Niederwald Denkmal - "Germania"
This is the view up to the Niederwald monument (also called "Germania"). In the foreground you see the cable cars going up the hill.The history of the Germania dates back to 1871 when the different principalities where united to one country - Germany. Some people say that it points south to Bavaria since they were the last ones to join the unity ;).
posted by Nicola @ 11:51 AM
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11 Comments:
Lovely, quite beautiful! Very nice shot.
uv got some beautiful pictures here. but most importantly i love ur documentation of "ur region." nice work.
Was Bavaria last to join because they were more akin to Austria? But then Austria was head of the Hapsburg Empire back then... I know the Rheingau was also a majority Catholic region, but very distant culturally from the southeastern Deutschsprägigeraum in Bavaria, Austria and Sudtirol ...
But there are so many things about German and Germanic history I don't know. The more you study, the less you know!
Nice picture, looks like a big statue!
Love to read the history behind your photos. Nice job on that.
Quite a lot of history in this picture !
Nice effects...:-) "Germania" is like Statue of Liberty, isn't it? Is the statue given to Germany? if it is, from who?
micki - thank you!
deji77 - thanks! As you can see, I'm having a lot of fun with it :).
lagatta - no, I think Bavaria was more influenced by France not to join since France seemed to be worried about having a large united country as a neighbor. And Bismarck wasn't really helpful in smoothing their worries ;).
wolf - the statue itself is 11,80m high. The part it's standing on about 26m so that makes quite a height!
jill & sidney - thank you!
lorraine - yes, I tinted and tweaked it a bit. Thought the sepia would underline the history. :)
maya - no, the statue wasn't given but built here on the orders of Bismarck who thought it would underline the importance of the unity.
Very beautiful place and a calming picture. I'd love to be there.
nice landscape...the duo tone makes a nice clossic look:-)
Thanks mohammadreza and outdoorexposure!
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