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February 14, 2009
And so back to Wurzburg...
It was Christmas eve in the medieval town of Wurzburg [which would have been considerably more medieval had not Bomber Harris used the town to practice his carpet bombing in March 1945]
Das Käppele, built by Balthasar Neumann between 1748 and 1752 [with some help probably]
Wurzburg is steeped in history, it was the seat of several Imperial Diets, including one in 1180, as I’m sure you’ll remember, when Henry the Lion was banned from the Empire and his duchy handed over to Otto of Wittelsbach.
Otto of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
On Christmas eve it was mainly steeped in cold. So much cold that the water wheel on the banks of the Maine froze in festive fashion.
Later on the moon came out, but only a bit.
Posted by john at February 14, 2009 05:19 PM