Speyer 2009 – Paul Josef Nardini
September 6, 2009
Speyer 2009 – Paul Josef Nardini
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Speyer 2009, Germany – Relique ( Bone) Paul Josef Nardini.
Nardini was considered a saint by the members of his community, and by all the sisters of the order which he had founded, who at the time of his death numbered 220 in 35 locations. His mortal remains were entombed in the Chapel of the Congregation of the order he founded in Pirmasens. The cause for his beatification was begun in June, 1997, in the Diocese of Speyer. On December 19, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI officially recognized the heroic virtues of Nardini, thus formally making him eligible for beatification.[1] Six months later, on June 26, 2006, the Pope officially recognized the miracle required for Nardini’s beatification, the miraculous healing of one of the nuns of the order he founded, Stephana Beyer, from late-stage cancer, which happened after the sisters of her order prayed at Nardini’s tomb for her.[2] Pope Benedict XVI authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate his cause.
Speyer Cathedral, site of the beatification
He was formally beatified in the Speyer Cathedral by Friedrich Cardinal Wetter, who read an Apostolic Letter from the pope officially recognizing Nardini as beatified. There were some 2,000 people present for the ceremony, including some 600 nuns of the order he founded, with thousands of others watching the ceremony on closed circuit television in the square of the cathedral. It was the first beatification in Germany in 10 years, and the first one in which the pope himself was not present. The current bishop of Speyer, Anton Schlembach, called Nardini a “highly gifted minister” who “opened people’s eyes to the necessity and beauty of the priesthood” (c) Wikipedia
Hamburg 2007 – Reeperbahn
July 28, 2009
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Hamburg 2007, Germany – Reeperbahn / St. Pauli – seXes
The Reeperbahn is a street in Hamburg’s St. Pauli district, one of the two centres of Hamburg’s nightlife and also the city’s red-light district. In German it is also called die sündige Meile (the sinful mile).
The street is lined with restaurants, night clubs, discotheques and bars. There are also strip clubs, sex shops, brothels, a sex museum and the like. The Operettenhaus, a musical theatre, is also located at the Reeperbahn. It played Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats for many years, after that Mamma Mia!, an ABBA-musical, and now “Ich war noch niemals in New York”, featuring hit songs by Austrian singer/songwriter Udo Jürgens. There are other theatres at the Reeperbahn (St. Pauli Theater, Imperial Theater, Schmidts Tivoli) and also several Cabarets/Varietés.
(c) [wikipedia]
Berlin 2009 – Michael Jackson
July 17, 2009
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Berlin 2009, Germany – Michael Jackson (+)
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009), dubbed the “King of Pop”, was an American vocalist, dancer and businessman. One of the most commercially successful artists of all time, his contributions to music and dance, along with a highly publicized personal life, made him a part of popular culture around the world for four decades.
Jackson died at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009, in Los Angeles, California after suffering from cardiac arrest.
Berlin 2009 – Holocaust Denkmal
July 17, 2009
Berlin 2009 – Holocaust Denkmal
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Berlin 2009, Germany – Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe //
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas), also known as the Holocaust Memorial (German: Holocaust-Mahnmal), is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold. It consists of a 19,000 square meter (4.7 acre) site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or “stelae”, arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. The stelae are 2.38m (7.8′) long, 0.95m (3′ 1.5″) wide and vary in height from 0.2 m to 4.8m (8″ to 15’9″). According to Eisenman’s project text, the stelae are designed to produce an uneasy, confusing atmosphere, and the whole sculpture aims to represent a supposedly ordered system that has lost touch with human reason. A 2005 copy of the Foundation for the Memorial’s official English tourist pamphlet, however, states that the design represents a radical approach to the traditional concept of a memorial, partly because Eisenman did not use any symbolism. An attached underground “Place of Information” (German: Ort der Information) holds the names of all known Jewish Holocaust victims, obtained from the Israeli museum Yad Vashem. (Wikipedia)
Leipzig 2009 – Völkerschlachtdenkmal
March 28, 2009
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Leipzig 2009, Germany – Völkerschlachtdenkmal / Tränenteich
The Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations, fought on 16–19 October 1813, was one of the most decisive defeats suffered by Napoleon Bonaparte. The battle was fought on German soil and involved German troops on both sides, as a large proportion of Napoleon’s troops actually came from the German Confederation of the Rhine. The battle involved over 500,000 troops, making it the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I.
Cochem 2008 – Marktplatz
September 17, 2008
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Worth seeing are the remains of the old town wall, for example the “Endert gate Tower” with its adjoining Guard House dating back to 1332, the fortified tower and “Balduin’s gate” near the churchyard wall in the “Obergasse”, the “Burgfrieden gate” and gangway, the beautiful baroque styled town hall built in 1739, the market-place with its “Martin’s Fountain” and the old gabled houses built on steep, narrow alleys.
Hamburg – Planten un Blomen / Japanischer Garten
July 22, 2008
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Hamburg 2007, Germany – Planten un Blomen / Japanischer Garten
Planten un Blomen bedeutet Pflanzen und Blumen und ist Hamburger Platt. Da sich dieses Idiom gelegentlich eines “Doppeltöners” bedient, wird Planten un Blomen nicht einfach “Planten un Blomen” sondern “Planten un Bloumen” ausgesprochen.
Planten un Blomen ist eine etwa 47 Hektar große Parkanlage im Herzen von Hamburg. Der Gründer und erste Direktor des Botanischen Gartens in den Wallanlagen, Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, pflanzte am 6. November 1821 eine Platane, den ersten Baum des Parks, der bis heute am Eingang Dammtor erhalten geblieben ist.
Fulda – Konventbau / Bischöfliches Priesterseminar
April 19, 2008
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Fulda 2008, Germany – Konventbau / Bischöfliches Priesterseminar
Den Eingang zum Priesterseminar schmücken die Statuen des Bistumspatrons, des Hl. Bonifatius, erkennbar an dem mit einem Dolch durchstoßenen Buch (links), und des Hl. Benedikt als Abt mit Regelbuch, Trinkbecher, Giftschlange, Rabe und Brot (rechts). Das Portal des ehemaligen Benediktinerkonventes ist das erste Zeugnis barocker Kunst in Fulda. Über dem Portal ist Christus als Erlöser mit der Weltkugel zu sehen, darunter – über der Tür – das Wappen des Fürstabtes Joachim von Gravenegg (1644-1671).
