der Zentralbibliothek
Ab 1970 entsteht mit dem Bau der Zentralbibliothek nach einer Planung des Teams um Karl Raimund Lorenz ein Erweiterungsbau in der Technikerstraße. Dieser südliche Abschluss an der Gabelung Technikerstraße/Sparbersbachgasse ist der erste eigenständige Hochschulbibliotheksbau in Österreich. Im Jahr 2012 wird der Bibliotheksbau umfassend modernisiert.
1993 | Bezug des Neubaus für Architektur und Bauingenieurwesen
Der Architekt Günter Domenig entscheidet 1983 den Wettbewerb um den Erweiterungsbau für Institute der Architektur und des Bauingenieurwesens in der Lessingstraße 25 für sich. Bürgerproteste führen zu einer letztlich sehr reduzierten Version des Entwurfs, erst im Oktober 1993 ziehen die ersten Institute ein. Den Eingangsbereich prägt ein Glaskörper, die relativ enge Halle mit umliegenden Galerien auf den einzelnen Geschoßebenen ziert die „Wetterwand” des Malers Christian Ludwig Attersee.
www.tugraz.at/tu-graz/universitaet/gebaeude-und-bauten-de...
Kapstadt - Camps Bay
seen from Table Montain
gesehen vom Tafelberg
Camps Bay (Afrikaans: Kampsbaai) is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, and the small bay on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula after which it is named. In summer it attracts many South African and foreign visitors.
The first residents of Camps Bay were the San (Hunter Gatherers) and the Goringqhaique, Khoi pastorates. When Jan van Riebeek established a refreshment station for the VOC (Dutch East India Company), the Twelve Apostles were covered in forests with lion, leopard and antelope.
In competition with the more recent settlers, the Gringqhaique lost their grazing lands on the south east slopes of Table Mountain and in 1657 were restricted to Camps Bay.
By 1713 the number of Gringqhaique population had been reduced by measles and smallpox. All that was left of their settlement was an old kraal (Oudekraal).
The area was then granted to John Lodewyk Wernich and passed from father to son. Johan Wernich married Anna Koekemoer, who on his death in 1778, married Fredrick Ernst von Kamptz, a sailor and the area became known as “Die Baai van von Kamptz”.
For most of the 1800s Camps Bay was undeveloped. Lord Charles Somerset used the area for hunting and used the Roundhouse as his lodge. Kloof Nek Road was built in 1848 and in 1884 Thomas Bain was commissioned to build a road from Sea Point to Camps Bay using convict labour.
The road was completed in 1887 and named Victoria road to honour Queen Victoria’s jubilee in 1888. The road allowed people to cycle out to Camps Bay which had gained popularity as a picnic site. This led to the development, in 1901 of the Camps Bay tramway to bring people out for the day and with it the development of the tidal pools, the Rotunda (now the Bay Hotel) and a pavilion for concerts and shows.
In 1913 Camps Bay was incorporated into Cape Town although it was still seen as a recreational area rather than a residential area.
Oudekraal is made up of a collection of tiny beaches sheltered amongst the boulders and a well established picnic area with lawns, Braais, covered seating areas with tables, benches and public toilets.
Lui Bay (also known as Witsand) is a popular dive site. In 1977 two scrap vessels, the Antipolis and Romelia, were being towed around the cape when their tow line broke in a storm. This caused the Antipolis to run aground near Oudekraal, while the Romelia foundered further south between Llandudno and Sandy Bay. The hull of the Antipolis is now visible at low tide.
Koeël Bay has an African open-air curio market that sells hand crafted items from all over Africa.
Bakoven gets its name because of a large rock just off-shore with what appears as an oven door in its side. There are several sheltered coves located in Bakoven. There is a sea rescue base stationed here and a popular swimming beach is off Beta Close. In the early 1940s a row of beach front houses were erected to house honored members of the South African Army who fought during World War II. Many of these old houses still stand and are now registered as South African National Heritage Sites.
Balie Bay, from the Afrikaans kak ballie (shit bucket) after the sewer discharge that used to be there.
Camps Bay Beach, a Blue Flag Beach since 2008, is the largest white sand beach in Camps Bay. There is a seasonal life guard station with toilets at the west end of the beach. The beach is opposite Camps Bay's main tourist hub, featuring multiple hotels, restaurants, and shops.
Glen Beach, at the far right of Camps Bay beach, is known as Camps Bay's best surfing beach. Short, fast rides and a small take-off area makes Glen Beach one of the hardest of Cape Town's beach breaks to surf and has resulted in a strong local atmosphere.
Camps Bay was used as the scene of the virtual 'perfect' town San Junipero in the episode of the same name in season 3 of Black Mirror. Additionally, Apple’s Watch Series 4 advertisement features multiple parts of Cape Town including Camps Bay.
Camps Bay was the home of the worldwide Television series SAF3, starring Dolph Lundgren. The series was created by Gregory J. Bonann, the creator of the world famous series BAYWATCH. SAF3's set was on the main beach. The stunning beaches of Camps Bay were the stunning backdrop of all 20 episodes.
