Album Bayern (außer der Gem. Icking) from Kees

Scheyern Abbey

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:52:09 +0000

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During WW II, when German cities became unsafe, the Thesaurus linguae Latinae archives were for the most part evacuated to the Benedictine Abbey of Scheyern.
(Even) more interestingly, some part must have been brought to Icking, 25km south of Munich. After we had moved to that village, our then Managing Director told me that. I still have to dig up the evidence.

Augsburg 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:06:25 +0000

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1994, again, just an hour or so after the other picture. Cora is sitting amidst the remains of an Early Christian church. No wonder she’s in a meditative mood. Or perhaps she’s still bothered by the sticky fingers she got from the previous ice disaster.

The Other Side

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:25:32 +0000

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Gilded Saints from their less attractive side.

Munich - Karstadt Building

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:59:50 +0000

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One of the biggest building projects in the inner city of Munich is the demolition of the huge Karstadt department store, and the building of ... well, something else.

München - Rindermarkt

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:00:09 +0000

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With very few exceptions, the fountains of Munich have been covered for the winter. This one is on the Rindermarkt (Cattle Market). I felt sorry for the cows to be left in the cold, but thought the sight was rather funny...

Munich - Marienplatz

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:10:01 +0000

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Waiting for the train to come, and playing with my camera. I think the result is pretty neat: the same advertisement happened to be on both sides of the track, and the one on my side was reflected in the window of the train.

Wessobrunn - Fish Pond

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:48:01 +0000

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Wessobrunn - Inside the “Römerturm”

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:32:01 +0000

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The “Römerturm” must be the oldest part of the convent. You can’t get far inside, but even at the door opening the temperature was more agreeable than under the burning sun.

Wieskirche near Steingaden

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:45:01 +0000

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While Robbie was held by this unknown young lady, an anonymous gentleman was trying to take a picture of him. Well, that’s not as easy as it may seem to the profane and inexperienced...

Wessobrunn

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:23:01 +0000

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The ceiling of the church shows scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist.

Wessobrunn - Römerturm

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:54:01 +0000

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Mauern/Enghausen

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:01:01 +0000

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The church of Enghausen was built around 1500 in Gothic style. The community consists of just a few farmer families and, accordingly, the church is quite small. It’s also charming enough, but would certainly attract less visitors if it wouldn’t contain the oldest life-size crucifix hitherto known (ca. 900 AD).

This niche is right under the bell tower. The rope may only be pulled by authorized personnel.

Mauern/Enghausen

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:33:01 +0000

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Well, why not? From Ferrara Cathedral back to Enghausen Cathedral...

Including a lesson in “foreground interest” (Nigel?). ;-)

Mauern/Enghausen

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:44:01 +0000

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The cross itself isn’t original, nor is the paint on the Christ figure, but research of the material (basswood) surprisingly resulted in a date around 900 AD, centuries earlier than art historians had estimated. The C-14 method isn’t very precise, but a stylistic classification is outright hazardous: only very few comparable crucifixes have survived.

For a long time, the charwoman had complained about sawdust she had to clean up from under it: clearly, it was urgent to do something for its preservation. An exhibition, a couple of years ago, offered a good opportunity. A close examination revealed how old and rare it really was, and the Enghausen citizens feared it wouldn’t return to their church. Lucky for them, it did.

Mauern - Entrance to the Church Yard

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:36:01 +0000

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“Day of the Open Monument”: everywhere doors opened which are normally closed.

We visited the church of Mauern to view a crucifix from around 900 AD. I’m no art historian, but I doubt if the large cross in the Mauern church was much older than 1900 AD. Looking again at our papers, we saw our stop should have been Enghausen, a part of Mauern, and a few miles away...
We left Mauern with this photo, and no regret.

Schlehdorf

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:18:01 +0000

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There are four very old life-size crucifixes in Bavaria. The oldest one is in the church of Jenhausen, and we’ve seen it. Then, there are others in Schaftlach, Forstenried, and here, in this Schlehdorf chapel. A week ago, we traveled a long way to visit it, but found it closed: the “Day of the Open Monument” was over...
OK, we’ll return later. Perhaps we'll “do” Schaftlach next week.

Wessobrunn

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:30:01 +0000

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Wolfratshausen - Heimatmuseum

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:20:01 +0000

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An intimate look on Bavarian folklore.

Schaftlach - Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:03:01 +0000

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Artistically, the Schaftlach crucifix isn’t quite on one level with the one at Enghausen, but it is powerful in its own way.

Schaftlach - Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche

nobody@ipernity.com (Kees) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:04:01 +0000

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In post-production, the photographer had to work hard on this door, but was rewarded...