these are photos i shot while i was doing errands in the city, or when i needed to take a break once in a while, when the four walls of my home are too narrow for me.
wiesbaden has quite an assortment of art nouveau architecture, as most of the houses here were erected around 1900, when the city flourished due to its spa bath houses and the fact that the emperor wilhelm and his family were continuing guests. wiesbaden was always a rich city, it still is. and since i love everything art nouveau it's a little pleasure to the eye for me.
every now and then you spot little reliefs in random walls all around the town.
sometimes i can't even remember where i shot the photos, as it just happened to this one.
on the old cemetery ( which is open for the public all year round and serves as a recreational facility ) there is this beautiful grave memorial for princess pauline of württemberg, duchess of nassau. hessia & rhineland palatinate were once a state called nassau, so that's why you often find the word nassau around here. people are still kind of proud of their history, as nassau was quite an influencial force in this region.
there are still a few gravestones in the park, but they are not in a good state at all, even though quite some famous people were buried here. but that's the negative side of opening up a cemetery for the public. people forget to be respectful as soon as something is in their hands to use.
the adolfsallee near my flat is a gem full of beautiful little town houses ( well, not so little at all ). and this house always has the most beautiful roses in summer.
when the walls cave in above me in my city flat i often flee out into nature. wiesbaden is surrounded by the forests of the taunus mountains and of course the river rhine. i'm quite glad that i can retreat into these little havens of calmness once in a while and that it all is so close. one of the more positive aspects of living in wiesbaden, right?
i often find splintered trees and imagine how a lightning might have struck them. the forces of nature!
and sometimes strange wood can be found, just randomly standing upright.
i love them little shadowy pathways.
huge holes in trees make me wish i could be a bat or other animal inhabiting this place.
this tree has nice bark.
the domäne mechthildshausen is an organic farm outside of the city. i visited there on sunday, nothing was open, except the cafe and the restaurant. there is a little farmer's market in the farm buildings, too. the cows and other animals are always out, though, so you can pay them a visit. it was a rainy day, so i didn't stay long.
one of the fountains on the bowling green in front of the kurhaus.
it's a nice square.
a detail of the marktkirche. it is one of the very few redbrick gothic buildings in germany's south.
one the front steps of the church this beautiful black/purple-shimmering dove was sitting.
more details of art nouveau architecture.
a beautiful ladybug portrait, randomly found on one of my city strolls.
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