"Three summer weeks of pure relaxing - Part 2"

Mix | Rendbjerg | Denmark | 2013-08

It was after 2012 the second visit in this beautiful region. We lived 3 weeks in the spacious holiday home. Here are some pics from the landscape around us.

"Dead people and living animals"

Cemetery | Grasten | Denmark | 2013-08

A little trip took me to the cemetery of Grasten. There, I was surprised by two deer and a small spider. Overall it is a cemetery with a nice atmosphere.

"Everybody is looking for *Jim"

Père Lachaise Cemetery | Paris | France | 2013-03

I booked some days in Paris for the beginning of March. What I didn´t could know during the booking is that this years´ springtime-weather in Western Europe was very cold and wet.

And so I had in Paris a warm saturday aftermoon, a colder cloudy sunday and a wintercold snowing monday.

Nevertheless I did that thing which I like most during a cloudy sky... I went to take pictures at some of the dozen cemeteries in Paris. Here are the pics from the Père Lachaise cemetery. Including some pics of *Jim Morrisson´s grave.

"Where Heinrich Heine regards the clouds"

Montmartre Cemetery | Paris | Germany | 2013-03

I booked some days in Paris for the beginning of March. What I didn´t could know during the booking is that this springtime-weather in Western Europe was very cold and wet.

And so I had in Paris a warm saturday aftermoon, a colder cloudy sunday and a wintercold snowing monday.

Nevertheless I did that thing which I like most during a cloudy sky... I went to take pictures at some of the dozen cemeteries in Paris. Here are the pics from the Montmartre cemetery.

"Where Lulu and BooBoo were burried"

Animal Cemetery | Paris | France | 2013-03

I booked some days in Paris for the beginning of March. What I didn´t could know during the booking is that this springtime-weather in Western Europe was very cold and wet.

And so I had in Paris a warm saturday aftermoon, a colder cloudy sunday and a wintercold snowing monday.

Nevertheless I did that thing which I like most during a cloudy sky... I went to take pictures at some of the dozen cemeteries in Paris. Here are the pics from the animal cemetery - cimetière des chiens.

"The largest cemetery in Berlin - 'In den Kisseln'"

In den Kisseln | Cemetery | Berlin | Germany | 2012-11

As I stayed for some days in autumn 2012 in Berlin, I visited the cemetery "In den Kisseln" in Berlin-Spandau. This cemetery is the largest one in Berlin. It was opened in 1886. One of the currently buried persons is Thomas Dörflein, a zoo keeper, the "father" of the well-known icebear Knut.

"Only 80 years old"

Korskirke | Rinkenaes | Denmark | 2012-09

Nearby to our holiday village Rendbjerg is the comunity of Rinkenaes. In Rinkenaes there are 2 churches. One older one, known as one of the oldest in Denmark, the other one is new (built in 1932). Here are the pics from the newer one with the stepped gable tower.

"Almost 1000 years old"

Gamle Kirke | Rinkenaes | Denmark | 2012-09

Nearby to our holiday village Rendbjerg is the comunity of Rinkenaes. In Rinkenaes there are 2 churches. One older one, known as one of the oldest in Denmark, the other one is new (built in 1932). Here are the pics from the older one, the gamle kirke.

"One of the oldest cemetery in Northern Europe"

Old Cemetery | Flensburg | Germany | 2012-09

As Old Cemetery (Danish: The Old Town Kirkegaard) refers to the oldest cemetery in the city of Flensburg who is also regarded as one of the oldest municipal burial grounds in northern Europe. Origin: wikipedia

"The Church with the 2 towers"

Cemetery | Broager | Denmark | 2012-08

In Broager, between Sonderborg and Krusa, there is Denmarks only 2-towered church. Around this nice building it is the cemetery and a monument to remember the Broager victims of World War 1. In Nybol there is a little church with cemetery which I visited later that day.

"The eternal rest of whaling captains"

Rømø Kirke | Rømø | Denmark | 2012-08

The Rømø Kirke, from the year 1200, expanded in the 17th and 18 Century, is dedicated to the patron saint of sailors Saint Clement. The church is surrounded by a cemetery with grave stones of rich whaling captains, known as Commander stones. Origin: wikipedia

"British Victims of the World War 2"

British War Cemetery | Berlin | Germany | 2012-08

My second visit in the summer 2012 at the British War Cemetery after the first in june. This time the sun was shining and so I can see the shadows of the thousands of gravestones.

"Silent atmosphere under old trees"

Sacrow Cemetery | Berlin | Germany | 2012-08

Some hundred meters away from the Sacrow Castle and the Sacrow Church there is an old cemetery: The Sacrow Cemetery. It is not big, only some graves, but it has a silent atmosphere.

"Idyllic Location on the lake" - Part 2

Cemetery Heerstraße | Berlin | Germany | 2012-06

The Friedhof Heerstraße cemetery is located at the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in Berlin, beneath the Olympiastadion. It covers an area of 149,650 square meters, most of it under trees. A lot of german well-known people find their eternal peace on it. For example: Loriot, Horst Buchholz or Joachim Ringelnatz.

"Idyllic Location on the lake" - Part 1

Cemetery Heerstraße | Berlin | Germany | 2012-06

The Friedhof Heerstraße cemetery is located at the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in Berlin, beneath the Olympiastadion. It covers an area of 149,650 square meters, most of it under trees. A lot of german well-known people find their eternal peace on it. For example: Loriot, Horst Buchholz or Joachim Ringelnatz.

"A small part of Berlin still belonging to the UK"

Commonwealth Cemetery | Berlin | Germany | 2012-06

The Berlin 1939-1945 Commonwealth Cemetery was established in 1945 at the Heerstraße The majority of those interred there were members of the Royal Air Force who fell during attacks on Berlin, alongside British soldiers who died in captivity in Germany and some civilian members of the post-1945 British occupation forces. As well as Britons, there are soldiers from other Commonwealth realms, soldiers of unknown nationalities and five Poles. In total there are 3.576 graves in the cemetery. The cemetery itself lies under the protection of the British Crown, and in this sense belongs to the territory of the United Kingdom. (Origin: wikipedia.de)

"A silent place in Berlin-Mitte" - Part 2

Dorotheenstadt Cemetery | Berlin | Germany | 2011-08

The Dorotheenstadt cemetery, officially the "Cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder Parishes", is a landmarked Protestant burial ground located in the Berlin district of Mitte which dates to the late 18th century. The entrance to the 17,000 m2 plot is at 126 Chaussee Straße (next door to the Brecht House, where Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel spent their last year). Origin: wikipedia

"A silent place in Berlin-Mitte" - Part 1

Dorotheenstadt Cemetery | Berlin | Germany | 2011-08

The Dorotheenstadt cemetery, officially the "Cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder Parishes", is a landmarked Protestant burial ground located in the Berlin district of Mitte which dates to the late 18th century. The entrance to the 17,000 m2 plot is at 126 Chaussee Straße (next door to the Brecht House, where Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel spent their last year). Origin: wikipedia

"Different pictures from Crete"

Mix | Crete | Greece | 2011-06

Here are some pictures which don´t fit into the other albums. Nevertheless I want to show them to you.

"2 dolphins are building the city emblem" - Part 3

Rethymno | Crete | Greece | 2011-06

Rethymno is a city of approximately 40,000 people in Greece, the capital of Rethymno regional unit on the island of Crete. It was built in antiquity (ancient Rhithymna and Arsinoe), but was never a competitive Minoan centre. It was, however, strong enough to mint its own coins and maintain urban growth. One of these coins is today depicted as the crest of the town with two dolphins in a circle. Origin: wikipedia