rcaruso Posted January 25, 2021 #2076 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Another hint, a summer home for a very important man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted January 25, 2021 Author #2077 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Ah, yes. That explains it. A Summer retreat for a royal. A bit more intimate, perhaps 30 rooms instead of 100 😉. I have never seen this live or in photos, it is not in Würzburg. It is not Aschaffenburg, Lohr or Ochsenfurt. But it is probably not far from there. Cannot imagine this being close to Frankfurt. I also think this is older than I originally said. Probably more around 1800? notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcaruso Posted January 25, 2021 #2078 Share Posted January 25, 2021 18 minutes ago, notamermaid said: Ah, yes. That explains it. A Summer retreat for a royal. A bit more intimate, perhaps 30 rooms instead of 100 😉. I have never seen this live or in photos, it is not in Würzburg. It is not Aschaffenburg, Lohr or Ochsenfurt. But it is probably not far from there. Cannot imagine this being close to Frankfurt. I also think this is older than I originally said. Probably more around 1800? notamermaid Built in 1680 and rennovated in 1753, very close to Wurzburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnhaltER1960 Posted January 25, 2021 #2079 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Looks like Veitshöchheim Palace to me. Yoe can see it from the high-speed railwayline from Würzburg to Hanover shortly after leaving Würzburg. Palace and formal gardens were built for the Würzburg prince bishops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcaruso Posted January 26, 2021 #2080 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 hour ago, AnhaltER1960 said: Looks like Veitshöchheim Palace to me. Yoe can see it from the high-speed railwayline from Würzburg to Hanover shortly after leaving Würzburg. Palace and formal gardens were built for the Würzburg prince bishops. You are correct!!!!!! It's your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnhaltER1960 Posted January 26, 2021 #2081 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Ok, here we go. Please name the river and location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted January 26, 2021 Author #2082 Share Posted January 26, 2021 I think I know where this is. I have only seen this place on photos, never been there, it looks very familiar. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted January 26, 2021 Author #2083 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) I said this looks familiar... It is that natural fountain! And it is kind of directly on or at the river. notamermaid Edited January 26, 2021 by notamermaid Added info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnhaltER1960 Posted January 26, 2021 #2084 Share Posted January 26, 2021 41 minutes ago, notamermaid said: I said this looks familiar... It is that natural fountain! And it is kind of directly on or at the river. notamermaid It should, after all its within your 15 km-range, just in case. Yes it is located very close to the river and only accessible by boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ritabob Posted January 26, 2021 #2085 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Rhine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted January 26, 2021 Author #2086 Share Posted January 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, AnhaltER1960 said: It should, after all its within your 15 km-range, just in case. Yes it is located very close to the river and only accessible by boat. I would not call it my 15km range (do not argue, nobody knows or needs to know where I live ), I am not in Koblenz. But yes, sometimes one is surprised by what lies within driving distance and has never been there. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnhaltER1960 Posted January 26, 2021 #2087 Share Posted January 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, Ritabob said: Rhine? Rhine is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnhaltER1960 Posted January 26, 2021 #2088 Share Posted January 26, 2021 9 minutes ago, notamermaid said: I would not call it my 15km range (do not argue, nobody knows or needs to know where I live ), I am not in Koblenz. But yes, sometimes one is surprised by what lies within driving distance and has never been there. notamermaid Sorry, I did not want to out you. But my wrong assumption narrows that natural fountain aka geyser a bit closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted January 26, 2021 #2089 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Andernach Geyser, Rhine River Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted January 26, 2021 #2090 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Wow well I’m learning something new every day, I’ve never heard of it. CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted January 26, 2021 Author #2091 Share Posted January 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, Canal archive said: Wow well I’m learning something new every day, I’ve never heard of it. CA Yes, this game has turned out to be quite educational. So many places I have never heard of or seen, even along the Rhine I have found some. 1 hour ago, AnhaltER1960 said: Sorry, I did not want to out you. But my wrong assumption narrows that natural fountain aka geyser a bit closer. I am actually so near that as part of tourism promotion for the Middle Rhine valley I once got an invitation (specific day) some years ago to the geyser, it was to become and I would say is a highlight in the area but still not known enough. Could not do the trip on that day for some reason. Since then I have been past it in the car, on the train and on a ship, but still have not visited the place. It is supposed to be really interesting. Oh, hang on, you still need to confirm Carol's guess... notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnhaltER1960 Posted January 26, 2021 #2092 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Coral said: Andernach Geyser, Rhine River Full points. Your turn, @Coral The Andernach geyser is located on a small former Island (now peninsula) in the Rhine, the Namedyer Werth. Though crossed by the federal highway No 9 on a bridge, it is a natural reserve area and therefore not accessible landside,, but only from the waterside. The geyser itself is sort of seminatural, they drilled for thermal water, but hit some carbon dioxide bubble. This area has still some post-lava volcanic activities. So they switched to geyser and carbonated water. That was around 1900. Over the decades the well deteriorated and was forgotten. In the 1990ies revitalised, the carbon dioxide dissolutes into the groundwater, strong enough to let off a fountain up to 60 mtrs for a couple of minutes every couple of hours. During daylight hours the "eruptions" correlate astonishingly precise with the timetable of an excursion boat, which leaves three or four times a day from the geyser museum in Andernach. The museum shows carbon dioxide, its natural occurrences, its role in the atmospheric cycle in the geological past, its impact on global warming, but the highlight is the boat trip to the geyser and, of course, nature's precise timing, the geyser itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnhaltER1960 Posted January 26, 2021 #2093 Share Posted January 26, 2021 It made it to wikipedia,too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andernach_Geyser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted January 26, 2021 #2094 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Next photo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted January 26, 2021 #2095 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Catherine's Palace, St. Petersburg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted January 26, 2021 #2096 Share Posted January 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, ljandgb said: Catherine's Palace, St. Petersburg? You got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted January 26, 2021 #2097 Share Posted January 26, 2021 The Russian two-headed eagles on the fence and the blue paint made it easy. Give me a minute to find a pic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted January 26, 2021 #2098 Share Posted January 26, 2021 This seems a random stretch of coast, but it holds a certain significance. Guess the location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vada_9 Posted January 26, 2021 #2099 Share Posted January 26, 2021 I'll take a guess at Seine River France and one of the D-Day landing beaches and as you are from the US maybe Omaha Beach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted January 26, 2021 #2100 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Correct ocean, wrong country. Good guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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