(Wikipedia)
Passiert man auf dem Weg von Kapstadt nach Camps Bay den Stadtteil Clifton, erblickt man schon in der Ferne die 12 Apostel, die Seitenflanke des Tafelberges. Hat man die letzte Kurve in Clifton erreicht, verschlägt es einen erstmal den Atem: Solch eine grandiose Kulisse kann es doch kaum in Wirklichkeit geben!
Ein kilometerlanger Sandstrand vor dem Panorama der knapp 1000 m hohen 12 Apostel und dann noch auf der linken Seite der Lions Head. Unterhalb des Tafelberges schmiegen sich die Villen und Wohnhäuser. Verständlich, warum Camps Bay eines der gefragtesten und mondänsten Wohnviertel des Landes ist. Und eines der teuersten von Afrika. Camps Bay gehört zu den Orten am Atlantic Seaboard. Laut letzter Volkszählung sind in Camps Bay und den angrenzenden Orten Bakoven, Hout Bay, Llandudno und Oudekral etwa 37.000 Menschen registriert.
Fährt man dann nach Camps Bay hinein, wähnt man sich an Côte d’Azur oder in Miami Beach. Eine palmengesäumte kilometerlange Beach Road (Victoria Road) empfängt den Touristen, auf der rechten Seite der breite Sandstrand, auf der linken Seite Cafes, Bars , Restaurants und Clubs. Und überall Massen an Leuten (Einheimische und Touristen), welche in lässiger Freizeitkleidung den Strandboulevard entlang flanieren. Am Rand des langen Strandstrandes befindet sich ein Felsenpool. Hier können Nichtschwimmer und Kinder unbenklich im Wasser plantschen.
Außer in der Hochsaison ist der Strand nie überfüllt. Der Sand ist makellos, die Sonne scheint, das Wasser ist erfrischend kühl, was will man mehr? Wie überall im wahren Leben gibt es Kleinigkeiten, die einen dann doch davon abhalten, dem Strand das Prädikat „Perfekt“ zu verleihen.
Der Strand liegt relativ ungeschützt vor den starken Kapstädter Winden. Kommt es dann zu diesen Winden, was leider öfters geschieht, wird der Sand aufgewirbelt und der Strandbesucher muß relativ schnell das Weite suchen. Scheint die Sonne, erreichen die Temperaturen aufgrund des hellen Untergrundes schnell die 45 Grad.
Leider gibt es keine schattigen Plätze am Strand. Sonnenschirme können gemietet werden, kosten jedoch einen stolzen Betrag. Und last but not least das Wasser. Der Atlantik vor Kapstadt bringt richtig kaltes Wasser aus der Antarktis Richtung Norden. Selbst im Hochsommer erreichen daher die Wassertemperaturen nicht mehr als 17 Grad. Im Wasser sieht man im Regelfall nur Touristen aus Mittel – und Nordeuropa, welche sich hereinwagen.
Nichtsdestotrotz ist der Besuch des Strandes ein absolutes Must. Sonnen, Volleyball spielen und Leute beobachten sind die beliebtesten Aktiviäten. Auf der rechten Seite sieht man diverse Felsen im Meer und am Ufer. Von dort hat man einen guten Ausblick auf Meer, Strand und Camps Bay. Dort sieht man auch meistens Surfer, welche hier ihrem Hobby nachgehen.
Sehen und gesehen werden ist angesagt. Die Dichte an Autos wie Porsche, Audi und BMW ist bedeutend höher als in den meisten deutschen Nobelorten. Im Cabrio bei lauter Musik die kilometerlange Palmenallee entlang zu fahren ist eine der Lieblingsbeschäftigungen der Reichen am Wochenende. Sobald es Frühling in Kapstadt wird, sind die Plätze auf den Gehwegen vor den Restaurants und Cafes voll belegt. In unserer Facebookseite haben viele Leser Empfehlungen zu besonders guten Restaurants in Camps Bay abgegeben. Genannt wurden unter anderen „Housar Grill“ und das „Blues“. Auf den Gehwegen werden die typischen Souvenirs verkauft, hier natürlich zu richtig gesalzenen Preisen.
Am Wochenende und während der südafrikanischen Ferien ist der Ort immer total überfüllt. Dann sollte man es zumindest vermeiden, mit dem eigenen Auto zu kommen, da Parkplätze totale Mangelware sind. Vom Stadtzentrum oder von Sea Point kann man bequem entweder mit dem Linienbus oder dem Minibussen Camps Bay erreichen. Die Fahrt dauert weniger als eine Viertelstunde und kostet je Fahrt weniger als 1 Euro. Der touristische Trubel beschränkt sich aber fast komplett auf die Uferpromenade und die angrenzenden Seitenstraßen. Biegt man links Richtung der 12 Apostel ab, erreicht man schnell reine Wohngebiete. Charakteristisch hier sind die vielen Kurven, welche bei dem Versuch durchfahren werden müssen, den Fuß der 12 Apostel zu. Der Abstand vom Strand zu den höchstgelegenen Häusern ist ca. 3 km Luftlinie, durch die vielen Schleifen ist der tatsächliche Fahrweg jedoch mindestens doppelt solang.
Am Strand werden auch oft Film- und auch Werbeaufnahmen gedreht. Das besondere Licht und die Szenerie locken die Agenturen an. Einige deutsche Werbespots wurden hier gedreht.
