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#Bauhaus #Art 100 Years of Triadic #ballet Oskar Schlemmer. #Poster by Riccardo Guasco

Die strategische Bedeutung des Rheins, besonders des engen Mittelrheintals, in der Geschichte führte zu einer Vielzahl an Burgen an jeder Kurve des Flusses. Zwischen Bingen/Rüdesheim und Remagen/Unkel reihen sich heute auf den 120 km mehr als 60 mittelalterliche Ritterburgen.

Kunsthofpassage Dresden

Nach seinem Umzug nach Wolfenbüttel begann Lessing am 7. Mai 1770 seinen Dienst an der Herzog August Bibliothek, gegen 600 Reichstaler Jahresgehalt und freie Unterkunft.

7 May 1189: a charter issued by emperor Frederick Barbarossa gives Hamburg the rights that would lead to the creation of the port of Hamburg. But is the document genuine? ndr.de/geschichte/sch… via NDR.de

7 May 1949: potatoes on sale at Leipziger Platz in East Berlin (via Bundesarchiv)

7 May 1833. Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg. He lived most of his life in Vienna and composed many major classical works for orchestra, including: 4 symphonies, 2 piano concertos, a Violin Concerto, and a Double Concerto for violin and cello.

7 May 1953: the Ernst-Thälmann-Straße in Chemnitz, three days before the city is renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt (via Bundesarchiv)

7 May 1989: "Auf unserer Wahlparty wurde gelacht". How an opposition group uncovered electoral fraud in the GDR tagesspiegel.de/berlin/auf-uns… via Tagesspiegel Berlin

1950 poster for the Internationale Spielbank Lindau designed by Otfried Senger

1952 tourism poster for Lindau on Lake Constance, designed by Hanns Lohrer

Impressions from the 160km-long Berlin Wall Trail (Mauerweg). A wonderful opportunity for lovers of history, nature and sport. slowtravelberlin.com/walking-the-be…

Some extremely useful Norwegian phrases.

Germany has been on the back foot in Europe over the past few years. Chancellor Merz's visits to Paris and Warsaw today beg the question: will that now change? Here's Jana Puglierin's and my (very) cautiously upbeat assessment: ecfr.eu/article/from-f…

"I travelled the length and breadth of Luxembourg by bus – and it didn’t cost me a penny" theguardian.com/travel/2025/ma… via Guardian Travel john brunton

Today saw another sad milestone in the inexorable decline of Western Civilization.

#Dresden: Blick durch den Stallhof auf die #Frauenkirche

I love how birthdays in Germany are like an annual audit of whether your colleagues or their partners can bake.

8 May 1945: how Holocaust survivor Irene Butter experienced the end of World War II ndr.de/geschichte/chr… via NDR.de .de

8 May 1967: stamps issued in the GDR to mark International Human Rights Year