A gardener moved to town, a photo from Niedersachsen, West

Photographer's Note

These days most of us are either posting fresh photos taken around the house or reaching deep into our archives. I have recently shared some fresh local photos so now for a change I am going to explore my archives again. When scanning my print photos I noticed that often those which look good in print do not scan well, while other which appear poor, end up quite good. I have some nice photos taken on my trip to L黱eburg in the pre-digital times many years ago, but the scans came out quite poorly. It may be also my new printer/scanner which is not as good as the previous one.

I lived for 2-3 years in L黚eck, Northern Germany, working in the lab of a professor who is an expert in Coronaviruses, ha ha. It was a great base to explore many local off-the-beaten-track places, less popular among international tourists and yet truly beautiful. One of them was L黱eburg in Lower Saxony. There are not many photos from L黱eburg on TrekEarth but I am afraid the quality of my photos may not be good enough to convince you about its beauty.

Interesting point to notice is the spelling of the town name. Similarly to L黚eck its name is spelled with two little dots above u. Many European languages, even though they use the Latin alphabet, they sneak into their alphabets some extra letters with dots or lines here and there. German � is pronounced less like u and more like y. To somehow translate this extra letter into all-Latin letters, Germans are allowed to change the spelling � to ue. So for L黚eck it would be Luebeck and for L黱eburg, Lueneburg. However when these names are used in English the dots are of course skipped but the extra letter e does not appear. So the international spelling of L黚eck should be actually Lubeck, and of L黱eburg, it should be Luneburg. Why I am sharing with you this long story? In TrekEarth there are two locations you can find under the Lower Saxony, one called Luneburg and another Lueneburg. Lueneburg obviously created by Germans, who could not use the � here. They are formally correct but nobody from an international community would know where the extra e comes from.

L黱eburg was a part of the Medieval Hanseatic League and you can see it straight away looking at its architecture, which copies designs from its former capital town, L黚eck.

ikeharel, PaulVDV, jhm, Fis2, Royaldevon, COSTANTINO, ChrisJ, adramad has marked this note useful

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lousat (139906) 2021-01-29 5:04

Hi Mariusz,interesting note about the names of cities and an excellent pic too, very perfect, i thought to one of your first digital pics but isn't,as i can red,great flowered facade taken in a very impressive perspective,i like it! Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano

ikeharel (114435) 2021-01-29 5:43

Move up or down, Mariusz, no real matter - but his job was very well done.
Besides the flowers, the shape and design of the facade is extraordinary attractive. Good upwards view with blue sky aloft.
Good afternoon,
Ike

Silvio1953 (222747) 2021-01-29 8:24

Ciao Mariusz, lovely and original composition with a lot of flowers on nice balconies, beautiful symmetry, wonderful colors, splendid light and excellent clarity, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

pajaran (116915) 2021-01-29 8:33

Pozdrav.
Interesantan i dobar tekst...
Lepo cvece, prozori i fasada od cigle, dobro pokazano sa leim bojama i kontrastom.
Lepa fotografija i uhvaceni trenutak sa belim oblacima na plavom nebu.
Lepa fotografija i crveno cvece sa zelenim listovima, lepo secanje na 2005.
Zelim vam lepo popodne, sve najbolje za vikend.
Paja.

PaulVDV (63432) 2021-01-29 8:38

Hello Mariusz,
It's fantastic that certain areas in Europe have a preference to provide as many window sills as possible with flower boxes.
It makes a street / district / city so much more charming.
Here you created a good colour contrast between the flowers / bricks and the sky.
The German '�' is easy for certain people. It's pronounced exactly the same as the Dutch and the French 'u'.
I don't understand your comparison with 'y'. In which language is 'y' pronounced as '�'? Perhaps in Scandinavian laguages...
Best regards, Paul

jmdias (116307) 2021-01-29 9:13

mariusz

fabulous and unusual fa鏰de in bricks with so many arch windows in evidence and the many flowers adorning the windows. very beautiful compo.

take care

jorge

jhm (211738) 2021-01-29 9:29

Hello Mariusz,

Almost not to believe a frontage with the most beautiful brickwork.
Of course the flowers are the real eyes catchers.
Sharpness and clarity zijn superb.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

Tue (93296) 2021-01-29 9:57

Hello Mariusz,
A beautiful photo of this fa鏰de with its brickwork and many small round windows. The many red flowers go really well with the orange bricks as well and together they create a wonderful contrast with the blue sky. Well done.
Lars

Fis2 (171789) 2021-01-29 10:00

Czesc Mariusz!
Ale odkopales archiwum.
Piekny szczyt budynku z ukwieconymi ciekawymi oknami.
To mi sie podoba.
Dobry kadr i kolorki.
Informacja wyczerpuj眂a ;)
Milego wieczoru.
Krzysztof

Royaldevon (86328) 2021-01-29 11:50

Hello Mariusz,

I have only been to Germany once but I immediately thought this looked German in style.

The triangular wall of the building, with its plethora of windows, makes the perfect setting for the many window boxes and accompanying flowers. The overall effect is so eye-catching.
I like how well you have filled the frame with all these colourful details.

My warm regards,
Bev 😊

ifege (49257) 2021-01-29 22:45

Hi Mariusz
We were meant to visit Lubeck last year but for some strange reason never made it there so the only Hanseatic town I've visited is Bergen. L黱eburg is one I've never heard of.
An excellent photo of this very "gardeniferous" building.
cheers
Ian

COSTANTINO (117652) 2021-01-29 23:09

Hello dear friend and have a nice day
wonderful view before my eyes...
areal dream and a pleasant
capture changes everybody s mood
thanks for your interesting
useful notes
regards
costantino

jemaflor (148094) 2021-01-29 23:38

Hi Mariusz,
So beautiful facade, interesting with this architecture and all these flowers, good sharpness and charming sunlight, well photographed, tfs.

ChrisJ (172372) 2021-01-30 18:46

Hi Mariusz,

This reminds me a bit of Hallstadt in Upper Austria where facades are also decorated with flower boxes. Good sharpness and wonderful warm vs cold colour contrasts. Tfs!

Energysavingelk (7886) 2021-01-31 11:33

Hello Mariusz,

don't worry about the quality of your captures which is o.k.! A very fine theme, combined with a rare square format makes this stand out, and I especially appreciate your lecture about "�" and its "ue" circumscription.

Have a fine week!
Sven

adramad (73376) 2021-02-07 9:48

Hello Mariusz.
What a great photo ....., you have captured wonderfully the upper part of this facade with the beautiful effect of the brick and all the windows with their flower boxes full of flowers is an authentic beauty.
A great photo, with very good color, very well managed both the lighting and the sharpness.
Well done. I like.
Good Sunday and Happy start to the week.
All the best for you.
Luis.