Germany Tour 2013-Part 10
Welcome to part 10 of our trip! On this part we travel to the beautiful town of Goslar. Here's some info about the town and it's history.
The former Free Imperial Town of Goslar has an over-1000-year history. Probably the discovery of silver and copper ore deposits induced the Saxon and Salic emperors to establish their largest and most secure palatinate here in the 11th century. For centuries it was the favoured seat of government in northern Germany and at the same time a centre of Christianity. The spires of the 47 churches, chapels and monasteries delineated the town’s unique silhouette. It was referred to as the “Rome of the North”.
Still today the view of the townscape with the steeples of the five large parish churches is impressive when viewed from the knoll upon which the Imperial Palace stands. The many crooked, narrow, cobble-stoned streets in the Old Town are an adventure of their own, where each house tells its own story and secret nooks and crannies await discovery.
For visitors it is best to drive to the large “Kaiserpfalz Nord” carpark at the foot of the Imperial Palace (Kaiserpfalz). From here the impressive Romanesque Imperial Palace opens up to view. In the naturally scenic background the over 600-metre-high Rammelsberg Mountain rises. In it are the ore mines, which closed down only as recently as 1988. Since 1992, the mine and the Old Town of Goslar have been entered on the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List for all Mankind.
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Speyer Cathedral Germany !
The Speyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Latin: Domus sanctae Mariae Spirae (German: Dom zu Unserer lieben Frau in Speyer) in Speyer, Germany, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Speyer and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bamberg. The cathedral, which is dedicated to St. Mary, patron saint of Speyer (Patrona Spirensis) and St. Stephen is generally known as Kaiserdom zu Speyer (Imperial Cathedral of Speyer).[1] Pope Pius XI raised Speyer Cathedral to the rank of a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church in 1925.
The Castle Road - A Magical History Tour | Discover Germany
Defiant fortresses and fairy-tale palaces line the route known as the Castle Road, which runs from Mannheim to the Czech capital Prague. Along the scenic route the times of the emperors and prince electors come to life again.
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Römerstrasse Neckar-Alb-Aare: Das römische Tasgetium
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Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Frederick V was Elector Palatine, and, as Frederick I, King of Bohemia; for his short reign he is often nicknamed the Winter King.
Frederick was born at the Jagdschloss Deinschwang near Amberg in the Upper Palatinate. He was the son of Frederick IV and of Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau, the daughter of William the Silent and Charlotte de Bourbon-Monpensier. An intellectual, a mystic, and a Calvinist, he succeeded his father as Prince-Elector of the Rhenish Palatinate in 1610. He was responsible for the construction of the famous Hortus Palatinus gardens in Heidelberg.
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Warum Barbarossa nie seine Kaiserpfalz sah
Mittlerweile ist es erwiesen, dass Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa die nach ihm benannte Burg nie gesehen hat. Muss damit die Geschichte neu geschrieben werden?
Flugvorführung Deutsche Greifenwarte Burg Guttenberg
perfekter Flugtag für Geier, Adler & Co. auf der Deutschen Greifenwarte Burg Guttenberg im Neckartal - Odenwald - Kurpfalz in Gundelsheim
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Opening of the Christmas Market Nuremberg, Germany
Did my best to film this but couldn't get in the best position to catch all this. Plus the fact i was holding my daughter. The Angel comes out in this video and declares the Christmas Market open. This is an AWESOME experience! You have to be there to know!
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, argentino te muestra sus fotos y videos, ciudad de cuento. Alemania
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, una ciudad pequeña de Alemania, con una fama muy grande. En ningún otro sitio la Edad Media ha permanecido presente como aquí.
Asombro y fascinación: esa es la reacción de los visitantes de todas partes del mundo cuando pasean por Rothenburg por primera vez.
es el pueblo más bonito de la Ruta Romántica. Es un pueblo de cuento de Hadas, evocador de sueños infantiles, escenario del mercado de Navidad de Rothenburg, uno de los más bonitos que se puedan ver en el mundo y fiel reflejo de la Edad Media en Europa- Quien camine despacio por el casco histórico con sus casas antiquísimas, con sus plazas y rincones tan acogedores, con sus torres, fuentes, puertas, instalaciones de defensa, depósitos y tabernas de vino podría pensar que ha sido así.
El turismo impregna toda la actividad económica de la ciudad. Rothenburg, con sus estrechas callejuelas, pequeñas plazas y pintorescos edificios, ha pasado a ser la imagen de la Alemania romántica en la imaginación de muchos. El conjunto en la esquina del Plönlein, una plazuela en la Schmiedgasse, es una de las imágenes más reconocidas de Alemania.
Straßburger Weihnachtsmarkt • Marché de Noël à Strasbourg • Christmas Market / Fair
Der Straßburger Weihnachtsmarkt ist weit über die Grenzen hin bekannt als einer der schönsten Weihnachtsmärkte . Er erstreckt sich dabei über einen Großteil der Altstadt von Straßburg. Zentraler Punkt des Weihnachtsmarktes ist der Platz rund um den Straßburger Münster.
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Philip Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems. He stands next to Luther and John Calvin as a reformer, theologian, and molder of Protestantism. After Luther himself, he is the primary founder of Lutheranism.Melanchthon along with Luther denounced what they believed was the exaggerated cult of the saints, asserted justification by faith, and denounced the coercion of the conscience in the sacrament of penance (confession and absolution) by the Catholic Church, which they believed could not offer certainty of salvation. Both rejected the doctrine of transubstantiation, but not the belief that the body and blood of Christ are present with the elements of bread and wine in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The Lutheran view of sacramental union contrasts with the understanding of the Roman Church that the bread and wine cease to be bread and wine at their consecration (retaining the accidents of both). Melanchthon made the distinction between law and gospel the central formula for Lutheran evangelical insight. By the law, he meant God's requirements both in Old and New Testament; the gospel meant the free gift of grace through faith in Jesus Christ.