Ore, at least there used to be. Pun definitely intended. Well, after leaving Wernigerode I went just a little further west to the Imperial City of Goslar. An important historical town in Germany’s history. Wars fought for control of the town, and control of the nearby historic Rammelsberg Silver Mine. Goslar is a very old … More There’s Gold In Them Thar Hills!

A line from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Faust.” The mountain is the Harz Mountain Range, atop the Brocken, the highest mountain in the range where Faust made a deal with Mephistopheles, his soul in exchange for mere mortal knowledge and power. And today I went to that mountain, right to the Brocken, via a very, … More “Tonight the mountain’s mad with magic”

Well I visited the old St. Nicholas Church of Quedlinburg which was under heavy remodelling and reconstruction. Nothing fancy, just another big ol’ church. Then I tried to go to the Fachwerk Museum, but it was closed on Thursdays… just conveniently the one day I wanted to go. Fachwerk is the German term for ‘half-timbered’ … More What-igerode?

Well I successfully made it out of Weimar and to my next town for only one night. Though I think my train was a time machine of sorts, as it took me to the town of Quedlinburg. It looks like I stepped right into the midst of an old medieval village right in the heyday… … More What Year Is It!?

Or reversed, JEDEM DAS SEINE. (yeddim – dahss – zigh – nuh) “To each his own…” An old Roman principle that each man gets what he deserves. Though it was twisted by the Nazis to justify their brutality against the undesirables of their society. That was the main event of today. A bus ride to … More ƎNIƎƧ ƧAꓷ MƎꓷƎႱ

A new day a new city, this time to the historic town of Weimar, formerly the capital of the state of Thuringia. Some may know it as the city where articles were signed after World War 1, reorganizing Germany as the Weimar Republic. But it’s really not that. Even though it is. Much like the … More Historic Weimar

Well, there was certainly a lot of unique builds I saw today, starting with a very large church with a really interesting door. But I didn’t go inside as there was currently a “Gottesdienst” (church service) going on. So next I went to the grand (Evangelical) Magdeburg Cathedral, officially the “Dom zu Magdeburg St. Mauritius … More Architecture

After leaving Potsdamburg today, I took the train little ways west to the very, very old city of Magdeburg! The capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It was founded in 805 by Charlemagne! It has Germany’s oldest cathedral, and probably some other things too. We’ll see… When I got here the first thing I did … More Every City In Germany Ends In burg, and Every Street Is Named After Willy Brandt

Palace-Castle-Plaza-Court, It seems to describe today pretty well. Remember the post from two days ago titled Potsdam Is Nothing But Palaces. Well I got more confirmation of that today. My walk started off with a trip up a nearby hill, where up on top sits some old Roman Ruins, the mountain is called “Ruinenberg” (Ruins … More Schloßburgplatzhof

Well, I decided that the Film Museum just wasn’t enough so I went somewhere a bit more exciting. Filmpark Babelsberg! Germany’s response to Universal Studios! Or maybe Universal Studios is the response, I’m not sure which park came first. I just know, as stated previously Studio Babelsberg is the oldest large scale movie company in … More Filmpark Babelsberg!