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Cold weather never slows down our traveling. Here we are at a castle in western Poland near the German border. BURRRRRR! Taken in the Winter 2001/2002
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Cold weather never slows down our traveling. Here we are at a castle in western Poland near the German border. BURRRRRR! Taken in the Winter 2001/2002
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Located at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace, it is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department.<br /> <br /> In 2019, the city proper had 287,228 inhabitants and both the Eurométropole de Strasbourg (Greater Strasbourg) and the Arrondissement of Strasbourg had 505,272 inhabitants. Strasbourg's metropolitan area had a population of 846,450 in 2018, making it the eighth-largest metro area in France and home to 14% of the Grand Est region's inhabitants. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau had a population of 958,421 inhabitants. Strasbourg is one of the de facto four main capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels, Luxembourg and Frankfurt), as it is the seat of several European institutions, such as the European Parliament, the Eurocorps and the European Ombudsman of the European Union. An organization separate from the European Union, the Council of Europe (with its European Court of Human Rights, its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines most commonly known in French as &quot;Pharmacopée Européenne&quot;, and its European Audiovisual Observatory) is also located in the city.<br /> <br /> Together with Basel (Bank for International Settlements), Geneva (United Nations), The Hague (International Court of Justice) and New York City (United Nations world headquarters), Strasbourg is among the few cities in the world that is not a state capital that hosts international organisations of the first order. The city is the seat of many non-European international institutions such as the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine and the International Institute of Human Rights. It is the second city in France in terms of international congress and symposia, after Paris. Strasbourg's historic city centre, the Grande Île (Grand Island), was classified a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988, with the newer &quot;Neustadt&quot; being added to the site in 2017. Strasbourg is immersed in Franco-German culture and although violently disputed throughout history, has been a cultural bridge between France and Germany for centuries, especially through the University of Strasbourg, currently the second-largest in France, and the coexistence of Catholic and Protestant culture. It is also home to the largest Islamic place of worship in France, the Strasbourg Grand Mosque.<br /> <br /> Economically, Strasbourg is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering, as well as a hub of road, rail, and river transportation. The port of Strasbourg is the second-largest on the Rhine after Duisburg in Germany, and the second-largest river port in France after Paris.<br /> <br /> (Wikipedia) <br /> <br /> The Kammerzell House (Alsatian: Kammerzellhüs, French: Maison Kammerzell, German: Kammerzellhaus) is one of the most famous buildings of Strasbourg, France, and one of the most ornate and well-preserved medieval civil housing buildings in late Gothic architecture in the areas formerly belonging to the Holy Roman Empire.<br /> <br /> Built in 1427,[1] but twice transformed, in 1467 and 1589, the building as it is now historically belongs to the German Renaissance but is stylistically still attached to the Rhineland black and white timber-framed style of civil (as opposed to administrative, clerical or noble) architecture.[citation needed]<br /> <br /> It is situated on Place de la Cathédrale, north-west of Strasbourg Cathedral.<br /> <br /> The building's inside has been decorated on all floors by lavish frescoes by Alsatian painter Léo Schnug (1878-1933). It now houses a restaurant.<br /> <br /> (Wikipedia)<br /> <br /> Straßburg (französisch Strasbourg [stʁasbuʁ], im Straßburger Dialekt Schdroosburi [ˈʃdɾoːsburi]) ist eine Stadt im Elsass, einer Landschaft im Osten Frankreichs nahe der Grenze zur Region Baden in Deutschland. Die Stadt ist Hauptort des Départements Bas-Rhin, das seit Januar 2021 auch Mitglied der Europäischen Gebietskörperschaft Elsass ist, und Sitz des Regionalrats und des Regionspräfekten der Region Grand Est. Die Präfektur verwaltet auch das Arrondissement Strasbourg, das aus 33 Gemeinden besteht.<br /> <br /> Mit 287.228 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) in der Kernstadt und 790.000 Einwohnern in der Aire urbaine auf französischem Boden ist Straßburg mit Abstand die größte Stadt im Grand Est.<br /> <br /> Wie auch Basel (Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich), Genf (IKRK sowie europäischer UNO-Sitz) und New York City (weltweiter UNO-Sitz) ist Straßburg eine der wenigen Städte der Welt, die den Sitz einer wichtigen Internationalen Organisation beherbergen, ohne eine Landeshauptstadt zu sein. Straßburg ist Sitz zahlreicher europäischer Einrichtungen, unter anderem Europarat, Europaparlament, Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte, Europäischer Bürgerbeauftragter und Eurokorps. Aufgrund dessen versteht sich die Stadt als Hauptstadt Europas.<br /> <br /> Teile der Innenstadt, die mittelalterliche Altstadt auf der Grande-Île und die Neustadt sind unter dem Titel Straßburg: von der Grande-Île zur Neustadt, eine europäische Stadtszenerie UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe.<br /> <br /> (Wikipedia)<br /> <br /> Das Haus Kammerzell (auch Kammerzellhaus, Französisch: Maison Kammerzell, Elsässisch: Kammerzellhüs) ist ein umgebautes bürgerliches Fachwerkhaus und das bekannteste Profangebäude in Straßburg.<br /> <br /> Es wurde 1427 errichtet, allerdings mehrfach umgebaut, erstmals 1467. Aus diesem Jahr ist das steinerne Erdgeschoss bis heute erhalten. 1571 erwarb der Käsehändler Martin Braun das Gebäude und fügte 1589 drei leicht auskragende Etagen mit der bis heute erhaltenen reichen Schnitzfassade sowie drei Dachetagen hinzu. Die Fassade zeigt sowohl profane als auch sakrale Elemente und spiegelt biblische Ansätze sowie Einflüsse der griechisch-römischen Antike und des Mittelalters wider. 1892 wurde das Gebäude umfassend restauriert. 1905 entstanden im Inneren des Gebäudes Wandmalereien von Léo Schnug, von denen eine im Erdgeschoss das Narrenschiff von Sebastian Brant darstellt.<br /> <br /> Das Haus Kammerzell gilt als eines der schönsten Fachwerkhäuser der deutschen Spätgotik, vergleichbar mit dem (1944 zerstörten) Salzhaus in Frankfurt am Main oder dem (wiederaufgebauten) Knochenhaueramtshaus in Hildesheim, ist aber im Gegensatz zu diesen in Originalsubstanz erhalten.<br /> <br /> Das Haus steht auf der Nordseite des Münsterplatzes (Place de la Cathédrale), seitlich vom Straßburger Münster, und beherbergt ein Restaurant („Maison Kammerzell“) und ein kleines Hotel (9 Zimmer). Das Restaurant gehört zur Gruppe Les Grandes Brasseries de l'Est, zu der auch die Brasserie Excelsior in Reims, die Brasserie Floderer in Paris, die Brasserie Excelsior in Nancy, das Bouillon Julien in Paris und die Brasserie Floderer in Straßburg gehören, alles stilvolle Traditionslokale.<br /> <br /> Haus Kammerzell ist das Geburtshaus der fiktiven Detektivgestalt Honoré Langustier.<br /> <br /> (Wikipedia)</p>

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