The cornflowers are coming! :-)

Before I show some other sights, I’m going to continue with some more historic buildings – this is Mülheim’s Rathaus. The current city hall was built between 1912 to 1915 and like many other buildings was heavily damaged in WWII, but rebuilt and expanded in the 1950s. The tower, visible from many places in the inner city, houses a historic collection of office machines. The city hall was recently completely renovated inside and outside – but this photo is from 2004 before the renovation, the only street-level view I could find.

This is from last week – the big one on the left has already been eaten, but the others are steadily growing. Amazing crop this year, npw that summer has finally kicked in! :-)

A hoverfly taking a break on a peppermint leaf.

Soon open for business :-).

Another view of the old inner city of Mülheim, clustered around the two churches. There are still a couple of old houses remaining – this photo is not historic, but from 2009, as you can see from the modern sign on the left house.

The creativity of the pumpkin, cucumber and zucchini plants never ceases to amaze me.

It would be great if the fruit would grow as large as the flower :-).

Coming Attractions II :-).

To balance things out, here’s a 2003 photo of the other church in Mülheim’s inner city, the catholic Marienkirche. I don’t know much about it, except that it was built in 1929 as a substitute for a smaller church and like the neighbouring protestant Petrikirche was also bombed out in 1943. It was rebuilt in 1948 and, well, it’s never been exactly a thing of beauty. In the background you can see one of the four highrises which dominate the inner city today.