Street in front of B&B in Bad Schwalburg
View of a valley in Hesse from the top of Waffenschmiedt castle
Waffenschmiedt Castle in Hesse
Waffenschmiedt Castle in Hesse-view from watch tower
Me in the Guard Tower of the Waffenschmiedt Castle-Hesse
Will in the Tower Window in the Waffenschmiedt Castle-Hesse
View of the Guard Tower-Waffenschmiedt Castle
Entrace into Waffenschmiedt Castle
Alter in Griechische Kapelle — Houses the mausoleum for Princess Elisabeth von Nassau-niece of Alexander I Tsar of Russia
Mausoleum of Princess Elisabeth von Nassau-niece of Tsar Alexander I Tsar of Russia
Griechische Kapelle
Tsar Door in Griechische Kapelle — Can only be opened for a Tsar of Russia, last opened for Tsar Alexander I for the wedding of Princess Elisabeth von Nassau (his niece)
Downtown Wiesbaden
Statue in Wiesbaden
Spielbank (casino)-Wiesbaden
City park in Wiesbaden
Schloss Biebrich-Head of Gov. for state of Hesse in Wiesdaden — City Palace where the counts von Nassau-Usingen resided ntil the early 19th century.
State Crest of Hesse-Wiesbaden
Gothic Church in Wiesbaden
Pond in Bad Schwalberg
Me on a bridge in a park in Bad Schwalberg
Will on a path in a park in Bad Schwalberg
Park in Bad Schwalberg
Kloster Eberbach — former Cistercian abby built between 12th & 14th century. Was used to film "The Name of the Rose".
Koster Eberbach-former monks residence — Now a hotel
Kloster Eberbach-Flags of Hesse, Germany and EU — Flags of Hesse, Germany and the EU.
Inside of Kloster Eberbach — Burial Tombs
Chapel of Kloster Eberbach
Inside Kloster Eberbach — Tombs of some of the royal houses Nassau
Kloster Eberbach grounds
Inside the Kloster Eberbach winery
Midevil wine press at Kloster Eberbach
Kloster Eberbach
Entrace into one of the many vineyards in the Rheingau Region
Rheingau Region
Rheingau Region-view from Schloss Johannisberg Palace
Schloss Johannisberg Palace in the Rheingau Region
View of teh Rhine River from Niederwalddenkmal near Rudesheim
Niederwalddenkmal Monument — Commemorates victory in the Franco-Prussion War of 1870-71 which resulted in German unification.
Me on the stairs of Niederwalddenkmal Monument
Eisenach-Wartburg Castle
Eisenach-Wartburg Castle — Prob. founded in the 11th Century by Ludwig the Jumper. Setting for the singing contest immortalized by Wagner in his opera Tannbauser. Also, residence of St. Elizabeth of Thuringia. Martin Luther also resided here and translated the New Testiment into German.
Lutherstube-Martin Luther trans. New Test. into German — Where Martin Luther lived and translated the New Testiment into German
Lutherstube
Inside Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtnis Kirch-Berlin — Remains of some of the old destroyed alter decorations as well as cross from Russia.
Inside Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtnis Kirch
Remains of the inside of Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtnis Kirch
Main alter of the rebuilt new church at Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtnis Kirch — created by Karl Hemmeter
Drawn by German POW in a Russian Prison inside the new Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtnis Kirch
Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtnis Kirch-Berlin — Remains after the allied bombing of Berlin.
Me infront of Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtnis Kirch in Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtnis Kirch-Berlin
Remains of the Berlin Wall
Me infront of one of the remains of the Berlin Wall
Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe- Berlin — Designed by Peter Eisenman and built between 2003 and 2005.
Brandenburg Gate-Berlin — Constructed between 1788 and 1791.
Brandenburger Tor
The Reichstag-Berlin — House of the German Parliment. Built between 1884 and 1894
Rhine River through Berlin
Outside bar along the Rhine in Berlin
Halberstadt Catedral-Stephens Dom — orig. founded in 800 A.D. in the times of Charlemagne. It was 80% destroyed during WWII.
Halberstadt Cathedral
Royal tombs inside Halberstadt Cathedral
Sculpture inside the Halberstadt Cathedral — Designed after WWI.
