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 Tomb of Haydn by margaretvn
When Nikolaus I died in 1790 the court orchestra was dissolved by his successor Prince Anton and Joseph Haydn was pensioned off. Four years later though Prince Anton died and his eldest son Nikolaus II succeeded him and he reinstated the orchestra and reappointed Haydn to his former postion of musical director. Haydn though continued to live in Vienna as he had made a home for himself there.
Haydn died in 1809 and was first buried in the Hundsthurm cemetery. Prince Nikolaus decided to have his remains interred in the Mount Calvary church in the city. Leave a Comment
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 Buchenwald KZ by margaretvn
Buchenwald Concentration Camp was established in July 1937.It was, in the beginning, intended for political opponents of the Nazi regime, for "social misfits", Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses and homosexuals. When WWII started more and more people were sent to the campfrom different countries. From 1943 on the camp 's inmates were ruthlessly used for the armament industry. It was from the started not a place of planned genocide itself massed murder of its inmates took place and there were also deaths because of medical experiments. It was early in 1945 that the camp became the final destination for evacution transports from Auschwitz. Shortly before its liberation by Allied Forces the SS sent about 28,000 prisoners on death marches. The camp was liberated on 11th April 1945. Between 1937 -1945 more than 250,000 people were held captive in the camp and more than 50,000 of them died during this time. During 1945 -50 the Soviet occupation forces used the area as an internment camp.
Most of the camp was demolished after 1951. In 1958 it was inaugurated together with the monument as " Buchenwald National Memorial" Leave a Comment
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 Sans Souci by margaretvn
The Neues Palais was built between 1763 and 1769, it is said to be the most beautiful palace in Germany. It is a Baroque palace built on the main avenue of the park. It is a large three winged two storey building with more than 200 rooms.
Shcloss Charlottenhof is Neo-Classical and was given its name from its first owner of the land it is built on - Charlotte von Gentzkow. It is at the southern end of the park, it was built in 1826-9 for the heir to the throne - the future King Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
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 Esterhazy Palace by margaretvn
Eisenstadt is on the southern slopes of the Leitha Mountains and it is the capital of the Federal Province of Burgenland. The city is situated in the centre of the the wine region. We of course had to go there because of the cities musical connections. Joseph Haydn lived and worked in the city for years. He was born in the nearby village of Rohrau where the house is now a museum.
The Esterhazy palace is a beautiful yellow Baroque palace and in it is the famous and wonderful Haydn Hall which was where many of Haydn's works were first heard and where concerts are still given regularly. The tour through the Palace is very limited (only a few rooms) but is the only way to see the lovely hall. The Palace gardens are lovely to walk through. Close to the Palace is the Hydn Museum which is where the composer lived during his time in service to the Esterhazys. It is a very interesting museum so worth the short walk through the Palaces front garden.
On the corner oppositye the Palace is a lovely statue of the com[poser Liszt - as a young man charming, handsome and liked by the ladies. A walk upthe hill passed the hospital will bring you to the Bergkirche and the Tomb of Haydn. In Unterberg there is an old Jewish cemetery. Leave a Comment
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 Outer Hebrides by margaretvn
It is open 7 days a week although the visitors centre on site is closed on Sundays.
Do not forget to visit the Blackhouse museum. This is a traditional Lewis hatched house, complete with byre and stockyard. You get a good feeling about life in this remote island
It gives a view of the crofting life as it was until about 50 years ago. It is open all year except on Sundays – in fact on Harris and Lewis nothing is open on sundays. So remember that when booking your trip.
A trip to Harris and Lewis is worthwhile but you need time to explore and remember the trip can be easily combined with the other islands of the Outer Hebrides such as North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist. Leave a Comment
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Meiringen is the place where "Merinque" was created first and it is also a special place for all fans of Sherlok Holmes, who died here according to one of the books of his author.
In der very centre of Meiringen you can see the world's first authentic replica of the living-room of Sherlock Holmes in Bakerstreet 221b. This replica was made according to the exlanations, given in the books and it includes all the small details beeing mentioned there. This room is shown in a small museum that includes plenty of other interesting Holmes-souvenirs, letters that were sent from all over the world to "Sherlock Holmes, Bakerstreet, London" etc.etc.etc.
You really might get the feeling, Holmes was a real person, how else could they show his private things there...
The Sherlock Holmes Museum is open
May-September : Tue-Sun 01.30-06.00p.m.
October-April: 04.30-06.00p.m.
Address: CH-3860 Meiringen c/o Parkhotel du Sauvage
The Sherlock-Holmes-museum is next to Parkhotel du Sauvage inside a small wooden church.
Reichenbachfall is the big waterfall opposite of Meiringen, about 2 km to the south from the Sherlok-Holmes-museum. Conan Doyle - the author of Sherlok Holmes - was a regular guest in Meiringen and he was so very much impressed of the scenery of Reichenbachfall, that he thought, this would be the perfect place to die for his famous dedective. When you get out of the funicular you may see a yellow star at the other side of the waterfall and this indicates the place, where Sherlok Holmes had a fight with his arch-enemy Prof. Moriarty and both of them finally fell down and died.
Take a look at the Sherlok Holmnes monument at the main-square of Meiringen. The monument was made by John Doubleday in 1988 and at many places on the monument you may find engravings and marks, giving 60 hints, to solve 60 Sherlock-Holmes-cases.
Meiringen is about 10km east of Brienz or 1 hours to drive south from Luzern over the Bruenig-Pass ! Leave a Comment
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