Palmenstrände, ein tiefblaues Meer, eine atemberaubende Landschaft, ein perfektes Licht, Architektur wie bei uns, ein Sommer im europäischen Winter und wettbewerbsfähige Preise. So präsentiert sich Kapstadt den Kreativen dieser Welt, die ihre Fotoshootings für Mode hier abhalten.
Immer mehr Aufnahmen werden am Kap der guten Hoffnung gedreht. Kapstadt mausert sich als Ziel der Werbeindustrie, die ihre Produkte mit traumhaften Bildern verknüpfen wollen. Als Gründe der vielen Produktionen, die Kapstadt – Urlauber im Januar oder Februar aus der Nähe betrachten können, gelten die atemberaubenden Locations und die Lichtverhältnisse. An einen sonnigen Tag im Sommer stößt man beim Spaziergang auf diverse Plätze in Kapstadt, die abgesperrt sind. Dort wuselt ein ganzes Aufnahmeteam herum, man sieht wild herumfuchtelnde Leute vor Kameras oder riesigen Fotoapparaten, die immer wieder Models in besonderen Posen fotografieren oder filmen. Daneben steht noch ein halbes Dutzend Techniker, Visagisten und sonstige Fachleute, die alle nur ein Ziel vorantreibt: das perfekte Foto zu schiessen.
Fotomodell ist der Wunsch von Tausenden jungen Frauen und Männern und wenn man sie hier in Kapstadt bei der Arbeit betrachtet, dann kann man schon den Wunsch nachvollziehen. Es herrschen 30 Grad, vom Meer weht eine ganz leichte Brise und der Sand am Strand ist einfach perfekt. Viele Fotoshootings werden an den Stränden von Camps Bay und Clinton ausgeführt. Manchmal ist auch erkennbar, für welche Marke oder Produkt hier gearbeitet wird. Viele Bilder finden sich einige Monate später in den großen Katalogen der Versandhändler. Für diese Auftraggeber ist Kapstadt jetzt der bevorzugte Standort für die Aufnahmen, nachdem vorherige Traumziele wie Miami zu teuer geworden sind. Ein Großteil der Fotomodelle kommt aus Südafrika, einige Produktionsgesellschaften beauftragen aber auch deutsche Models. Im Blog der Zeitschrift La Leonella berichtet ein Fotomodell von den Aufnahmen in Kapstadt, auch auch dem süßen Leben in Kapstadt.
(kapstadt-entdecken.de)
Und war der Morgen nicht schon kompliziert genug!? 😬 Komme ich auch noch in eine Polizei-Kontrolle!? .. f**k !! 😣 Ja .. ich war wohl ein wenig zu schnell gefahren .. wollte zügig im Middelalderparken sein. .. Die norwegische Polizeibeamtin war nicht nur unbestechlich, sondern auch unheimlich sexy. Meine Schaltzentrale meldete Totalausfall .. und ich war einfach nur verknallt! Ich habe ihr all mein Geld gegeben aber vergessen, nach ihrer Telefonnummer zu fragen .. ich bin manchmal einfach doof!! 😕
And wasn't the morning complicated enough!? 😬 Will I also be stopped by the police!? ..f**k!! 😣 Yes.. I was probably driving a little too fast.. I wanted to get to Middelalderparken quickly. .. The Norwegian police officer was not only incorruptible, but also incredibly sexy. My control center reported a total failure... and I was just crazy! I gave her all my money but forgot to ask for her phone number.. I'm just stupid sometimes!! 😕
Es war schon wieder sehr warm und die Menge am Kochen. Ich fand es super, dass die Security kostenloses Mineralwasser an die Festivalteilnehmer verteilte .. BOMBE! 😎👍
It was already very warm again and the crowd was boiling. I thought it was great that security gave out free bottled water to festival attendees...BOMB! 😎👍
.. jetzt muss ich mich endlich outen: ich stehe total auf die coolen Polizistinnen .. 😜👍
.. now I finally have to come out: I'm really into the cool policewomen .. 😜👍
Mit behördlich geprüften Pyrotechnikern und umfassender Haftpflichtversicherung gewährleisteten unsere Pyro-Crew höchste Sicherheitsstandards und eine professionelle Durchführung.
With officially certified pyrotechnicians and comprehensive liability insurance, our pyro crew guaranteed the highest safety standards and professional execution.
Anfangs war nicht klar, wem die immer mehr werdenden Maschinen gehörten!? Es waren ausnahmslos Harley Davidson und sie parkten alle in einem nahegelegenen und abgesperrten Areal ..
At first it was not clear who the ever-increasing number of machines belonged to!? They were all Harley Davidsons and they were all parked in a nearby and cordoned off area.
Am letzten Tag gab es eine Aktion unter dem Motto: "Das beste Outfit des Tages". Jeder Besucher konnte daran teilnehmen und sich für die Wahl registrieren und fotografieren lassen. Unser Fotograf Patrick hat einige von Ihnen vor die Kamera bekommen .. 😎👍
On the last day there was a campaign under the motto: “The best outfit of the day”. Every visitor could take part and register for the vote and have their photo taken. Our photographer Patrick got some of you in front of the camera... 😎👍
Die Atmosphäre, Getränke und Musik waren dort einfach perfekt.