Crucifixion Sculptur inside Halberstadt Cathedral-Stephans Dom
Alter in Halberstadt Cathedral-Stephans Dom
Tomb of Emperor Otto Magnus-inside Halberstadt Cathedral Stephans Dom
Alter inside Stephans Dom-Halberstadt Cathedral
Stephans Dom-Halberstadt
Halberstadt-modern apt. building
Deutch Post in Halberstadt
Dom St. Mauritus und St Katharina-Magdeburg — Gothic Cathedral in Magdeburg began construction in 1209
Organ in Dom St. Mauritus und St Katharina in Magdeburg
Dom St. Mauritus und St Katharina in Magdeburg
Cloister in the Magdeburg Cathedral-Dom St. Mauritus und St Katharina
Another church in Magdeburg
Church in Magdeburg
Kloster Unser ieben Frauen in Madeburg — Was build for the Norbertine order in 11th Century.
Alter in Kloster Unser ieben Frauen
Organ in Kloster Unser ieben Frauen
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Square in Quedlinburg
Quedlinburg
One of oldest timber homes in Germany-Quedlinburg
Old Timber home in Quedlinburg
Mayor of Berlin-Klaus Wowereit
Inside Berlin's City Hall
Me inside of Berlin's City Hall
Me posing with the Mayor of Berlin-Klaus Wowereit
Me w/Mayor of Berlin-Klaus Wowereit
Town center in Eastern Berlin — Completely fabricated by the GDR for prapaganda.
City Square in Eastern Berlin — "fake"
Statue of ..... Berlin
View of Fernsehturm (TV Tower). — Second talles structure in Europe.
Rotes Rathaus-Berlins Government House-City Hall
Statue of Karl Marx and ...... in Berlin
Berliner Dom — Orig. built between 1747 and 1750
Konzerthaus-Berlin
Berliner Dom — Garden across the street from the Dom is called "garden of lust" "Lustgarten".
Entrance to Berliner Dom
Organ in the Berliner Dom
Where the Emperor sat in the Berliner Dom
Alter in the Berliner Dom
Family Hohenzollern Crypt beneath the Berliner Dom — One of the largest ruling famiies in Europe.
Berliner Dom
Pergamonmuseum-Pergamon Alter — Built between 1912 and 1930 houses one o the most famous collectioin of antiquities in Europe.
Pergamon Alter
Statue of Athena inside toe Pergamonmuseum
Ancient Vases in the Pergamonmuseum
Statue of Hermaphroditis inside the Pergamonmuseum
Pergamonmuseum
Pergamonmuseum-ancient Greecian Tiled floor
Ishtar Gate from Babylon 6th century B.C.
Ishtar Gate-Pergamonmuseum
Part of the Ishtar Gate inside Pergamonmuseum
Me infront of the Ishtar Gate-Pergamonmuseum
Ancient Babylonian Lions Ca. 6,000 B.C.
Assyrian Palace 12 century B.C.
Modern Sculpture memorial to fallen soldiers-Berlin
Berlin Philharmonie
Part of the Humboldt University-Berlin — Was once a royal palace
Humboldt University
Bebelplatz-Site of the Nazi Book Burning-Berlin — Note the empty book shelfs beneath the glass. Site of the infamous Nazi book buring on 10 May 1933
Deutscher Dom-Berlin
Franzosischer Dom-French Huguenot Cathedral-Berlin
Fassender & Rausch Chocolatier-Berlin
Chocolate Sculpture-Fassender & Rausch Chocolatier
Checkpoint Charlie-Berlin — Between 1961 and 1990 this was the ONLY boarder crossing for foreigners between East and West.
Famous Cafe Adler at Check Point Charlie-Berlin — SIte of many demostrations.
Checkpoint Charlie- Berlin
Checkpoint Charlie-Berlin
Me infront of Checkpint Charlie
First Traffic Light-Berlin
Site of John F. Kennedies Famous Speach-Berlin
Siegessaule-Berlin
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp — Camp Entrance-Opened in 1936 and killed more than 100,000 inmates. Orig. used for political prisoners but latter for jews.
Memorial in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp-Roll call area
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Shoe Testing area infront of Barricks entrance-Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp — Prisoners would march around endlessly to test diff. materials for the soles of army boots.
barricks in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Toilletts in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Washrooms in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Barricks in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Memorial Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Prison
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp prison
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp site of some tortures
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Soviet memorial
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp medial experimental and autoptsy rooms.
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp-"cool room" to store bodies for examination/testing-crate to haul bodies.
Soviet War Memorial-Berlin
Soviet War Memorial- Berlin
One of the Soviet Tanks that rolled into Berlin to end WWII
Reichstag-Berlin
