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These sculptures on the river Gera in Erfurt represent Käpt’n Blaubär and Hein Blöd. Both were stars in a German children’s television series. Käpt’n Blaubär (Captain Bluebear) also appeared in the educational children’s television series Die Sendung mit der Maus.
Wood gas driven automobiles remind us of times with fuel shortages, e.g. during and after World War II. This truck powered by wood gas is a still-running model displayed at a classic military car meeting on the grounds of the Vienna Museum of Military History.
King Charles I of Hungary commissioned the first Royal House in the 14th century. In the 15th century, Matthias Corvinus renewed the palace in late Gothic style. After the Ottoman siege in 1544, the building fell into ruins. Its excavation began in 1934.
On 27 August 1939, the first aircraft with a jet engine completed its maiden flight. The He 178 was developed by Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke. In memory of its first start in Rostock-Marienehe, a replica hangs in the check-in hall of Rostock Airport.
This pic shows an operating replica of the second car built by Siegfried Marcus. It formed an exhibit at a classic car meeting performed by the Südbahnmuseum in Mürzzuschlag. The original saw its construction in 1888/1889 and is still running too.
Červená Lhota Castle (Zámek Červená Lhota) in Pluhův Žďár in southern Bohemia is a Renaissance castle on a rock in the middle of an artificial pond. His former German name was Rothlhotta. Fans of fairy tale movies may know it as a film location.
A fun way to stay in Warnemünde is this youth hostel in the edifice of a former weather station. The equipment on top of the tower still collects data for weather forecasting. Guests of the hostel will find the Baltic Sea not far away.
Visitors who enter the Volksgarten, a public park in Vienna, seem to face a piece of Greek antiquity. Of course, it isn’t ancient. The Theseus Temple is a classicistic building from the years 1819/23. Today, it forms a dependence on the Museum of Fine Arts.
Sometimes, the window is the view! There are still many old and atmospheric elements in the architecture of the Budapest Keleti Station (Budapest Keleti pályaudvar) in Hungary. You find this smithery in the main entrance of the train shed.
After a town fire in 1517, the new city hall saw its completion in 1528. Besides the lovely bonneted dormers, the Renaissance gate next to the Ratskeller Inn is also worth a look. The Ratskeller is considered the oldest inn in the city of Naumburg (Saale).
This monument to Marcus Aurelius is a replica of an equestrian statue on Capitols Square (Piazza del Campidoglio) in Rome. The sculpture in Tulln commemorates a Roman camp named Comagena, which was the predecessor of the modern city.
While strolling through the streets of Udine, you may see this lively depiction of the local coat of arms. This version of the city arms of Udine makes a fascinating difference as it forms a sort of sculpture instead of the common reliefs and murals.