Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/11

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Subject: [Leica] New Gallery: Goslar - a wide-angle walk around the ancient city
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:36:28 +0100
References: <4AFAAA81.4040805@gmx.de>

Very Nice / Seher Sch?n!

Cheers
Lluis


El 11/11/2009, a las 13:13, Douglas Sharp escribi?:

> Hello all,
>
> Goslar is a small city in the north west of the Harz Mountains,  
> about 60-70 kilometres from here (Hannover).
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Goslar/?g2_page=1   -  
> and following pages
>
> After the discovery of metallic ores - lead, zinc, copper, a little  
> gold and a lot of silver - it became one of the richest cities in  
> Europe and an imperial residence. Silver coins minted in Goslar were  
> so pure that they became something like a standard currency in many  
> countries of Europe
>
> The story is told, and depicted by the animated clock in the market  
> square, that a knight's horse kicked up the ground to reveal silver  
> ore. Not being one to miss out on immense wealth, the Emperor  
> decided to take up residence in the city.
>
> The Palatinate palace was built in the 11th century as an imperial  
> residence by Henry the Second to protect and maintain the town?s  
> prosperity, and the Imperial Assembly of the Holy Roman Empire was  
> held there from 1009 to 1219.
>
> (The palace looks like an industrial building to me, it just doesn't  
> look all that old from outside)
>
> Mining of the Rammelsberg, the mountain just outside the city began  
> around 968 and continued until 1988 when the mine closed.
>
> The mining complex is now a part of the UNESCO World Heritage.
>
> The city's timbered houses and the grey slate cladding of roofs and  
> walls are typical of many Harz mining cities.
>
> I hope you enjoy a photographic walk around the town centre.
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
> For the technically minded, the wide stuff is shot with a Tokina  
> 12-24 on a Canon 20D, the rest with a Zeiss 1.4/85 and a Summicron-R  
> 2/35mm
>
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