Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
If you walk across the city center of Duderstadt, Germany you cannot omit seeing the Westerturm – the last visible part of the city fortifications. It is a gate first mentioned in 1343 and it has a specialty: the tower on top is twisted because of a construction mistake.
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The church St. Cyriakus is the Roman-Catholic cathedral of Duderstadt, Germany. It dates back to the year 950, the current building with its two towers was built in 1240. It was destroyed by a large fire in 1852 but fastly restored.
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Duderstadt, Germany is the main city of a Catholic diaspora in Protestant south Lower Saxony. It is part of the Eichsfeld, a region separated during the times of the GDR and now part of two federal states within Germany.
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A little bit outside of the city center of Wien, Austria you can find the beautiful Schloß Schönbrunn, a town’s landmark of the city. It’s name goes back to emperor Matthias who was hunting here and found a nice well (“schöner Brunnen“).
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The Prater in Wien, Austria is a well-known are in the capital city that also contains a famous amusement park (the Wurstelprater or Volksprater). It can be seen from far because of the giant wheel that became a town’s landmark of Wien.
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The Karlskirche in Wien, Austria is a famous Roman-catholic church built in baroque style and a town’s landmark of the city. It was built in the 18th century and symbolizes the connection between Roma and Byzantine (todays Istanbul).
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The Hundertwasserhaus in Wien, Austria is a special residential building designed by artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. He made different proposals to make residential homes more human – including trees as tenants (“Baummieter) and the right to paint the outside facade as wide as your arm reaches (“Fensterrecht“).
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The Hofburg in Wien, Austria was from the 13th century until 1918 the residence of the emporer. Today it is the seat of the president of Austria and contains other institutions like the Albertina. It was also home to Franz Joseph I. and his wife Elisabeth von Österreich-Ungarn.
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It is just a town hall, but a special one: the Wiener Rathaus has been built from 1872 on in neogothic style. It’s a fantastic building with a 98 meters high tower. It serves the normal purpose as a town hall but in winter times a vast ice skating area is opened in front.
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The Stephansdom (Domkirche St. Stephan zu Wien) is the town’s landmark of Wien, the capital city of Austria. It is located in the city center and can be seen from near and far. The Roman-catholic church is called Steffl by the locals.
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