The atmosphere, drinks and music were just perfect there.
Am letzten Tag gab es eine Aktion unter dem Motto: "Das beste Outfit des Tages". Jeder Besucher konnte daran teilnehmen und sich für die Wahl registrieren und fotografieren lassen. Unser Fotograf Patrick hat einige von Ihnen vor die Kamera bekommen .. 😎👍
On the last day there was a campaign under the motto: “The best outfit of the day”. Every visitor could take part and register for the vote and have their photo taken. Our photographer Patrick got some of you in front of the camera... 😎👍
.. ich warf noch einen kurzen Blick in die Garderobe .. Oh, das sah nach einem Power Napping aus! 😎👍
.. I took a quick look into the wardrobe .. Oh, that looked like a power nap! 😎👍
..sie hatten keine Mühe gescheut, waren pünktlich hier und sahen bezaubernd aus .. 😎👉❤
..they had spared no effort, were here on time and looked enchanting .. 😎👉❤
The Northern Spire Bridge is a bridge over the River Wear in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. The crossing opened to pedestrians on 28 August 2018, before opening to traffic the next day. A two span cable-stayed structure, construction began in May 2015, overseen by Farrans Construction and Victor Buyck Steel Construction.
A crossing had been proposed as early as 2005, however financial uncertainties caused significant delay until funding was approved by HM Treasury. Originally an ambitious design was selected, but was later dropped after several contractors withdrew. In 2014, the project switched to a cheaper cable-stayed design.
The bridge has been constructed to the west side of the city over the River Wear, with the purpose of reducing traffic congestion. It was designed by Spence Associates in partnership with structural engineering firm Techniker. The bridge was first designed in 2005, but it was kept confidential for several years by the City Council to avoid a rise in expectations until funding was secured. The council was also considering plans for a cheaper, basic beam bridge design. The cost of the Spence design was estimated at £133 million for the bridge and the associated approaches and roadworks.
The crossing forms part of the regeneration plan produced by Sunderland Arc, whose aim was to use the bridge as part of a Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor to improve transport links and to improve the city's image. In 2017, following a public consultation and vote, the crossing was named the Northern Spire Bridge out of three shortlisted names.
In 2003, the urban regeneration company, Sunderland Arc commissioned the engineering firm Arup to assist with finding a suitable location for the siting of a new road bridge over the River Wear. In 2004, the Canadian-American Architect Frank Gehry undertook a study for this new river crossing. An international design competition was organised by Sunderland Arc in 2005. Several submissions were made, including one by Frank Gehry, but it was the cable-stayed design of Spence Associated that won.
In 2008, Sunderland City Council held a public consultation on the designs to see if the public would prefer the Spence design to a more basic beam bridge. The consultation showed that people in the Sunderland area were in favour of the Spence design. The council decided to back the Spence design and abandon the cheaper beam bridge option. They justified their decision on the grounds that the more ambitious design would attract more businesses to the city and thus create more jobs. The United Kingdom government then announced a contribution of £93 million towards construction and the regional development agency One NorthEast pledged another £8.5 million, with the council funding the remaining £23 million required.
The decision to build the Spence design became official Sunderland City Council policy on 9 September 2009. In November 2009, public notices on the compulsory purchase of land and new rights for the project were published including side roads orders and bridge schemes notices, made under the Highways Act 1980.[16] An official planning application was placed with Sunderland City Council on 7 December 2009 with a consultation expiry date of 29 October 2010. Construction was timetabled to start around 2012.
On 26 May 2010, Sunderland City Council approved the planning application and the project appeared ready to go ahead. However, by July 2013 construction still had not begun, due to difficulty in producing the design at the approved funding level; several contractors withdrew from the project. This led to a reassessment of the design, which dropped the Spence plan in favour of a simpler cable-stayed design.
Roughan & O’Donovan and BuroHappold Engineering delivered the preliminary and detailed design of the bridge with Yee Associates as architectural consultants.
Between 10 and 11 February 2017, the central A-frame pylon (fabricated in Ghent, Belgium by Victor Buyck Steel Construction) was installed which stands at a height of 105 m (344 ft), making it the tallest structure in Sunderland.
The raising of the single bridge pylon marked the culmination of two years of design and planning, as well as twelve months of fabricating.
The River Wear in Northern England rises in the Pennines and flows eastwards, mostly through County Durham, to the North Sea in the City of Sunderland. At 60 mi (97 km) long, it is one of the region's longest rivers. The Wear wends in a steep valley through the cathedral city of Durham and gives its name to Weardale in its upper reach and Wearside by its mouth.
Etymology
The origin behind the hydronym Wear is uncertain but is generally understood to be Celtic. The River Vedra on the Roman Map of Britain may very well be the River Wear. The name may be derived from Brittonic *wejr (<*wẹ:drā), which meant "a bend" (cf. Welsh -gwair-). An alternative but very problematic etymology might involve *wẹ:d-r-, from a lengthened form of the Indo-European root *wed- "water". Also suggested is a possible derivation from the Brittonic root *wei-, which is thought to have meant "to flow". The name Wear has also been explained as being an ancient Celtic name meaning "river of blood".
