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Wolfenbuettel
N 52°9.705', E 10°32.135'
2012-10-03 http://www.wolfenbuettel.de/
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Wolfenbüttel is a small town 12 km from Braunschweig and 60 km from Hannover . The town is well-known in German history, as it has been the residence of the Dukes.Map of Wolfenbüttel that we used.
Castle palace in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Old town in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Castle palace in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Courtyard of the palace in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Courtyard of the palace in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Entrance to the palace in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Sculpture near the palace in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Sculptures near the palace in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Next to the palace there's a library of Duke August. The Duke was an avid bibliophile and collected books since childhood. Books and manuscripts were brought to him from all over Europe. He placed them in former horse stables, specially adapted for this purpose. During his life he collected a number of books that became known as the "eighth wonder of the world." After the death of the Duke there were 134,000 books, manuscripts, maps, globes etc in the library. Since 1666 the library became a public institution. Currently, the library has about a million titles.
Duke August library ©Yuriy Buriak
Between the library and the palace there's a small house of Gotthold Lessing, founder of German classical literature. Also Gottfried Leibniz used to live in the town and work in the Duke's library.
House of Gotthold Lessing, founder of German classical literature ©Yuriy Buriak
There's a great old town with lots of half-timbered buildings that will please the fans of beautiful streets. By the way, design of the houses is different from those in other towns and cities. A network of canals, which is now called "Little Venice", was preserved in the town.
Little Venice ©Yuriy Buriak
Little Venice ©Yuriy Buriak
Little Venice ©Yuriy Buriak
Holy Trinity Church in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Holy Trinity Church in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Marienkirche Church in Wolfenbuettel (beginning of the XVII century) ©Yuriy Buriak
Marienkirche Church in Wolfenbuettel (beginning of the XVII century) ©Yuriy Buriak
Krumme Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Market Square ©Yuriy Buriak
Lustgarten Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Market Square ©Yuriy Buriak
Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Wall in the center of Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Kaleidoscope ©Yuriy Buriak
Street sculpture in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Krambuden Street in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Stadtgraben lake in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Laguna beach in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Market Square ©Yuriy Buriak
Market Square with an equestrian statue of the Duke August ©Yuriy Buriak
Monument dedicated to victory in some war ©Yuriy Buriak
©Yuriy Buriak
Equestrian statue of the Duke August ©Yuriy Buriak
Old town in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Old town in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Krumme Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Could never understand how people live in these houses =) ©Yuriy Buriak
Old town in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
Half-timbered houses in Wolfenbuettel ©Yuriy Buriak
The most famous product of Wolfenbüttel is the Jägermeister liqueur, produced since 1935. The recipe was originally developed as a medicine to improve digestion. It has become popular because of the marketing campaign with bands such as Metallica, Slayer, Nightwish, HIM. Now Jägermeister is sponsoring concert tours of alternative metal bands. There is a store of brand merchandise in the downtown.
Jaegermeister shop ©Yuriy Buriak
I saw an interesting truck near the train station. The wooden shoes are very nice =)
©Yuriy Buriak
©Yuriy Buriak
©Yuriy Buriak
Tags, Germany: city , palace city , palace
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Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Our rating - 8.20
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Visitor's rating - 0.00
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
* - Note: Description of the evaluation is not always appropriate for a particular object, it's just a little help
