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1Sauerlaender, 11 months ago to Flowers

Water lily in the Poppelsdorfer Weiher (pond in Bonn-Poppelsdorf).
(July 2023)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Blumen, #flowers, #Wasserpflanzen, #Seerosen, #water_lilies, #Pflanzen, #plants

1Sauerlaender, 10 months ago to random

A blacksmith's workshop in the Lindlar open-air museum (Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia).
(July 2023)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Handwerke, #handicrafts, #Schmiede, #Schmiedewerkstatt, #blacksmith, #Freilichtmuseen, #Freilichtmuseum, #open_air_museums, #Lindlar, #Bergisches_Land

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1Sauerlaender, 11 months ago to Horses

The two Haflinger horses were curious when two hikers passed by; apparently they were a bit bored in their small pasture in the Bergisches Land (east of Cologne).
(June 2023)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Pferde, #horses, #Haflinger, #animals, #Bergisches_Land

1Sauerlaender, 11 months ago to Flowers

Spiny bear's breech (Acanthus spinosus)
(July 2023)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Blumen, #flowers, #Dorniger_Akanthus, #Acanthus_spinosus, #Pflanzen, #Plants

1Sauerlaender, 11 months ago to architecture

Access to Monschau Castle (northern Eifel).
(June 2023)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Türen, #Tore, #doors, #Architektur, #architecture, #Burgen, #castles, #Burg_Monschau, #Monschau, #Eifel

1Sauerlaender, 11 months ago to Flowers

Water Lily in the botanical garden of Bonn University.
(July 2023)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Blumen, #flowers, #Seerosen, #water_lilies, #Pflanzen, #plants, #Wasserpflanzen, #botanischer_Garten_Bonn, #Bonn

1Sauerlaender, 5 months ago to windows

Nobody is perfect - and neither are the builders of this house in the historic castle village of Reifferscheid/ Eifel, (Hellenthal, district Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia).
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Fenster, #windows, #Architektur, #architecture, #Reifferscheid, #Hellenthal, #Eifel, #Kreis_Euskirchen

1Sauerlaender, 5 months ago to architecture

Construction of the so-called Siegtaldom (catholic St Laurentius church) in Dattenfeld (municipality of Windeck, Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia) began in 1879 after a previous building from the 12th century had been demolished.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Kirchen, #churches, #Siegtaldom, #Architektur, #architecture, #Fachwerkhäuser, #Dattenfeld, #Windeck, #Rhein_Sieg_Kreis

1Sauerlaender, 10 months ago to random

A pond or lake in Bergisch Gladbach (near Cologne): the Saaler Mühlenteich.
(July 2023)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Gewässer, #Teiche, #Seen, #lakes, #Saaler_Mühlenteich, #Bergisch_Gladbach

1Sauerlaender, 1 month ago to Battlemaps

Nittumer creek in the forest of Cologne-Dünnwald.
(April 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Wald, #forest, #Natur, #nature, #Bäche, #creeks, #Köln_Dünnwald

1Sauerlaender, 2 months ago to Cats

Suspicious of espionage.
(November 2018)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Katzen, #cats, #pets, #Haustiere, #animals

1Sauerlaender, 2 months ago to nature

A river with a small waterfall in the highlands of Iceland (photographed from the bus).
(August 2019)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Flüsse, #rivers, #Wasserfälle, #waterfalls, #Landschaften, #landscapes, #Natur, #nature, #Hochland, #highlands, #Island, #Iceland

1Sauerlaender, 3 months ago to architecture

The Protestant Helsinki Cathedral - one of the landmarks of Finland's capital - was built between 1830 and 1852 in the neo-classical style.
(August 2009)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Kirchen, #churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Klassizismus, #Helsinki, #Finnland, #Finland

1Sauerlaender, 5 months ago to architecture

Houses and alleys in the historic castle village of Reifferscheid/ Eifel, (village in the municipality of Hellenthal, district Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia), near the frontier with Belgium.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #Architektur, #architecture, #Fachwerkhäuser, #Reifferscheid, #Hellenthal, #Eifel, #Kreis_Euskirchen

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1Sauerlaender, 5 months ago to random

The Drachenfelsbahn, which takes visitors from the valley station in Königswinter (on the Rhine, Rhine-Sieg district) up to the famous Drachenfels ruins in the Siebengebirge mountains, is the oldest operating cog railway in Germany.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Bahnen, #railways, #Zahnradbahnen, #cog_railways, #Drachenfelsbahn, #Königswinter, #Drachenfels, #Siebengebirge

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1Sauerlaender, 9 months ago to Cats

Duman the cat posing with flowers.
(April 2018)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Katzen, #cats, #pets, #Haustiere, #animals

1Sauerlaender, 2 months ago to Flowers

White tulips
(April 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Blumen, #flowers, #Tulpen, #tulips, #Pflanzen, #plants

1Sauerlaender, 7 months ago to random

The moated castle of Hackhausen near Solingen-Ohligs (North Rhine-Westphalia) dates back to the Middle Ages, but was rebuilt after a fire (arson) in 1910.
(November 2023)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Schlösser, #castles, #Wasserschloß, #moated_castles, #Schloß_Hackhausen, #Solingen_Ohligs

1Sauerlaender, 2 months ago to architecture

A nice ensemble of buildings in (Cologne-) Porz-Zündorf.
(March 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Architektur, #architecture, #Fachwerkhäuser, #Köln_Porz, #Zündorf

1Sauerlaender, 7 months ago to india

A small lake near the Jaswant Thada mausoleum (cenotaph) in Jodhpur (Rajasthan, India).
(February 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Seen, #lakes, #Jodhpur, #Rajasthan, #India, #Indien

1Sauerlaender, 3 months ago to random

The frozen Wupper river in Solingen-Burg (North Rhine-Westphalia).
(January 2009)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Flüsse, #rivers, #Wupper, #Eis, #ice, #Winter, #Solingen_Burg

1Sauerlaender, 7 months ago to Flowers

Indian chrysanthemum.
(November 2023)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Blumen, #flowers, #Herbst_Chrysanthemen, #Indian_Chrysanthemum, #Pflanzen, #plants

1Sauerlaender, 5 months ago to random

A chandelier in the Catholic church of St Pantaleon in the small town of Unkel (Neuwied district, Rhineland-Palatinate).
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Leuchter, #chandeliers, #Kirchen, #churches, #Unkel, #Kreis_Neuwied

1Sauerlaender, 5 months ago to architecture

A sofa apparently reserved for the Maharaja in the palace of Fort Junagarh in Bikaner/ Rajasthan (India).
(February 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Möbel, #furniture, #Mosaiken, #Architektur, #architecture, #Paläste, #palaces, #Fort_Junagarh, #Bikaner, #Rajasthan, #Indien , #India

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1Sauerlaender, 9 months ago to nature

The park of Paffendorf Castle (in Bergheim-Paffendorf, Rhein-Erft district/ North Rhine-Westphalia).
(April 2022)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Parks, #Schlösser, #palaces, #Teiche, #ponds, #Natur, #nature, #Schloß_Paffendorf, #Bergheim