It is possible that the Wear has the same etymology as the River Wyre in Lancashire,[1] the Quair Water in Scotland, the Weser in Germany and the Vistula in Poland.
Geology
The Wear rises in the east Pennines, high on the moors of the Alston Block, an upland area raised up during the Caledonian orogeny. The Devonian age Weardale Granite underlies the headwaters of the Wear and the whole Alston Block, but does not appear at outcrop but was surmised by early geologists, and subsequently proven to exist as seen in the Rookhope borehole. It is the presence of this granite that has retained the high upland elevations of this area (less through its relative hardness, and more due to isostatic equilibrium) and accounts for heavy local mineralisation, although it is considered that most of the mineralisation occurred during the Carboniferous period.
It is thought that the course of the River Wear, prior to the last Ice Age, was much as it is now as far as Chester-le-Street. This can be established as a result of boreholes, of which there have been many in the Wear valley due to coal mining. However, northwards from Chester-le-Street, the Wear may have originally followed the current route of the lower River Team. The last glaciation reached its peak about 18,500 years ago, from which time it also began a progressive retreat, leaving a wide variety of glacial deposits in its wake, filling existing river valleys with silt, sand and other glacial till. At about 14,000 years ago, retreat of the ice paused for maybe 500 years at the city of Durham. This can be established by the types of glacial deposits in the vicinity of Durham City. The confluence of the River Browney was pushed from Gilesgate (the abandoned river valley still exists in Pelaw Woods), several miles south to Sunderland Bridge (Croxdale). At Chester-le-Street, when glacial boulder clay was deposited blocking its northerly course, the River Wear was diverted eastwards towards Sunderland where it was forced to cut a new, shallower valley. The gorge cut by the river through the Permian Magnesian Limestone (Zechstein limestone) can be seen most clearly at Ford Quarry. In the 17th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica (1990), reference is made to a pre-Ice Age course of the River Wear outfalling at Hartlepool.
The upland area of Upper Weardale retains a flora that relates, almost uniquely in England, to the end of the last Ice Age, although it almost or entirely lacks the particular rarities that make up the unique "Teesdale Assemblage" of post-glacial plants. This may, in part, be due to the Pennine areas of Upper Weardale and Upper Teesdale being the site of the shrinking ice cap, or to the difference in the surface geology, with none of the 'sugar limestone' outcrops which in Teesdale are the home of many of those plants. The glaciation left behind many indications of its presence, including lateral moraines and material from the Lake District and Northumberland, although surprisingly few drumlins. After the Ice Age, the Wear valley became thickly forested, however during the Neolithic period and increasingly in the Bronze Age, were largely deforested for agriculture.
Industrial history
Much of the River Wear is associated with the history of the Industrial Revolution. Its upper end runs through lead mining country, until this gives way to coal seams of the Durham coalfield for the rest of its length. As a result of limestone quarrying, lead mining and coal mining, the Wear valley was amongst the first places to see the development of railways. The Weardale Railway continues to run occasional services between Stanhope and Wolsingham.
Mining of lead ore has been known in the area of the headwaters of the Wear since the Roman occupation and continued into the nineteenth century. Spoil heaps from the abandoned lead mines can still be seen,[where?] and since the last quarter of the twentieth century have been the focus of attention for the recovery of gangue minerals in present mining, such as fluorspar for the smelting of aluminium. However, abandoned mines and their spoil heaps continue to contribute to heavy metal mineral pollution of the river and its tributaries. This has significance to fishing in times of low flow and infrastructure costs as the River Wear is an important source of drinking water for many of the inhabitants along its course.
Fluorspar is another mineral sporadically co-present with Weardale Granite and became important in the manufacture of steel from the late 19th century into the 20th century. In many cases the steel industries were able to take fluorspar from old excavation heaps. Fluorspar explains why iron and steel manufacture flourished in the Wear valley, Consett and Teesside during the nineteenth century. Overlying are three Carboniferous minerals: limestone, Coal Measures as raw materials for iron and steel manufacture, and sandstone, useful as a refractory material. The last remaining fluorspar mine closed in 1999 following legislation re water quality. A mine at Rogerley Quarry, Frosterley, is operated by an American consortium who occasionally work it for specimen minerals.
Minco are currently exploring the North Pennines and the upper Wear catchment for potential reserves of zinc at lower levels.
Ironstone which was important as the ore was won from around Consett and Tow Law, then around Rookhope, while greater quantities were imported from just south of the southerly Tees in North Yorkshire. These sources were in due course depleted or became uneconomic.
The former cement works at Eastgate, until recently run by Lafarge, was based on an inlier of limestone. The site recently gained planning permission to form a visitor complex showcasing an eco-village using alternative technology, including a "hot rocks" water heating system. The underlying granite has been drilled and reports confirm their presence. Bardon Aggregates continue to quarry at Heights near Westgate and operate a tarmac "blacktop" plant on site.
Mineral extraction has also occurred above St John's Chapel with the extraction of ganister which was used in the steel process at Consett. Around Frosterley, limestone, sand (crushed sandstone) and Frosterley Marble have been worked and the Broadwood Quarry recently expanded into ground held on an old licence. The crushing plant continues to operate. A quarry at Bollihope was also mooted on a similar basis but plans seem to have been discontinued. Frosterley Marble was used extensively in church architecture, there are local examples in St Michael's church Frosterley and Durham Cathedral.
