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October 01, 2022

Four days in the Nordlinger Ries - A Cornucopia of history

Camping at freezing temperatures, and thankful for the auxiliary heating system.


Once upon a time, 15.000.000 years ago...

Eye in the sky

Back in the 60's of the last century an American geologist named Eugene Shoemaker confirmed that a (depression) part of the Bavarian landscape was formed by a meteor impact. The asteroid was about 1.5 km (1 mi) in diameter, it hit Earth at a speed of 50.000+ km (31,000 mi) roughly 15 million years ago and caused a crater with diameter of 24 km (15 mi). It was also found that the specific formation of the impact is called rampart crater and is very unique, with others only found on Mars. The silhouette of the impact crater can be seen from space but there are also some specific spots where a trained eye will discover certain surface patterns resembling the crater rim.





A trip to the middle ages: 

The village of Nördlingen, founded 898, surrounded by still intact city walls.













Meeting modern history in Wemding








Back to the middle ages: Castle Harburg







A pilgrimage to Öttingen









Maihingen





Rims and walls: Witnesses of the impact








Riegelberg: Roman estate and stone age caves










Ipf, the holy mountain of the Celts













Again rolling forward to medieval times: Castle Katzenstein












4 comments:

  1. Mit Begeisterung habe ich euch hier virtuell begleitet. Tolle Bilder mit den eingefangenen Stimmungen. Speziell aufgefallen sind mir die Bilder von Nördlingen, die Architektur ähnelt sehr mit der in Glurns im Vinschgau, das wir uns vor einigen Jahren mal ausgiebig angesehen haben. Der römische Einfluss ist beiderorts deutlich sichtbar.
    LG Werner und Timi

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    1. Freut mich, lieber Werner, dass Dir unser kleiner Exkurs gefallen hat. Wir waren ganz begeistert von Nördlingen, vor allem, da die Altstadt tatsächlich noch in seiner alten Form inkl. Stadtmauer erhalten geblieben ist. Ach ja, die Römer... was haben sie je für uns getan...? LG von der Bergstraße, SonjaM

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  2. wie immer: wow! besonders die Hoehlen und das Innere der Kirchen sind ja super beeindruckend.

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  3. Very cool and eclectic set of photo subjects, SonjaM! I like it! Had not known about the rampart crater, very cool. So much history in your part of the world....

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