Of course there were Canada Geese just about everywhere.

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The famous iconic shot of the Petrikirche’s tower from below through the gap in the Mausefalle archway. I’ve taken this shot many times before, but it always looks a little different!

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On the other side of the river, there was already heavy building going on.

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The archway called Mausefalle, the Mousetrap in Mülheim’s historic inner city. I have no idea how the name came about except it’s a very fitting description. The name is actually only attached to the adjacent house, the path beneath the archway has the name Bogenstraße (literally Archway Street).

« Colour Version » | « Google Maps » | Date: 16.12.2016

The mandantory Swan photo :-).

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An attempt of a panorama of Mülheim’s historic inner city, from the Tersteegenhaus on the left to the Mausefalle on the right. I’ve tried to keep the distortions down to a minimum, but was not entirely successful. This was taken on January 15 when I was down at the Kaufhof to check on the demolition and I had the idea to try for a panorama for the first time. As soon as the scaffolding on the Tersteegenhaus has been removed, I will try to do this again with the Sony A65.

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The lonely Barnacle Goose I first saw back in May was still there in early July.

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This is Mülheim’s Tersteegenhaus, a small museum dedicated to religious writer Gerhard Tersteegen, who lived here until his death in 1769, but the actual house is much older. The left side is a recent addition, but the original is still preserved. Unfortunately it was recentlydiscovered that the original house is in danger of collapse because of rotting wood in the timber frames – currently the house is heavily clad with scaffolding. I took this photo on December 21 of last year when it still was unobscured.

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There are certainly a lot less trees on the East embankment of the river nowadays…

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The famous view of Mülheim’s Mausefalle – the Mousetrap – actually refers to the stone archway on the right, but is also the name of the adjacent house, which was built in 1655 and has always been a restaurant or a tavern. The entrance is actually on top of the archway that leads to the front yard of the protestant church – very convenient and surely not a coincidence!

« Colour Version » | « Google Maps » | Date: 16.12.2016