Course
Rising in the east Pennines, its head waters consist of several streams draining from the hills between Killhope Law and Burnhope Seat. The source of the river is traditionally held to be at Wearhead, County Durham at the confluence of Burnhope Burn and Killhope Burn. The Wear is a spate river and has been heavily influenced by previous government funded drainage schemes (gripping) with a view to improving marginal agricultural land. The river rises very quickly and has experienced much heavy flooding resulting in enhanced river bank erosion.
The river flows eastwards through Weardale, one of the larger valleys of west County Durham, subsequently turning south-east, and then north-east, meandering its way through the Wear Valley still in County Durham to the North Sea where it outfalls at Wearmouth in the main locality of Monkwearmouth on Wearside in the City of Sunderland. Prior to the creation of Tyne and Wear, the Wear had been the longest river in England with a course entirely within one county. The Weardale Way, a long-distance public footpath, roughly follows the entire route, including the length of Killhope Burn.
Wearhead to Bishop Auckland
There are several towns, sights and tourist places along the length of the river. The market town of Stanhope is known in part for the ford across the river. From here the river is followed by the line of the Weardale Railway, which crosses the river several times, through Frosterley, Wolsingham, and Witton-le-Wear to Bishop Auckland.
Bishop Auckland to Durham
On the edge of Bishop Auckland the Wear passes below Auckland Park and Auckland Castle, the official residence of the Bishop of Durham and its deer park. A mile or so downstream from here, the Wear passes Binchester Roman Fort, Vinovia, having been crossed by Dere Street, the Roman road running from Eboracum (now York) to Coria (now Corbridge) close to Hadrian's Wall. From Bishop Auckland the River Wear meanders in a general northeasterly direction, demonstrating many fluvial features of a mature river, including wide valley walls, fertile flood plains and ox-bow lakes. Bridges over the river become more substantial, such as those at Sunderland Bridge (near Croxdale), and Shincliffe. At Sunderland Bridge the River Browney joins the Wear.
Durham
When it reaches the city of Durham the River Wear passes through a deep, wooded gorge, from which several springs emerge, historically used as sources of potable water. A few coal seams are visible in the banks. Twisting sinuously in an incised meander, the river has cut deeply into the "Cathedral Sandstone" bedrock. The high ground (bluffs) enclosed by this meander is known as the Peninsula, forming a defensive enclosure, at whose heart lies Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral and which developed around the Bailey into Durham city. That area is now a UN World Heritage Site. Beneath Elvet Bridge are Brown's Boats (rowing boats for hire) and the mooring for the Prince Bishop, a pleasure cruiser.
The River Wear at Durham was featured on a television programme Seven Natural Wonders as one of the wonders of Northern England.
In June each year, the Durham Regatta, which predates that at Henley, attracts rowing crews from around the region for races along the river's course through the city. Seven smaller regattas and head races are held throughout the rest of the year, which attract a lower number of competitors. There are 14 boathouses and 20 boat clubs based on the Wear in Durham.
Two weirs impede the flow of the river at Durham, both originally created for industrial activities. The Old Fulling Mill was an archaeological museum. The museum moved to Palace Green in July 2014. The second weir, beneath Milburngate Bridge, now includes a salmon leap and fish counter, monitoring sea trout and salmon, and is on the site of a former ford. Considering that 138,000 fish have been counted migrating upriver since 1994, it may not be surprising that cormorants frequent the weir.
The river's banks also lend their name to a hymn tune Elvet Banks in the 2006 hymnbook of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, used (appropriately) for a hymn for baptism.
Durham to Chester-le-Street
Between Durham City and Chester-le-Street, 6 miles (10 km) due north, the River Wear changes direction repeatedly, flowing south westwards several miles downstream having passed the medieval site of Finchale Priory, a former chapel and later a satellite monastery depending on the abbey church of Durham Cathedral. Two miles downstream, the river is flowing south eastwards. The only road bridge over the Wear between Durham and Chester-le-Street is Cocken Bridge. As it passes Chester-le-Street, where the river is overlooked by Lumley Castle, its flood plain has been developed into The Riverside, the home pitch of Durham County Cricket Club. Passing through the Lambton Estate and near Lambton Castle the river becomes tidal, and navigable.
Chester-le-Street to Sunderland
On exiting the Lambton estate the river leaves County Durham and enters the City of Sunderland, specifically the southern/south-eastern edge of the new town of Washington. At Fatfield the river passes beneath Worm Hill, around which the Lambton Worm is reputed to have curled its tail.
Already the riverbanks are showing evidence of past industrialisation, with former collieries and chemical works. A little further downstream the river passes beneath the Victoria Viaduct, (formally called the Victoria Bridge). Named after the newly crowned queen, the railway viaduct opened in 1838, was the crowning achievement of the Leamside Line, then carrying what was to become the East Coast Main Line. A mile to the east is Penshaw Monument, a local iconic landmark. As the river leaves the environs of Washington, it forms the eastern boundary of Washington Wildfowl Trust.
