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Strolling through the Middle Ages


Strolling through the Middle Ages
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Copyright: Hans Spruijt (GreenBaron) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3077 W: 833 N: 10009] (40698)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-08
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture, Mood
Camera: Minolta Z1
Exposure: f/7.2, 1/250 seconds
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-04-10 12:55
Viewed: 700
Points: 48
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Strolling through the Middle Ages….

Easter Sunday I went with my brother Arie, after visiting Janneke (Jan) and took him on his advise, to Bad Bentheim, a German village, just twenty kilometres over the Dutch-German border. Boy, I was born in Enschede, with such a wonderful city nearby and I never visited it, I’m glad my brother came with this proposal. The weather was nice, wonderful sky with clouds and after the arrival in the town, my brother and I visited the Bentheim Castle. I can assure you will feel as if you are walking in the Middle Ages (as far as I can judge that, but I have an excellent imagination ability :)
Anyhow, we walked up to the highest point of the castle (the gun powder tower) and had a gorgeous view over the county of Bentheim. In the WS you find another view of this impressive castle.

PS-talk: Increased saturation (+10), cropped and framed. In the frame you find two coat–of-arm of Bentheim. The left one used in earlier days, the right one which is used nowadays.

Bentheim

Bad Bentheim (formerly Bentheim) is a city in the county of Bentheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany, with 15,258 inhabitants covering 100.01 km². It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 15 km south of Nordhorn and 20 km northwest of Enschede.
Bad Bentheim is famous for its castle which is considered one of the largest in Northern Germany. Dilation of the city zone. The town boundary is 49 km long, in which the north-south extension is 14 km and west-east extension is 12 km long.

History
Bad Bentheim has a history rich in tradition. The big castle complex, first mentioned in 1116, is the famous emblem of the town. Healing sulphur sources from which a health cure bathing business developed were discovered at 1711. This clinic for skin diseases is still existing, with a beautiful parc with little ponds and pridges, where you can go for a walk. The complete area should be annexed by the Netherlands in the context of the Bakker-Schut plan in 1945. Due to the re-state of the USA and Great Britain this was prevented.

The so called Bentheimer Gold (English:Gold of Bentheim) is actually the Bentheim sandstone. The trade (15-18th century) spread him about the borders of the Grafschaft Bentheim to the Münsterland to East Frisia and to the Netherlands. It exists an open-air theatre in Bad Bentheim which is located in three disused stone quarries and therefore offers a picturesque nature scenery. There, everyone is able to watch interesting stage plays in summer. It surprises often with events, such as night performances, too. (Text: Wikipedia.com)
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Hoi Hans,
Nice castle, nicely captured. Great border and great font to.
Good idea to enclose some weapon shields in the image.
greetings,
Joop!

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  • twin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 444 W: 135 N: 200] (7300)
  • [2007-04-10 14:29]

Hi Hans,
you travelled lots of countries except Turkey...
hope to see your nice pics of Turkey also...
and I would like to make special thanks to your great notes...
very beuatiful image you did...
well done my friend...

:)

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  • Ejtaan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1088 W: 113 N: 1987] (9840)
  • [2007-04-10 14:32]

Wow... looks like a lovely place indeed Great Green one!
I absolutely adore places like this... so I guess I'd have to add this to my list of places to visit.
It's a nice capture Hans and I realy like the sky, though it lacks a bit of contrast...
Very nice and peacefull image!!

Cheers,
Anneke

Hello Hans,

excllent colors Bg POV DOF perfect details very crisp perfrctly composed and capture photo well done
TFS Kyle

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  • Emma Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1507 W: 5 N: 1612] (9066)
  • [2007-04-10 16:25]

Hello Hans,
Wonderful and lovely composition. Lovely construction on the photo, it lovely is done.
Greetings.
Eva

Hellou Hans. Very nice shot.
Very pure and sharp shot. Great atmosphere. Very well done. tfs. stev

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  • Janone Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3446 W: 98 N: 3054] (19636)
  • [2007-04-10 17:33]
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Modern Mid ages, Hans.
Als ze middeleeuws gekleed hadden geweest, had het een copy van een schilderij kunnen zijn.
Good shot.
Jan

Hi Hans,
Great composition, good sharpness and details. Lovely architecture, can just imagine the GreenBaron residing here! LOL! Great image and notes are interesting too! TFS
Cheers Tina :-)

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  • juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2518 W: 0 N: 994] (13816)
  • [2007-04-10 19:27]

Hola Hans,
gran trabajo,
bella presentación y estupendos detalles... saludos

Hi Hans.
Very nice photo,looks like a post card.
Good composition,nice saturation and well done.
Best Regards
TFS

* Piotr *

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  • Beger Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2936 W: 618 N: 3365] (15449)
  • [2007-04-10 22:39]

Hi Hans,
Have you the blue blood? You seem so confortable to describe these places dedicated to the nobility! :)
Very well composed image! Great clarity of colors and details. Could be pleasant to stroll there! Bravo! Annie

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  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2489 W: 48 N: 3013] (14304)
  • [2007-04-11 4:59]

Good presetativ picture Hans, wunderbar castle,good perspektive my friend.Good work.
Well done.
Janusz

Hallo Syre green Baron.
Very nice capture. Good sharpness and details.
Excellent composition.
Looks like a very beautiful place.
TFS.
Pierre

Every Baron needs a castle! This one looks perfect for you! nice shot, interesting notes! Excellent composition!
B-)
Calamity
pt

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3116 W: 280 N: 6312] (24123)
  • [2007-04-11 10:32]

Wunderbar! Your Easter image looks like Easter should look! We had snow!
Great composition with the road leading in from the corner, superb colours, excellent details.
TFS
silke
(back with :)

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2167 W: 385 N: 2285] (24722)
  • [2007-04-11 13:19]

selam Hans;
süper castle pov..Great border and great font to
selamlar

Hi Hans, wonderful castle with splendid big tree, good light and colors, nice presentation, very well done, bravo, ciao Silvio

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1666 W: 136 N: 1263] (6138)
  • [2007-04-11 15:52]

Hello Hans,
with this picture you send us back into a different century. Great POV, showing a lot of wonderful architechtural details. Colors, sharpness and details are wonderful. I like the way you incoporated the coat of arms ito the framing.
TFS..Sky

Magnífico castillo en un pintoresco lugar.
Una nota bastante interesante Hans.
Un cordial saludo, JL.

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  • jawa Gold Star Critiquer [C: 1701 W: 0 N: 1] (11486)
  • [2007-04-12 3:26]

Hallo Hans
Mooie omgeving daar en een mooi kasteel.
Altijd mooi om te fotograferen.
Gr Jos


P**

Hi Hans,

Indeed I feel like I see a Middle Ages photo!! :))
It looks like a beautiful place to visit. Great colours and details! Very well framed!

Take care
Constantinos

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  • puffy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1933 W: 132 N: 3028] (16575)
  • [2007-04-13 3:42]

Hello Hans,

I like castle too, I wish to visit lots of castle and take photos of them one day... I wish and I hope I will... :) One day... here you have a great shot of the castle, in fact, you have two... the one in the ws is excellent too, love the composition and the pov, great colours too, wonderful textures and architecture... well captured my dear, excelletn work, thanks for sharing

Cheers,
Sweety

:) ltr

Hello Hans!
Nice postcard!
Beautiful colours and very good point of view!
Excellent done!
Lili

Wow this is a very good shot, when you see this pic You like to go this place...Nice colors.

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