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 | Nov 14, 2010 | Photo of the day
This little Zimbelstern decorates the organ in the church of Garding on the Eiderstedt peninsula. It is a gorgeuos organ as so many in that area… here is a photo of the whole thing: Photo data: Pentax K20D, 50-200 mm lens at 200 mm, f5.6, 1/40 second and ISO 800...
by Matthias Kirsch | Nov 7, 2010 | Photo of the day
Now it happened… yesterday I didn’t have any chance to post a photo, too much going on (and that on a saturday!). Well, but here comes the sunday edition: The church St. Pankratius in Oldenswort has it’s roots in the end of the 13th century. The...
by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 31, 2010 | Photo of the day
I love the atmosphere in this photo – the contrast of cold and warm colors, the face of the Moses sculpture, the different layers. This was taken in the Christkirche in Rendsburg, which is a quite bright and open church. Looking at the photo now gives me a...
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...
