 Uhlbach
panorama view from Rotenberg
Nestled in the flanks of the Schurwald. Herodotus assessment, choice location for an open air amphitheater.
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The building with the turret in the middle of the roof ridge is the old press house, now a viticulture museum, and not the Rathaus. I can say nothing about the two prominent half timbered buildings behind the Andreas Kirche.
|  Uhlbach Andreas-Kirche
Present day exterior is the result of a late 19th century embellishment drive. (Halfway between Gothic and Nancy Jugendstil? Burgundian saying: as highly spired as a 'hennin'.)
|  Uhlbach Andreas-Kirche
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 Uhlbach Andreas-Kirche
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cemetery winter
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Right hand traffic area to the best of my knowledge. You still have to look both ways.
|  Uhlbach Andreas-Kirche
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 Uhlbach Andreas-Kirche
Family Benger tomb. A forge iron gate offers direct access. Locked by the way.
|  Uhlbach Andreas-Kirche
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Stefan Weihler. Best guess by age and gender: muscular dystrophy.
|  Uhlbach Ochsen-Willie
The inn comes with a chestnut shaded beer garden. (Not sure if you are allowed to call it that in a venerable wine village.)
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the hanging gardens
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 Uhlbach Rathaus Gaillardia grandiflora
the hanging gardens
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the hanging gardens
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The eyes of the cabbage butterfly are speckled. You could probably replace them with thrush eggs. (Poe, wrily, whatever you find in your greatcoat pockets.)
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The picturesque Rathaus dates from 1612 or so a proud inscription claims.
Administrative footnote: Uhlbach is part of Untertürkheim which itself is incorporated into Stuttgart. Should translate into a much reduced workload for the local Rathaus. Skeletal crew only. (Somebody has to water all those gerania.)
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Pelargonium at the window
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 Uhlbach Rathaus
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Geranium (more exactly Pelargonium) is probably the most popular imitation plant for scaled down model houses. Anything green sprinkled with red will do. Dyed sawdust either way. The model trains just chugging by. Disjunctive: The actual Uhlbach never had a railway station. The price you have to pay for a somewhat secluded location. Screened off on three sides by the last spurs of the Schurwald. (The Obertürkheim train station and port facilities are reasonably close by. The wine barrels will roll down all by themselves. - Alexander the Great, those mountaineers are all the same. Always given to practical jokes when you show up.)
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Pelargonium window
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A kibitzer with a shiny reindeer nose. Apparently a permanent feature.
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kibitzer
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 Uhlbach Rathaus
construction date and a sidewalk littered with a few gerania petals
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platain shrouded
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The Taco turret houses presently no bell. Maybe on tour.
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edible chestnuts, South side of the press house
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edible chestnuts
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 Uhlbach Rathaus
Saturday matinee: The Rathaus is apparently also a popular backdrop for marriages. Not sure if a registrar's office is still located in the building. (Or does the kibitzer from across the street also moonlight as a wedding chaplain. Might explain the shiny nose.)
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balloon festival
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balloon festival
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balloon festival
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balloon festival
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balloon festival
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balloon festival, press house
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geranium at the wall
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geranium at the wall
|  Uhlbach, Lobelia erinus
Lobelia from the trashcan
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