Lüneburg

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Two things today; I went for a short walk in a German forest and for a bit of a walk around Lüneborg.

Lüneborg
Lüneborg is a town that dates back to the middle ages and became famous because of it's salt or "white gold" as they say around here. In the middle ages salt was the only way to preserve food so everyone wanted some. So a couple of bright sparks decided that salt was where the money was at and became super wealthy from it. Kind of like todays Saudi oil barons but more like ye olde germanic salt barons...

It was a pretty nice place to wander about since the "old town" has been almost completely preserved. I had a nice lunch on the bank of the Ilmenau. Check out the photos... The statue on top of the fountain I found to have a rather unique design.

Google maps link for Lüneburg


On German Forests
I took some time today to walk through a forest which was very nice. This particular forest seemed a lot 'softer' than what we are used to in Australia with the kind of leafy floors that you could lie down on and take a nap. This is the kind of forest that characters from fairytales would be using. I think if fairytales were written with the Australian bush in mind, most would end in either a drop bear attack or bunyip strike.

I put in some photos for you to look at, not so much that they are unique, but more that they are nice to look at. 😊

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Photos

Lüneburg town hall
The oldest part of the town hall was built around 1230 and then enlarged over the next 600 years.

Lüneburg Townhall Statue
A statue of Justice on the front facade of the town hall. If I had a statue made of me, a gold sword would be pretty sweet.

Lüneburg Fountain
The fountain in front of the town hall in Market Square (Ochsenmarkt)

Lüneburg Fountain Closeup
A closeup of the statue on top of the fountain in front of the town hall in Market Square. The more astute of you will notice that the statue whilst spurting water from its hat, is also experiencing severe lactation.

Lüneburg - St. Johannis
One of the four main churches in the town. This one is of note because a young Johann Sebastian Bach learned to play the organ and to compose here.

Lüneburg on the River
A rather German looking house on the river Ilmenau.

Lüneburg Twistyness
These twisty bits on the facades of many buildings is meant to be very Lüneburgish

A German Butterfly
... in a German forest

Comments

[Dave]

21st Century Slide night
Aint this interweb grand.. You can now have your slide night as you travel. Saves having to find that decrepid rollup screen... Seriously though, I think it's great. Look like you're going to have a fantastic time. cheers DO

[Marion & Ian]

Burg
It is truly fantastic and a real joy to take part in your travels via the travelblog. What a great invention and well written with great humour and good presentation. Just a thought about place names ending in "burg" - as in Hamburg, Lueneburg or Wardburg where Martin Luther translated the bible. The meaning from mediaeval times translated into english is "fortress" or "castle". Hence the famous hymn by Martin Luther - "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott". Do you realise that your last meal before leaving Australia was raw fish (sashimi) and your first meal in Europe was also raw fish (Matjes).

[John McLennan]

hey hey!
Hey Alex! Those are some seriously good photos there. Looks awesome! Glad you're enjoying yourself. I hope you're staying up late for the night life and sleeping in to forbidden hours? Actually I think you'd probably stay up late and get up early anyway :P Keep the blogs coming. Catchya! John.