Lazarus

In Protestant tradition, the last sunday before advent is dedicated to the commemoration of the dead (“Totensonntag”). Since Prussian times, it has been a specifically protected holiday in most German states, even in mainly Catholic regions. This Lazarus statue is to be found in Jesuite church, which is of course a Catholic parish. Etched into the clay bricks are names of deceased members.

Modern art?

“Kunst am Bau” – almost impossible to translate in a suitably catchy form. It literally says “art at the building” and means a scheme in which a certain percentage of a budget, especially for public buildings, is dedicated to art objects on public display.

Anyway, I felt these twisted steel fragments in the Bahnstadt waste land definitely have an artsy feel to them. So that would make them something like “Kunst vor dem Bau”, not as in “in front of” but as in “before the building”.

The beauty of a puddle of mud

Bahnstadt II

One of the old railway buildings along the Bahnstadt construction sites. I’m not sure what’s to become of the tower. But as far as I can tell from the plans, it’s set to stay. Until recently, there were about 10 railway tracks where now there’s just this huge stretch of sand.

Valley deep, mountain so high

A couple of mountains, some of them natural (Königstuhl in the background), some of them man-made. This is the area of an entirely new quarter of town called “Bahnstadt” (railway town). It’s being built on a stretch of waste land along former freight tracks  north-west of central station. You can just make out a regional tram approaching  on the left-hand side.

Direction of HD

Wieblingen/Pfaffengrund station, where I’ll be getting off the train back south tonight.

Slow train coming

I’m off. Not on this particular train, of course. But I’m on my way to Berlin for a day. Posting does continue, though.

Waterloo sunset

Erm, no, it’s not Waterloo station in London as in the famous Kinks song, but Heidelberg main station mirroring today’s sunset.
I’ve spent some time around stations in search of a “waiting” theme day shot, as you will notice around the next couple of days.

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