Some time ago we made an excursion to a little town at the Elbe River called Lauenburg. This little town was founded 800 years ago and has about 12.000 inhabitants. I have found a lot of very old houses, doors, and old guild symbol, a tombstone from the time of the knights and other details there, which you can see below. The eldest house I found was built in 1513, just about the time when America was discovered! In former times the wooden gables of the houses were carved and decorated with beautiful colors. Many houses were timber-framed with old oak wood. The very old houses are all a bit crooked and askew. If you look at the old gables you can see the date when the house was built, the names of the owners and a bible-quote. The house that was built 1513 has the following quote: Thus God has loved the world that he gave his only son… It was written in a very old German, that we can hardly understand nowadays. Of course I was excited to find a lot of old doors, too and a trompe l’oeil painting of a woman that looks out of a window.
Living in a city that has such rich history and architecture sure is fun! Thanks Mitza.
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yes, Brad, Hamburg is even older than Lauenburg, it was founded in 1241, just imagine! Have a nice day, regards Mitza
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Hard to imagine for a US guy who’s lived in new and growing suburbs!
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I once knew a guy that said, that he never wanted to fly to the States because he was lacking history and culture there. We are so used to thousand years old things from Greece etc. that we cannot live without this. But I still enjoyed my stay in Boston quite a lot. Have a nice day, regards Mitza
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So very cool! A great find. I like the last one the best. ;->
Virtual hugs,
Judie
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thank you, Judi, hope you are fine, virtual hugs Mitza
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Everything is fine here. Hope same for you.
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yes, everything fine in the garden, just a little cold again, -6 C in the night, but I’m still biking, hehe
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Another great visual treat from a region rich in tradition and history! I would like to have the Bible verse John 3, 16 in Old German, if you happen to have it handy. Thanks for a wonderful post, Miza!
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I don’t know if this helps and is old enough, Peter:
Parallel Verse
Lutherbibel 1912
Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, daß er seinen eingeborenen Sohn gab, auf daß alle, die an ihn glauben, nicht verloren werden, sondern das ewige Leben haben.
Textbibel 1899
Denn also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, dass er seinen einzigen Sohn gab, damit jeder, der an ihn glaubt, nicht verloren gehe, sondern ewiges Leben habe.
Modernisiert Text
Also hat Gott die Welt geliebet, daß er seinen eingeborenen Sohn gab, auf daß alle, die an ihn glauben, nicht verloren werden, sondern das ewige Leben haben.
De Bibl auf Bairisch
So männig haat dyr Herrgot d Welt gliebt, däß yr seinn Aingebornen hingaab, dyrmit ayn Ieds, wo an iem glaaubt, nit zgrundgeet, sundern auf dös eebig Löbn kimmt.
King James Bible
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
English Revised Version
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
I didn’t know it was John 3,16. Thanks for commenting, have a nice day, regards Mitza
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Vielen Dank für deine Bemühungen! Den bayrischen Vers werde ich an unseren 90 jährigen Freund in Fauquier weiterreichen! Ich werde bald einen Post über ihn schreiben.
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ja, das war ganz lustig, nicht? Viel Erfolg beim posten. Viele Grüße aus dem kalten Hamburg (-6 nachts) Mitza
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How wonderfully preserved these historical buildings are! I love those small bricks they used to make.
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yes, me, too. I love red bricks and these have been definitely made by hand because they are all a bit different in shape and color. Thanks for commenting, Mary, regards Mitza
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Yes, that is the charm of hand work and that is why my knitting looks handmade, especially with mistakes, haha
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hehe, I’m just embroidering since more than a month, with little mistakes, too, just to make you happy, hehe
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I know you take a lot of care with your work. I have a more relaxed attitude; I call it ‘carefree’, hahaha
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I could learn a lot from you, because I’m sometimes standing in my own way, hehe
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I do that too. Sigh
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Old indeed! Especially like that painting of the woman looking out of the window! Clever! 🙂
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Lauenburg is 800 years old but Hamburg is even some hundred years older. But I didn’t find such old houses here. Maybe they burnt down many years ago. Have a nice day, Thomas, regards Mitza
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What a wonderful post. I love the green doors because you just don’t see a lot of green doors. Then there is the beautiful street with the many plants, and the lovely bench. But, the painting of the woman in the upstairs window just blew me away. Thanks for sharing such a great adventure. 🙂
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thank you so much for your kind words. Even though I live not far away it was the first time I saw this little town myself and I really enjoyed it a lot, as it was a warm sunny day. Have a nice day, regards Mitza
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How very nice Mitza, much enjoyed your vision of this small town. I love the red brick houses. 🙂 Very beautiful! Kind regards, Agnes
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I love those old red brick houses, too, dear Agnes. They have been made by hand and have different shapes and colors. If I had a house, only with red bricks. Have a nice day, hope it’s not that cold in Ireland. Here we had a very sunny cold day. Kind regards Mitza
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We are back to heavy rain, but we have had some beautiful sunny days so we are not worried. 🙂 Enjoy your sunshine!
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Beautiful photos. I love old architecture!
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Me, too. Evrything looks so cozy in these old towns with the small houses. But I don’t know if it was very comfortable inside. The rooms were very small. Thanks for commenting and liking, have a nice day, regards Mitza
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Bello tutto in stile vecchia architettura.
Ciao, Patrizia
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Gracie mille, stile vecchia architettura e bello, ciao Mitza
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Beautiful. Immaculate homes and so happy looking.
