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Kathrin_E Says: This is a small but cute detail on a half-timbered house: a pair of fish-shaped creatures - it takes *some* imagination to identify them as dolphins. Their open mouths meet (are they kissing?) and form a heart which is painted in red.We can now start inventing some fantasy...
Kathrin_E Says: The plateau behind the church and the chapel of St Catherine served as cemetery for centuries. The current cemetery has long been transferred to a place outside the village chentre but the churchyard still has grave monuments. Most of these are metal crosses in beautiful and...
Kathrin_E Says: This extraordinary medieval fresco inside the church is a bit hidden and easily overlooked. Seeing such 'creatures from the dark side' within a church is at least remarkable. It shows a milk witch and the devil. The witch is milking a fountain (which is supposed to give...
Kathrin_E Says: The "old" town hall of Eppingen looks notably younger than all those amazing half-timbered houses, and it is. Those who know the typical neoclassical architecture of Karlsruhe and the Grandduchy of Baden will immediately think of Friedrich Weinbrenner, the state architect in...
Old Synagogue, Mikwe, and Chuppa Stone
Kathrin_E Says: The Old Synagogue in Küfergasse was built in 1731 and was in use until the 1870s when the Jewish community built a new synagogue. The old one was sold and became a private residential house.The ground floor is built from stone, the upper storeys are timberframe. The ground...
Kathrin_E Says: Baumann'sches Haus is probably the moast beautiful among the many beautiful half-timbered houses in Eppingen's old town. For sure it is the one with the most elaborate details in construction and ornamentation. The house dates from 1582, the date can be found above one of...
Kathrin_E Says: The colourful crucifix on the southern wall of the nave is an eyecatcher, and will be even more when the scaffolding has been taken down (at the moment taking aphoto in total was impossible because of that). It is named the "Longinus" Cross because the only person depicted...
Kathrin_E Says: The catholic parish church of Our Lady is located on the highest point of the hill in the middle of the old town. The church is of medieval origins but has been extended and partly rebuilt in the 1960s or 70s. Right now (May 2011) the outside is being renovated, but they...
Kathrin_E Says: The Old University hosts the Stadt- und Fachwerkmuseum (town and timberframe museum). It shows the history of the town and its surroundings and the way people lived in former centuries on all five floors of the building. This includes interiors of housing, workshops and...
Kathrin_E Says: Believe it or not - little Eppingen has a history as seat of a university. The glory of "Alma Mater Eppingensis" lasted only for one semester, though. In 1564/65 a plague epidemy haunted Heidelberg and the university of Heidelberg left the town. The faculty of liberal arts...
Kathrin_E Says: The tower in the corner of the new market square and Altstadtstraße is Eppingen's oldest building. In the middle ages the town ended here. The tower was part of the town wall and served as watchtower for the guard, the "piper", who had to blow his horn in case of danger,...
The Oldest Half-Timbered House in Eppingen
Kathrin_E Says: The oldest house of Eppingen is the so-called Bäckerhaus ("baker's house") with its impressive high roof and gable. It is dated 1412. Walk round the corner and enjoy the crooked beams on the sides.It is a residential house; the ground floor hosts a shop with clothing and...
Kathrin_E Says: This crossing of two narrow streets is the perfect spot to continue your tutorial on timberframe architecture. It assembles three remarkable half-timbered houses that represent the three main styles.The one with the yellow beams (photo 3) shows the Alemannic timberframe...
Danse Macabre on Katharinenkapelle
Kathrin_E Says: The facade of the chapel of St Catherine is painted with a mural which is a bizarre surprise. This art work adopts the medieval traditions of the danse macabre. However, it has only been painted in 2002, as the signature on the left proves (Roman numbers MMII = 2002).The...
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In need of a quick sweet snack to take along? Any bakery will fulfil that wish, but this one deserves a particular recommendation for their yummy pastries. They use organic ingredients, all breads and some of their sweet products are wholemeal, other pastries and cakes are not. The types, patterns and fillings are in theory the usual types - Apfeltaschen, Nussschnecken and so on - but of the most excellent quality and taste.
Favorite Dish: The bakery offers a wide selection of pastries, unfortunatiely I could not try them all... I had a piece filled with cherry compote which was so tasty that I returned and bought another. I rarely had such a tasty Kirschtasche anywhere else.
Updated May 22, 2011
Address: Altstadtstraße 20
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Kathrin_E Says: Eppingen is located on the tram respective S-Bahn line S 4 from Karlsruhe station and city centre via Bretten to Heilbronn. Eppingen is the last stop within the KVV network, the rest of the line further north belongs to the VRN network. So check which tickets you need,...
matjung Says: Eppingen is a part of three commuter travel areas (Verkehrsverbund)It's part of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV), Rhein Neckar Verkehrsverbund (RNV) and Heilbronner Nahverkehrsverbund (HNV) and it is not far awar from the Stuttgarter Verkehrsverbund.Depending on where...
Kathrin_E Says: Some half-timbered houses, especially the most beautiful ones that tell of the owners' wealth, have funny to scary woodcarved faces somewhere on their facade. These are called "envy heads"and are supposed to drive any envious lookers-on away who grudge the owner this pretty...
Kathrin_E Says: Decorating the wells for Easter is a custom that is most popular in Franconia but has spread to other areas like Baden. The fountains are decorated with green garlands and painted eggs. In the old town of Eppingen there are three wells which receive colourful crowns for...
The Witch Guild, and the Witch Fountain
Kathrin_E Says: Eppingen is a bit outside the area where the Alemannic carnival is indigenous, but the town has adopted it some 40 years ago. Since 1969 the local witch guild has been active. The witches organize a night parade in town but also take part in parades elsewhere. I have for...
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