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Hornberg Castle, Baden-Württemberg, April 2024

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Today’s photo with the most hits: Hornberg Castle tower, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

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"This is part of Hornberg Fortress (German: Burg Hornberg) is a fortress near the municipality of Neckarzimmern. Surrounded on all sides by massive vineyards. The length of the fortress is just over 170 meters. At first it consisted of two castles, which were connected at the end of the 15th - beginning of the 16th centuries"

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... Black Forest Railway ... by HJB_FDS

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Helms Deep is every castle's wet dream. Minas Tirith has nothing on The Hornberg

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herr der ringe drehorte (5)

|} One of the most striking changes concerns the role of the Elbe Arwen. Admittedly, the Lord of the Rings suffers from a chronic shortage of women. There are a few, but they are either taciturn Valkyries (Éowyn) or untouchable Marian apparitions (Galadriel). The camper can be driven directly to the Hobbit Visitor Center, where the first tour of the day starts.

How long is the North Island of New Zealand?

Lidless eye, also called red eye, was the eye of Sauron. It is said to have appeared in this form in 2941 of the Third Age and it was his coat of arms. All servants of Sauron wore the Red Eye as a sign of belonging to Sauron. It is reported that even the flies in Mordor wore this sign. A small insight into the work of Weta can be gained in Weta Cave, a mini museum. There you can find some models and original props. With this article we would like to introduce you to the most worth seeing locations from the movie The Lord of the Rings. These are located in New Zealand, one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Besides The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit was also shot here.

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Unfortunately, it happened differently and some huts were left standing.

For the following venues you should plan at least half a day, because you have to take a journey to get there.

In a second article we have put together cheap deals that go near the venues.

The southern movement continued until the Carboniferous and Permian ( million years ago ) and brought New Zealand close to where it is today.

About 10.000 years ago the climate began to warm up again and the vegetation of today began to establish itself, which mainly came to New Zealand by the westward drift of the sea and wind.

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And on some days there were up to 20,000 extras on the set, which in terms of effort was tantamount to a military operation. But unfortunately Middle-earth only existed in the minds of millions of readers before the film trilogy. Peter Jackson and his crew had no choice but to simply recreate Middle-earth. Ruins, cities, battlefields had to be built in the appropriate environment. Dame Judi Dench is the main character in this moving but funny true story about a woman who is looking for her long lost son. The castle near Barcelona serves as Hornberg, seat of the Tarlys. Water garden scenes in King's Landing in the third season. The garden is located 18km north of Dubrovnik.

Read more about campervan hire New Zealand here. In the First Age of the world, Mordor did not yet exist, because at that time the inland sea of Helcar was still located on this spot. Presumably it is strongly volcanic in origin, which is also suggested by the Mount of Destiny, in the middle of the country. At the latest, when the topic is running up and down in all TV shows, a premature weariness effect will occur. Moreover, expectations are driven to unattainable heights, so that

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Arms of Triberg im Schwarzwald, Germany

In use since at least 1501

Blazon: Per quarterly argent and gules, two hunting horns respectant counterchanged, in base a triple mount vert

The three mountains ("bergs") are likely an allusion to the town's name, while the hunting horns probably come from the arms of the house of Hornberg. One of the early members of that family, Adelbert von Ellerbach, built a castle in the area.

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Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen (1480 – 23 July 1562), also known as Götz of the Iron Hand, was a German (Franconian) Imperial Knight (Reichsritter), mercenary, and poet. He was born around 1480 into the noble family of Berlichingen in modern-day Baden-Württemberg. Götz bought Hornberg Castle (Neckarzimmern) in 1517, and lived there until his death in 1562.[1]

He was active in numerous military campaigns during a period of 47 years from 1498 to 1544, including the German Peasants' War,[1] besides numerous feuds; in his autobiography he estimates that he fought 15 feuds in his own name, besides many cases where he lent assistance to his friends, including feuds against the cities of Cologne, Ulm, Augsburg and the Swabian League, as well as the bishop of Bamberg.

His name became famous as a euphemism for a vulgar expression (Er kann mich am Arsch lecken – "He can lick my ass") attributed to him by writer and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), who wrote a play based on his life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6tz_von_Berlichingen

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River Neckar from Hornberg Castle, Baden-Württemberg, April 2024

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Odenwald Hike: Middle Ages Impressions At Hornberg Castle

Odenwald Hike: Middle Ages Impressions At Hornberg Castle

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willkommen-in-germany:Die Burg Honberg in...

Die Burg Honberg in Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Southwestern Germany, is a partially ruined castle located on a steep outcrop above the Neckar valley in Neckarzimmern between Bad Wimpfen and Mosbach. It’s the largest and oldest castle in the valley. The original castle was built in the 11th century. It is notable as the stronghold of Götz von Berlichingen who bought it in 1517, and who died there in 1562. The castle was bought by Reinhard of Gemmingen in 1612 and remains in possession of the Gemmingen-Hornberg family today. It was uninhabited from 1738 and left to decay until 1825, when it was partially restored. It has housed a museum since 1968. It also housed students from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources for an annual summer exchange program.

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... Black Forest Railway ... by HJB_FDS // Sometimes I am also in my beautiful home region, the Black Forest ;-) !! Here is a view from the castle Hornberg to the Baden Black Forest Railway. The Baden Black Forest Railway (German: Badische Schwarzwaldbahn) is a twin-track, electrified railway line, running in a NW-SE direction to link Offenburg on the Rhine Valley Railway (Rheintalbahn) with Singen on the High Rhine Railway (Hochrheinbahn). Passing directly across the Black Forest, through spectacular scenery, the route is 150 km long, ascends 650 metres from lowest to highest elevation, and passes through 39 tunnels and over 2 viaducts. It is still the only true mountain railway in Germany to be built with two tracks, and is the most important railway line in the Black Forest. It was built between 1863 and 1873, utilizing plans drawn up by Robert Gerwig (wikipedia). Handheld panorama out of 8 vertical single shots.

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Hornberg Castle - b&w #teekayontheroad #burghornberg (hier: Hornberg Castle (Neckarzimmern))