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Germany is very immaculate in some places, this one is very cozy. Thanks for commenting, have a nice day, regards Mitza
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enchanting! just to look at the buildings, the streets and realise the history that has gone before, amazes me. These are wonderful photographs Mitza, a lovely post. the brick and green doors are beautiful. and it looks like Summer…… just lovely 🙂
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thanks a lot, dear Debi for your nice words. In summer everything looks so beautiful and warm. Everybody loves these bricks. They are very cozy, my favorite bricks, too. Just imagine, Hamburg is even older. 🙂
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its fascinating, all that history involved! That’s one of the reasons I do my family tree, I think is to go back in time and history 🙂
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Good idea, my mother made that, too. It was a bit difficult because our family comes from Pomerania which now is Poland and had been destroyed by the war a lot, so that all old churchbooks have been burnt.
I hope you had more success. And by the way, you know, who could help you: the Mormones in Salt Lake City. They keep the informations about many millions of people also from former times.
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Thanks Mitza! Its a shame when those have been burned and lost.
I have been onto ancestry.com, getting records and such! very exciting to find really, OLD records they’ve accrued with our ancestry into Scotland, England, France records.
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that sounds very interesting. Do you also make paintings in your family tree?
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no, I get so busy with the lineage, and stories… the barons selling off the daughters, the knights absconding with maidens, the wills, the felons, the fights, all those Beheadings! LOL that I’m lost in those stories.
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that’s really a very good hobby
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it is, but its on hold. WP is priority right now getting this up and running well.
oh, was going to say before, about the Weather being so hot here.. you probably don’t have any issues with extreme high heat. I didn’t used to. I loved it. now, it makes me quite unwell. but, it is sad for you when you are sitting there freezing your toes off and have to go outside in it. yuck!
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I know this kind of heat from Greece in the summer. The good thing is, that you can go into the sea and cool down, but I don’t know if I prefer to sweat or to freeze. Here in Germany it doesn’t get this hot, only in the 35 C, but that’s terrible. Well, you can’t change the weather and all mankind has done a lot not to improve it. Have a nice day, regards Mitza
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People can freeze to death with no heat in those icy freezing blizzards! And the native born folk here, get by with no air con just dandy… the older people, or with asthma don’t.
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Was going to say also, that I’d always wanted to mountains of Germany in the summer months… it must be truly lovely!
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if you like mountains, they surely are beautiful, in Austria, too. We sometimes drove by car from Hamburg to Venice and passed Bavaria and Austria. So lovely these colorful meadows and the specific houses they have there and churches. Hope you come to Germany one day, cheers Mitza
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Enchanting! I would love to, if the stars would ever align………. chuckling 🙂
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maybe play lotto? I’m always waiting to gain 1 mio. Euros for a house. I collected so many things, I need a house.. cheers Mitza
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my husband does, I gave up in disgust long ago. 🙂
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That’s a good idea, save the money you didn’t give to lotto and be a millionaire soon, hehe
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Wonderful Mitza.! Very beautiful pictures.!
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thanks a lot, Francisco, glad you liked it 🙂
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You’re welcome Mitza.! My pleasure.!’ 🍁
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Beautiful and well preserved buildings, interesting that in Greece seems the blue is a prominent color while over here in this small charming city the green color is somewhat of an importance! It’s very pretty against the red brick walls and I love all the fantastic decorative details on the houses and doors. It’s seems like a very neat, very clean and well organized city I might add for the age she has. 800 years is tremendous amount of time.
Wonderfully captured images of a small old community with a rich history and a typical German architecture.
Thanks for sharing it Mitza. Hugs ~ Eva
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thank you very much, dear Eva. I always want to show something different and I do a lot of research to inform other bloggers and translate the text. But this little town was really very cozy and clean, but Germany is quite clean. I’m happy you liked these old buildings and the history. Every country has special colors, that’s true. Hope you are fine, we had a wonderful cold but fantastic blue sky day, virtual hugs, Mitza
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Finally blue, February is always kinda crazy month, to much extreme weather. Today is mostly cloudy, but hey no rain!
Hugs ~Eva
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great
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nice architecture, really cool style! and you’ve got a great eye for spotting all these details Mitza! love the one with the roof in it and the last one really invites you to slow down and sit and enjoy 🙂
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I thought you had places like that, too, Pieter. I have been in Amsterdam many years ago and really liked it a lot. Unfortunately before digital camera time. I wish to return once, if possible. Thanks for liking my post. I’m a person that loves details and I see much more than others, believe me. Sitting on a bench and watching people is nice, 🙂
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Lovely photos, Mitza, and nice story! Have a nice day. Riccardo
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thank you, Riccardo, same to you. Hope you have a little spring in Italy, regards Mitza
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What a pretty place! Your photos, as always, are stunning Mitza. NB: I only figured out that the highlighted orange thingie at the top right hand side of my blog is comments or answers to comments I’ve made! So I only saw your reply tonight, sorry about that. i normally only look at the replies through my email feed, didn’t realise I could also see them on the actual blog … duh. 🙂 Hope you have a lovely weekend, we’re going to have rain and it’s very cold tonight. xxx
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Thanks a lot, Luke. It’s no problem. I’m happy you liked my post. We surely have a lot of culture around here. We had some snow and now it starts to melt. Have a nice weekend, regards Mitza
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I’d never heard of this little spot, but it certainly looks pretty. We have a beautiful world, don’t you think? 🙂
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Yes, this little town is not very “important” like Hamburg which has a huge port, but still good to have such beautiful places where they take care about old houses etc. Thanks a lot for commenting, have a nice weekend, regards Mitza
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Thanks, Mitza- and to you too 🙂
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your pics & descriptions make me homesick for Germany (and Old Europe, in general). There is such a different atmosphere and energy in a place that has a long history, it feels more grounded, more rooted somehow.
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that’s really true what you write. For us history of thousands of years is normal, like in Greece where I go, too. I hope you can return one day. Have a nice day, regards Mitza
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