by Matthias Kirsch | Dec 16, 2010 | Photo of the day
December 16, the day of the snow disaster in Schleswig-Holstein… supposedly. What we got was a normal Winter day, with some snow, but not the blizzard-like effects that were predicted. In the late afternoon we took a walk around the town. The Königswiesen park...
by Matthias Kirsch | Dec 5, 2010 | Photo of the day
The cathedral in Ribe/Denmark is the oldest one in the country, and it is situated in Denmarks oldest town. It is an interesting building with numerous extensions and improvements made in different styles. The oldest parts reach back until the 12th century. One...
by Matthias Kirsch | Nov 21, 2010 | Photo of the day
This altar is a miracle. It is from the 16th century and shows Jesus life with 392 figures carved from wood. Ant it is huge – more then 12 meters high. It was originally in the church of the Bordesholm monastery close to Kiel, but was moved to Schleswig in the...
by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 24, 2010 | Photo of the day
It was a nice surprise for me when I got the latest (paper) newsletter of the Schleswig-Holstein history association earlier this week: This photo was on the cover! I took it for the organ association here in Schleswig when the new organ was completed in May this...
by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 3, 2010 | Photo of the day
The main organ in the Frankfurt Cathedral is huge. Not so much when you see it in relation to the cathedral itself, though. I can never stop marveling about the sheer largeness of those gothic churches. While the cathedral in Frankfurt doesn’t belong to the...