Sunderland
Having flowed beneath the A19 trunk road, the river enters the suburbs of Sunderland. The riverbanks show further evidence of past industrialisation, with former collieries, engineering works and dozens of shipyards. In their time, Wearside shipbuilders were some of the most famous and productive shipyards in the world. The artist L. S. Lowry visited Sunderland repeatedly and painted pictures of the industrial landscape around the river. Four bridges cross the Wear in Sunderland: the Northern Spire Bridge to the west, the Queen Alexandra Bridge, and the Wearmouth rail and road bridges in the city centre.
On both banks at this point there are a number of modern developments, notably Sunderland A.F.C.'s Stadium of Light and others belonging to the University of Sunderland (St. Peter's Campus; Scotia Quay residences) and to the National Glass Centre. A riverside sculpture trail runs alongside this final section of its north bank. The St Peter's Riverside Sculpture Project was created by Colin Wilbourn, with crime novelist and ex-poet Chaz Brenchley. They worked closely with community groups, residents and schools.
As the river approaches the sea, the north bank at Roker has a substantial residential development and marina. A dolphin nicknamed Freddie was a frequent visitor to the marina, attracting much local publicity. However, concern was expressed that acclimatising the dolphin to human presence might put at risk the safety of the dolphin regarding the propellers of marine craft. The south bank of the river is occupied by the Port of Sunderland.
The River Wear flows out of Sunderland between Roker Pier and South Pier, and into the North Sea.
In Art and Literature
An engraving of a painting by William Andrews Nesfield showing a fisherman in the river was published in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1838, along with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.[
1884 to 1888 | The "old technology" arises
Things are getting tense in Lesliehof: in addition to Rauber alley 10, rooms are already being leased in the Lindner house on Neutor alley and in the Mildschuh house on Dietrichstein square. Even the alternate quarters can no longer satisfy the rising number of students. The Ministry of Culture and Education buys the former Baron Mandell'schen property in Rechbauer street. The professors Josef Horky and Johann Wist take over the planning of the "Old Technology", the parent company of the new k.k. Technical College. On the 26th of November, 1884, the first cut of the spade is set. The opening of the building takes place on December 12, 1888 in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
1965 to 1969 | Construction of Faculty Building Civil Engineering
On the former Mandell'schen property arise next to the "old technology" various extensions. This development begins in 1965 with the construction of a faculty building for civil engineering in Techniker street, which is moved in 1969.
1970 to 1975 | Construction of the Central Library
From 1970 on, with the construction of the Central Library, an extension to Techniker street was built according to plans by Karl Raimund Lorenz's team. This southern end at the fork Techniker street/Sparbersbach alley is the first independent university library building in Austria. In 2012, library construction has been comprehensively modernized.
1993 | New construction for architecture and civil engineering
The architect Günter Domenig wins in 1983 the competition around the extension for institutes of architecture and civil engineering in Lessing street 25. Citizen protests lead to an ultimately very reduced version of the draft, only in October 1993, the first institutes move in. The entrance hall is dominated by a glass body, the relatively narrow hall with surrounding galleries on the individual storey levels decorates the "weather wall" of the painter Christian Ludwig Attersee.
1884 bis 1888 | Die „Alte Technik“ entsteht
Im Lesliehof wird es eng: Zusätzlich zur Raubergasse 10 werden bereits im Lindnerhaus in der Neutorgasse und im Mildschuhhaus auf dem Dietrichsteinplatz Räume angemietet. Auch die Ausweichquartiere können der steigenden Hörerzahl nicht mehr gerecht werden. Das Ministerium für Kultus und Unterricht kauft den ehemals Baron Mandell’schen Grund in der Rechbauerstraße an. Die Professoren Josef Horky und Johann Wist übernehmen die Planung der „Alten Technik“, des Stammhauses der neuen k.k. Technischen Hochschule. Am 26. November 1884 wird der erste Spatenstich gesetzt. Die Eröffnung des Gebäudes findet am 12. Dezember 1888 in Anwesenheit Kaiser Franz Josephs I. statt.
1965 bis 1969 | Errichtung Fakultätsgebäude Bauingenieurwesen
Auf den ehemaligen Mandell’schen Gründen entstehen neben der „Alten Technik“ verschiedene Erweiterungsbauten. Diese Entwicklung beginnt 1965 mit der Errichtung eines Fakultätsgebäudes für Bauingenieurwesen in der Technikerstraße, das 1969 bezogen wird.
1970 bis 1975 | Bau der Zentralbibliothek
Ab 1970 entsteht mit dem Bau der Zentralbibliothek nach einer Planung des Teams um Karl Raimund Lorenz ein Erweiterungsbau in der Technikerstraße. Dieser südliche Abschluss an der Gabelung Technikerstraße/Sparbersbachgasse ist der erste eigenständige Hochschulbibliotheksbau in Österreich. Im Jahr 2012 wird der Bibliotheksbau umfassend modernisiert.
