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October 3rd 2019

Published: May 20th 2022

Viking Sigrun sailed overnight from Basel to Breisach in Germany. In the process the river cruise ship traversed the Grand Canal d'Alsace (Rheinseitenkanal). Looking out our cabin window in the morning, what did I behold but a swan! A swan swimming in the Rhine! Lohengrin must be nearby! The morning shore excursion was a motorcoach drive into the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) with a stop at the Hofg... Read Full Entry

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Andrew Lisowski

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"I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list." I've traveled for a long time and have many memories of places and people. I enjoy travel, especially to new places I haven't seen before. Every journey, whether brief or extended, provides the opportunity for a new experience or a different way to see things. I like travel photography, too, and always have my camera with me. I look to the "4Hs of Tourism" as a guide when traveling: understanding the Habitat; Heritage; History and Handicrafts. Member of the TravBuddy travel blogging community from 2007 until its demise in 2018. [world... full info

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Galgenhügel

Galgenhügel - Gallows Hill at Höllsteig. "Directly behind the viaduct ... is the 30-meter-high Galgenbühl. This is a striking conical elevation in the valley bottom, on which a wooden pavilion was built in the early days of the Höllentalbahn. From here hikers have a wonderful view of the mighty railway bridge. ...historians say that death sentences were once carried out on the gallows". DSC_0738

Bath House

Historical bath house at Hofgut Sternen, Höllsteig. "Höllsteig, the station for the well-known Sternen Inn, with baths and several dependencies..."--Baedeker 1911. DSC_0741

Ravenna Viaduct

Ravennabrücke - Ravenna Bridge in the Black Forest. Stone railway viaduct near Höllsteig, Km 22.7 on the Höllentalbahn, 190 feet (58 m) high and 738 feet (225 m) long. Opened in 1927, rebuilt in 1948. DSC_0690

Train on the Ravenna Viaduct

DB Regio double deck 2nd Class cab-control coach 35 371-9 on the Ravennabrücke stone viaduct on the Höllentalbahn. DSC_0714

Landscape in the Höllental

Landscape in the Höllental of the Black Forest (Schwarzwald). Looking up from the highway. "... the Höllen-Pass, the finest part of the valley, a defile with towering and overhanging rocks, partly overgrown with fir and underwood".--Baedeker 1911. DSC_0748

Bahnhof Hirschsprung

Hirschsprung station at Km 18.2 on the Höllentalbahn through the Black Forest (Schwarzwald). DSC_0749

Landscape in the Höllental

Rocky outcropping in the Höllental of the Black Forest (Schwarzwald). "... the Höllen-Pass, the finest part of the valley, a defile with towering and overhanging rocks, partly overgrown with fir and underwood".--Baedeker 1911. DSC_0757

Falkenstein-Tunnel

Falkenstein tunnel (east portal) on the Höllentalbahn through the Black Forest (Schwarzwald). DSC_0758

Bahnhof Himmelreich

Bahnhof Himmelreich - Himmelreich station at Km 13.9 on the Höllentalbahn through the Black Forest (Schwarzwald). Himmelreich marks the beginning of the railway line though the Höllental proper. DSC_0760

March

The village of March, Baden-Württemberg DSC_0772

Hilltop Chapel

Hilltop chapel near March DSC_0773

Kaiserstuhl

Kaiserstuhl range in Baden-Württemberg. The Kaiserstuhl (Emperor's Chair) is a volcanic uplift along the Upper Rhine Plateau. The name may derive from Otto II, named Holy Roman Emperor in 996. "...the N. and W. slopes of the Kaiserstuhl-Gebirge, a basaltic and vine-clad hill-district about 42 sq. M. in area, which rises from the plain in upwards of 40 peaks between the Dreisam and the Rhine".--Baedeker 1911. DSC_0776

Totenkopf

Totenkopf, 1,827 feet (557 m). The highest point Kaiserstuhl range in Baden-Württemberg. DSC_0778

Breisach

"Breisach or Alt-Breisach, the Roman Mons Brisiacus, a picturesque old town, with 3600 inhab., lies on and at the foot of a rock rising abruptly to a height of 260 ft. above the Rhine; it was an important fortress, regarded as the key of S. Germany".--Baedeker 1911. DSC_0783

Breisacher Münster St. Stephan

Breisacher Münster St. Stephan. The church dates from the 12th century and was expanded and remodeled in the Gothic style in the 15th century. "On the highest point in town (745 ft.) rises the Minster of St. Stephen, a cruciform edifice, recently restored. The choir (supported by an open substructure), the S. tower, and the W. half of the nave are Gothic, dating from the 14th cent.; the transept and N. tower are Romanesque."--Baedeker 1911. DSC_0786

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