What a pretty town. It's at the confluence of the Werra and the Fulda and together they form the Weser, starting just a few meters from here, the town hall. I can't imagine that the paint on the town hall was always so colorful, but it is now! At the top under the center gable are figures that come out three times a day - noon, two, and five - and the Glockenspiel plays. In the winter they could skip the 5 o'clock performance since it's way too dark to see anything!
This is the house (Victorian, 1900) where we rented a holiday apartment. The apartment (on the top floor - note the circles that indicate our bedroom and the living room) is almost as big as our house; the bathroom is bigger than our living room here at home!! Six or seven can sleep there and the owner says in the summer that's often the case. All that for 50€ a night - who'd want to stay in a hotel??
And the view from our bedroom window was pleasant - St Aegidius where Dr. Eisenbardt, the itinerate doctor celebrated in the Glockenspiel is buried.
It was just steps from the city center and - it's small - we got to know it well. There are hundreds and hundreds of half-timbered houses some dating from the 1500s and a lot of them really, really crooked! I could get dizzy walking down the street.
There's a Schloß, too; seems most towns have a small palace of some sort. This was begun in the 1500s and of course part of it is no longer there. Inside is the town library, the local museum and government offices. Probably some empty space too, I'd guess.
The doors of many of the homes were so interesting - different styles from different times, lots of color, lots of carving on the beams of the homes some of it quite complicated.
And since it is the "Three River City" there was lots of water to look at too.
When we weren't out doing touristy things and walking up the hill, we read and I crocheted and we slept late and we had a relaxing time.
Happy New Year to all.
May the year be peaceful .
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