1993 | Bezug des Neubaus für Architektur und Bauingenieurwesen
Der Architekt Günter Domenig entscheidet 1983 den Wettbewerb um den Erweiterungsbau für Institute der Architektur und des Bauingenieurwesens in der Lessingstraße 25 für sich. Bürgerproteste führen zu einer letztlich sehr reduzierten Version des Entwurfs, erst im Oktober 1993 ziehen die ersten Institute ein. Den Eingangsbereich prägt ein Glaskörper, die relativ enge Halle mit umliegenden Galerien auf den einzelnen Geschoßebenen ziert die „Wetterwand” des Malers Christian Ludwig Attersee.
www.tugraz.at/tu-graz/universitaet/gebaeude-und-bauten-de...
Und es war tatsächlich einfacher auf das Airport-Gelände zu gelangen als wieder herunter . wir wurden kontrolliert .. aber richtig!
And it was actually easier to get to the airport site than it was to get back down. we were checked...but right!
Ein Bild von unserer Drohne N°1 .. sie war teuer, aber ihr Geld wert .. sie zeigte unser Feuerwerk zu Beginn der Show ..
A picture of our drone N°1 .. it was expensive but worth the money .. it showed our fireworks at the beginning of the show ..
.. unsere 2. Drohne hatte ein frisches Update hinter sich, war bereit und in Warteposition ..
.. our 2nd drone had a fresh update, was ready and in waiting position ..
1884 to 1888 | The "old technology" arises
Things are getting tense in Lesliehof: in addition to Rauber alley 10, rooms are already being leased in the Lindner house on Neutor alley and in the Mildschuh house on Dietrichstein square. Even the alternate quarters can no longer satisfy the rising number of students. The Ministry of Culture and Education buys the former Baron Mandell'schen property in Rechbauer street. The professors Josef Horky and Johann Wist take over the planning of the "Old Technology", the parent company of the new k.k. Technical College. On the 26th of November, 1884, the first cut of the spade is set. The opening of the building takes place on December 12, 1888 in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
1965 to 1969 | Construction of Faculty Building Civil Engineering
On the former Mandell'schen property arise next to the "old technology" various extensions. This development begins in 1965 with the construction of a faculty building for civil engineering in Techniker street, which is moved in 1969.
1970 to 1975 | Construction of the Central Library
From 1970 on, with the construction of the Central Library, an extension to Techniker street was built according to plans by Karl Raimund Lorenz's team. This southern end at the fork Techniker street/Sparbersbach alley is the first independent university library building in Austria. In 2012, library construction has been comprehensively modernized.
1993 | New construction for architecture and civil engineering
The architect Günter Domenig wins in 1983 the competition around the extension for institutes of architecture and civil engineering in Lessing street 25. Citizen protests lead to an ultimately very reduced version of the draft, only in October 1993, the first institutes move in. The entrance hall is dominated by a glass body, the relatively narrow hall with surrounding galleries on the individual storey levels decorates the "weather wall" of the painter Christian Ludwig Attersee.
1884 bis 1888 | Die „Alte Technik“ entsteht
Im Lesliehof wird es eng: Zusätzlich zur Raubergasse 10 werden bereits im Lindnerhaus in der Neutorgasse und im Mildschuhhaus auf dem Dietrichsteinplatz Räume angemietet. Auch die Ausweichquartiere können der steigenden Hörerzahl nicht mehr gerecht werden. Das Ministerium für Kultus und Unterricht kauft den ehemals Baron Mandell’schen Grund in der Rechbauerstraße an. Die Professoren Josef Horky und Johann Wist übernehmen die Planung der „Alten Technik“, des Stammhauses der neuen k.k. Technischen Hochschule. Am 26. November 1884 wird der erste Spatenstich gesetzt. Die Eröffnung des Gebäudes findet am 12. Dezember 1888 in Anwesenheit Kaiser Franz Josephs I. statt.
1965 bis 1969 | Errichtung Fakultätsgebäude Bauingenieurwesen
Auf den ehemaligen Mandell’schen Gründen entstehen neben der „Alten Technik“ verschiedene Erweiterungsbauten. Diese Entwicklung beginnt 1965 mit der Errichtung eines Fakultätsgebäudes für Bauingenieurwesen in der Technikerstraße, das 1969 bezogen wird.
1970 bis 1975 | Bau der Zentralbibliothek
Ab 1970 entsteht mit dem Bau der Zentralbibliothek nach einer Planung des Teams um Karl Raimund Lorenz ein Erweiterungsbau in der Technikerstraße. Dieser südliche Abschluss an der Gabelung Technikerstraße/Sparbersbachgasse ist der erste eigenständige Hochschulbibliotheksbau in Österreich. Im Jahr 2012 wird der Bibliotheksbau umfassend modernisiert.
1993 | Bezug des Neubaus für Architektur und Bauingenieurwesen
Der Architekt Günter Domenig entscheidet 1983 den Wettbewerb um den Erweiterungsbau für Institute der Architektur und des Bauingenieurwesens in der Lessingstraße 25 für sich. Bürgerproteste führen zu einer letztlich sehr reduzierten Version des Entwurfs, erst im Oktober 1993 ziehen die ersten Institute ein. Den Eingangsbereich prägt ein Glaskörper, die relativ enge Halle mit umliegenden Galerien auf den einzelnen Geschoßebenen ziert die „Wetterwand” des Malers Christian Ludwig Attersee.
www.tugraz.at/tu-graz/universitaet/gebaeude-und-bauten-de...