One of the places we visited in 1950 was the medieval walled city of Rothenburg.
German sightseers in the Market Square
Ploenlein is the small square which is said to be the most photogenic place in Rothenburg. Evidently my dad thought so too as he took a lot of photos there The square has a clock which, when it strikes at noon, it has clockwork figures that come out and perform. Everyone assembles in the square at noon to see the clock strike.
Fountain in Rotenburg Square
You enter the city via a tower called Siebersturm which is next to an orange brown half timbered house.
Photo from 1950
You can see the little animal faces carved above the clock which were supposed to ward off evil and especially the plague.
Animal face in the middle
After you go through the arch, the name of the street changes to Spitalgasse (Hospital Lane) because there was formerly a hospital at the end of the lane.
Narrow German street
street scene
My dad took a photo of the Iron Hat sign for the Hotel Eisenhut
Hotel Eisenhut
- I don't think we stayed there. He also took one of the Golden Hind,
Golden Hind Hotel
and one that is too blurred to read.
Although the town and walls were spared much of the bombing, there were still people that had to gather wood to heat and cook
Wood Gatherers
From here we went to Bavaria
Goose woman
Stork on smokestack
Honey wagon
A honey wagon was used to fertilize crops. It was filled with manure and water. Traditionally it included human waste. Produce from a field fertilized this way had to be carefully washed and disinfected. Drawn by horses or oxen
German sightseers in the Market Square
Ploenlein is the small square which is said to be the most photogenic place in Rothenburg. Evidently my dad thought so too as he took a lot of photos there The square has a clock which, when it strikes at noon, it has clockwork figures that come out and perform. Everyone assembles in the square at noon to see the clock strike.
Fountain in Rotenburg Square
You enter the city via a tower called Siebersturm which is next to an orange brown half timbered house.
Photo from 1950
You can see the little animal faces carved above the clock which were supposed to ward off evil and especially the plague.
Animal face in the middle
After you go through the arch, the name of the street changes to Spitalgasse (Hospital Lane) because there was formerly a hospital at the end of the lane.
Narrow German street
street scene
My dad took a photo of the Iron Hat sign for the Hotel Eisenhut
Hotel Eisenhut
- I don't think we stayed there. He also took one of the Golden Hind,
Golden Hind Hotel
and one that is too blurred to read.
Although the town and walls were spared much of the bombing, there were still people that had to gather wood to heat and cook
Wood Gatherers
From here we went to Bavaria
Goose woman
Stork on smokestack
Honey wagon
A honey wagon was used to fertilize crops. It was filled with manure and water. Traditionally it included human waste. Produce from a field fertilized this way had to be carefully washed and disinfected. Drawn by horses or oxen
- Next entry in the series 'Visiting Europe - 1950, 1964, 1992, 2002, 2015': Visiting Relatives in Lichtenau and going to Munich in 1950 - post 9
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