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May 22, 2013
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Sattler’s panorama of Salzburg in 1829

More: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sattler-Panorama

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May 14, 2013
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Waldburg, a German castle, village and parish church in 1625 (1864 copy of a 1625 painting)

Waldburg, a German castle, village and parish church in 1625 (1864 copy of a 1625 painting)

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Video
May 10, 2013

Mendelssohn’s “Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich”. (In these our days so perilous) after Luther’s translation of “Da pacem domine”.

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May 10, 2013
Waldburg castle offers the best view over Upper Swabia.

Waldburg castle offers the best view over Upper Swabia.

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May 07, 2013
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A pretty straightforward message: if you fight, we’ll chop off your hand.

A pretty straightforward message: if you fight, we’ll chop off your hand.

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May 06, 2013
A very hairy horse from Arnstadt (Thuringia), on a painting displayed in Waldburg castle, Waldburg, Upper Swabia, Germany.

A very hairy horse from Arnstadt (Thuringia), on a painting displayed in Waldburg castle, Waldburg, Upper Swabia, Germany.

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April 07, 2013
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blastedheath: Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954), Box at the Metropolitan, 1934. Etching and engraving, 252 x 201 mm.; sheet: 356 x 269 mm. Number 4 from the edition of 22.

blastedheath:

Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954), Box at the Metropolitan, 1934. Etching and engraving, 252 x 201 mm.; sheet: 356 x 269 mm. Number 4 from the edition of 22.

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April 05, 2013
Some heating device in the basement of the new hospital in Ravensburg.

Some heating device in the basement of the new hospital in Ravensburg.

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March 19, 2013
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Kolmanskop ghost town in Namibia Photo by Damien du Toit, License: CC-BY-2.0. More photos from this German-style ghost town in Namibia: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kolmannskuppe

Kolmanskop ghost town in Namibia

Photo by Damien du Toit, License: CC-BY-2.0.

More photos from this German-style ghost town in Namibia: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kolmannskuppe

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March 08, 2013
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Jawlensky’s “Spanish Girl” (1912), from the Selinka collection. It’s arguably the most famous painting in the brand new Kunstmuseum Ravensburg that opened today. http://www.kunstmuseum-ravensburg.de/

Jawlensky’s “Spanish Girl” (1912), from the Selinka collection.

It’s arguably the most famous painting in the brand new Kunstmuseum Ravensburg that opened today.

http://www.kunstmuseum-ravensburg.de/

Tags: ravensburg jawlensky

Photoset
March 03, 2013
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“Giulio Cesare” with baroque gesturing at Konzerthaus Ravensburg (the photographs show the curtain calls but you get the idea what that very interesting production was like)

Tags: handel ravensburg baroque opera

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February 24, 2013
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An unidentified animal looking at you in the engine room of the brand new hospital building in Ravensburg, Germany.

An unidentified animal looking at you in the engine room of the brand new hospital building in Ravensburg, Germany.

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February 19, 2013
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A new Wikisource page on “Apodemica”, i. e. books on how to travel: http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Apodemik

A new Wikisource page on “Apodemica”, i. e. books on how to travel:

http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Apodemik

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February 18, 2013
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Stiftsdame (Museumsfigur im Museum für Klosterkultur Weingarten) Mehr: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Museum_figures_in_the_Museum_f%C3%BCr_Klosterkultur_Weingarten

Stiftsdame (Museumsfigur im Museum für Klosterkultur Weingarten)

Mehr: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Museum_figures_in_the_Museum_f%C3%BCr_Klosterkultur_Weingarten

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February 17, 2013
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Edmund Körner “In der Klosterbibliothek”.Ca. 1910. This posting is dedicated to http://ordensgeschichte.tumblr.com/ – welcome to Tumblr!

Edmund Körner “In der Klosterbibliothek”.Ca. 1910.

This posting is dedicated to http://ordensgeschichte.tumblr.com/ – welcome to Tumblr!

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