Fall colours in 8 German federal states
Above/featured: Misty autumn morning on Lake Constance (Bodensee): Konstanz, BW – 23 Sep 2017.
Sometimes on travel, I’m focused on achieving learning goals that I forget simply to stop and take in the surroundings. It’s a frequent error I’ve made in the past, and I’ll continue making that mistake. Fortunately, there’ve been a number of occasions where I stopped myself in time to soak in the scene and drink in the colours.
During the northern autumns of 2015, 2016, and 2017, I travelled through various parts of the German federal states of Baden-Württemburg (BW), Bavaria (BY), Brandenburg (BB), Hesse (HE), Lower Saxony (NI), Rheinland-Palatinate (RP), Saxony (SN), and Saxony-Anhalt (ST). You might ask about Berlin where I’ve visited countless times and accumulated months in total. I’ve dedicated a separate post to Berlin’s autumn colours with images from 2006 to 2017.
As for the rest, I hope you enjoy the following moments of autumn colour.
Afternoon light onto Ehrenbreitstein fortress on the east bank of the Rhine, in this northeast view from the top of the city library in Koblenz, RP – 25 Nov 2015.
Morning light over Germany’s oldest Gothic cathedral and the Elbe river, from the Hubbrücke bridge in Magdeburg, ST – 3 Dec 2015.
Over the Havel river with Church of the Redeemer (Heilandskirche am Port von Sacrow) at left and the Große Neugierde landmark (Schloss Glienicke) at right; from Glienicke Bridge in Potsdam, BB – 8 Dec 2015.
Artificial hills created from rock- and mine-heaps from former copper mines in the area around Wimmelsburg, ST – 27 Oct 2016.
Mansfeld: Martin Luther’s childhood home, from the age of 1 to about 14. Mansfeld, ST – 27 Oct 2016.
Bauhaus Masters’ Houses in Dessau, ST: Haus Moholy-Nagy/Feininger (Kurt Weill Zentrum) – 28 Oct 2016.
At the intersection of Mittelring & Querweg are buildings for phase IV construction (1926-1928) of the Siedlung Törten (residential estate) designed by Walter Gropius. Dessau, ST – 29 Oct 2016.
Morning fog on Reformation Day, partly obscuring the massive tower of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, ST – 31 Oct 2016.
Northwest view of Halle an der Saale, in afternoon light from the top of the Francke Foundation. At centre-left and -right, respectively, are the Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen and the Roter Turm. Halle an der Saale, ST – 31 Oct 2016.
Northwest view of Leipzig city centre, from the top of the Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Monument to the Battle of the Nations). Leipzig, SN – 4 Nov 2016.
Melons and gourds: agricultural bounty on Reichenau Island, west of Konstanz, BW – 22 Sep 2017.
View south from the Weinberg vineyard terraces (Weinbergterrassen): Kassel, HE – 1 Oct 2017.
Memorial dedicated to 8 Nobel Prize winners: Göttingen Stadtfriedhof (city cemetery), NI – 2 Oct 2017.
Morning mist in the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, looking up the hill to the Hercules monument. German Reunification Day in Kassel, HE – 3 Oct 2017.
Vineyards on the north bank of the Main river hover above apartment buildings, from the Alte Mainbrücke in Würzburg, BY – 17 Oct 2017.
I made all photos above with a Canon EOS6D mark1 in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Acknowledgements go to Amy for LAPC no.167 in the week of 25 Sep—1 Oct 2021. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-lz1.
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10 Responses to “Fall colours in 8 German federal states”
Breathtaking colors of autumn, Henry! Thank you for tour through you lens.
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Hi and thanks, Amy!
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Beautiful array of autumn’s colors Henry – terrific response
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Thanks, Tina!
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Beautiful photos of the autumn. Reminds me of Rilke’s lines about this time: dränge sie zur Vollendung hin, und jage die letzte Süße in den schweren Wein.
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Thank you very much. I looked up the Rilke poem, “Herbsttag” (Autumn day); thanks also for the reference to a wonderful poem by Rilke.
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Its a poem I like a lot, perhaps because a German autumn still looks the same
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Stately photos! Beautiful.
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Thanks, John!
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Lovely post! I would love to do a road trip around all over the world and visit all these beautiful places! Thanks for the tips and the locals’ insight!
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