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1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to Birds

Devotion ...
(Pair of swans at the Decksteiner Weiher, Cologne-Deckstein)
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Vögel, #birds, #Schwäne, #swans, #animals, #Decksteiner_Weiher, #Köln_Deckstein

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to architecture

An alley in Erpel (Unkel municipality, Neuwied district, Rhineland-Palatinate)
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #Architektur, #architecture, #Fachwerkhäuser, #Erpel, #Unkel, #Kreis_Neuwied

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to random

Murals at the railway station of Cologne-Ehrenfeld.
(February 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Wandmalereien, #wall_paintings, #murals, #street_art, #Köln_Ehrenfeld

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to architecture

Wied Castle above the village of Altwied (Neuwied municipality, Rhineland-Palatinate).
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Burgen, #castles, #Burgruinen, #Architektur, #architecture, #Altwied, #Neuwied, #Rheinland_Pfalz

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1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to architecture

The Rhine ferry from Erpel to Remagen (Rhineland-Palatinate) against the backdrop of the pilgrimage church of St Apollinaris in Remagen.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Schiffe, #ships, #Fähren, #ferries, Flüsse, #rivers, #Rhein, #Kirchen, #churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Apollinariskirche, #Remagen

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to architecture

The Jutentor in Altwied (district of Neuwied) in Rhineland-Palatinate probably dates from the 14th century; in the background the river Wied.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus) #Stadttore, #town_gates, #Architektur, #architecture, #Altwied, #Neuwied, #Rheinland_Pfalz

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to architecture

The main gate to the once fortified castle town of Altwied, today the smallest district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Stadttore, #town_gates, #Architektur, #architecture, #Altwied, #Neuwied, #Rheinland_Pfalz

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to Birds

A whole row of swans take flight from the aggressive approach of a male swan (Decksteiner Weiher, Cologne-Deckstein)
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Vögel, #birds, #Wasservögel, #Schwäne, #swans, #animals, #Köln_Deckstein

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to random

In Wesel (Lower Rhine/North Rhine-Westphalia), the "donkey worship" goes so far that even some traffic lights show a donkey when green.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Verkehrsampeln, #traffic_lights, #Esel, #donkey, #Wesel, #Niederrhein

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to Birds

Different birds at the Khichan pond in Rajasthan (Jodhpur district, India) of which I do not know the names.
(February 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Vögel, #birds, #Khichan, #Phalodi, #Rajasthan, #India, #Indien

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to art

"Walking bag" (by Erwin Wurm) in the centre of Bonn with the Münster cathedral in the background.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Kunst, #art, #Erwin_Wurm, #Bonn, #Kirchen, #churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Bonner_Münster

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to architecture

In the baroque Catholic Kreuzbergkirche in Bonn-Endenich (completed in 1627).
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Kirchen, #churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Barock, #Kreuzbergkirche, #Bonn_Endenich

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1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to Cats

Yeah!
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Katzen, #cats, #pets, #Haustiere, #animals

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to Birds

Syncron swimming
(swans in the Decksteiner Weiher, Cologne-Deckstein)
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Vögel, #birds, #Wasservögel, #Schwäne, #swans, #animals, #Köln_Deckstein

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to animals

An Indian working elephant in the district of Bikaner (Rajasthan/India).
(February 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Elefanten, #elephants, #animals, #Bikaner, #Rajasthan, #Indien, #India

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to random

The Decksteiner Weiher is an artificial pond with straight banks in Cologne-Deckstein (Lindenthal district), which was created between 1927 and 1929.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Gewässer, #Seen, #lakes, #Decksteiner_Weiher, #Köln_Deckstein

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1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to Birds

They seem to love each other.
(swans in the Decksteiner Weiher, Cologne-Deckstein)
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Vögel, #birds, #Wasservögel, #Schwäne, #swans, #animals, #Köln_Deckstein

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to Battlemaps

"Bridge over silent water"
(in the forest of Cologne-Dünnwald).
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Wald, #forest, #Winter, #Schnee, #snow, #Bäche, #creeks, #Brücken, #bridges, #Köln-Dünnwald

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to architecture

A beautiful mosque, isn't it?
Beautiful yes, but it's not a mosque, it's a steam engine house in Potsdam (Brandenburg) that powered the fountains in Sanssouci Palace Park. It was built from 1841 to 1843 in Moorish style.
(August 2019)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Architektur, #architecture, #Dampfmaschinenhaus, #Potsdam, #Brandenburg

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1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to Birds

It doesn't get any longer ...
(Grey heron in Sanssouci Palace Park in Potsdam (Brandenburg).
(August 2019)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Vögel, #birds, #Graureiher, #grey_herons, #Sanssouci, #Potsdam, #Brandenburg

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to Battlemaps

Icy Flebach in the Königsforst/ Brücker Hardt (Cologne-Brück)
(January 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Wald, #forest, #Königsforst, #Winter, #Eis, #Bäche, #creeks, #Köln_Brück

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to random

View from Drachenfels down the Rhine to Königswinter and Bonn.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Städteansichten, #Bonn, #Königswinter, #Flüsse, #rivers, #Rhein

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to Battlemaps

Winter forest.
(Cologne-Dünnwald)
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Wald, #forest, #Winter, #Schnee, #snow, #Köln_Dünnwald

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to architecture

Church window in St Laurentius Church ("Siegtaldom") in Dattenfeld/ municipality of Windeck, Rhine-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia).
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Kirchen, #churches, #Siegtaldom, #Architektur, #architecture, #Fenster, #windows, #Dattenfeld, #Windeck, #Rhein_Sieg_Kreis

1Sauerlaender, 4 months ago to architecture

In a Jain temple in Osian (Jodhpur district, Rajasthan/ India).
(February 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Architektur, #architecture, #Ornamentik, #Jainism, #Jain_temple, #Jainis, #Osian, #Jodhpur, #Rajasthan, #India, #Indien

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