{"id":606,"date":"2015-05-14T07:42:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T06:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.disslin-an.net\/?p=606"},"modified":"2015-05-17T17:07:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T16:07:48","slug":"first-days-in-the-northwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.disslin-an.net\/?p=606","title":{"rendered":"First days in the Northwest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"avenue-in-spring\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This second post on my Relocation Journal will fill you in about the first sequel of us moving away from the southwest and about where we are living now.<\/p>\n

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We have moved to a country of red bricks, impressive trees and avenues – and horses.<\/p>\n

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Before leaving the southwest I paid a final visit to the Museum of Literature in Marbach\/Neckar. There are two famous places called Marbach in the southwest: one is famous for its horses and one for Friedrich Schiller. This time I went to the latter. In 2006 the new museum opened and it is a stunning building designed by David Chipperfield Architects. The current exhibition is discussing the specific character of the original piece of artwork as such. It goes without saying that the show is focussing on literature and writers. The exhibit is part of their series of \u201eessay exhibitions\u201c and a nice little brochure is published alongside. The show will be on until September 13th. But by then we’ll be far far away…<\/p>\n

\"Literaturmuseum<\/a>

Literaturmuseum der Moderne, Marbach\/Neckar<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"LiMo-Marbach\"<\/a><\/p>\n

At last the days came when things were going to happen. When we finally cleared the flat we had sunny days and frosty nights. Gradually the impression of a lived-in dwelling trickled away as bit by bit furniture and boxes left the place and got stored in the huge container.<\/p>\n

\"moving-lonely-lamp\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Our tulips on the balcony had only just started to open their flowers. The pots needed to be re-homed. They travelled to my mother’s garden where they will have all the care they can wish for as my mother is a passionate gardener. Since we will not have a garden for the time being, we only kept four pots of herbs for cooking including parcel, English mint, caraway and a few varieties of thyme.<\/p>\n

\"moving-rehomed-tulips\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"moving-rehoming-tulips-salmon\"<\/a><\/p>\n

On Saturday April 25th we hit the road heading northwest. M\u00fcnsterland gave us quite literally a warm welcome: it was all sunny. Stuffing our core belongings into the smaller flat (while leaving the bulk in the storage container at the movers‘) was tricky but it worked out-we are now experienced.<\/p>\n

\"Farmer's<\/a>

Farmer’s market in M\u00fcnster<\/p><\/div>\n

Next thing we were heading for was the farmer’s market in the city of M\u00fcnster. The region is known for its tasty asparagus. The plants grow well in the sandy soils. The season has only just started and soon the strawberries will follow.<\/p>\n

\"asparagus-strawberry-time\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The market is spread out on the large space just in front of M\u00fcnster Cathedral or known as M\u00fcnster Dome. Virtually everything is decoratd neatly in the numerous stalls of the weekly market. The city of M\u00fcnster is known for a wealth of things. Among them the abundance of sculptures.<\/p>\n

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\"Church<\/a>

Church in Nottuln<\/p><\/div>\n

We are now living in a town called Nottuln, which is part of the region called \u201eBaumberge\u201c. Literally translated this means \u201eTree Hills\u201c. While M\u00fcnsterland is basically quite flat, Baumberge is an elevation of some 187 metres above sea level. It is the highest elevation in M\u00fcnsterland. Baumberge is famous for its decently yellow sandstone. First quarries have existed some 1.000 years ago already. Baumberge Sandstone has been widely used during the past couple of centuries. Both, palace and dome in M\u00fcnster were made from this quality of sandstone. Johann Schlaun, an architect of the baroque era, designed the town centre of Nottuln, combining the yellow sandstone with red bricks. The building works started in 1748 and the group of houses surrounding the parish church is still being used by the local government and as the town hall.<\/p>\n

\"Wesel-Datteln<\/a><\/p>\n

Funnily enough, once more I am living in the vicinity of a water parting. Here basically it means some streams drain into river Rhine, others into river Ems. Both rivers are navigable waters and there are a number of canals running more or less parallel to some of the rivers with locks and canal bridges. There is a waterways crossing not far from here, which is said to be the busiest stretch of water way in the whole of Europe. It is the crossing of Wesel-Datteln-Canal with Dortmund-Ems-Canal. It connects rivers Rhein and Ems with the industries in the Ruhr District and the large ports on the northwestern coastline.<\/p>\n

\"Datteln<\/a>

Datteln lock<\/p><\/div>\n

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Also, not far from here and still within the region of Baumberge is a little town called Havixbeck. It is the home of famous poet Annette von Droste-H\u00fclshoff (1797-1848). Her birth house is a moated castle in a beautiful setting and houses an exhibition on the life of \u201eThe Droste\u201c. When visiting, you will be kindly asked to choose from the felt slippers provided in all sizes in the entry hall and put them over your shoes-as a precaution to protect the old wooden flooring and carpets.<\/p>\n

\"Annette<\/a>

Annette von Droste-H\u00fclshoff<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Castle<\/a>

Castle H\u00fclshoff<\/p><\/div>\n

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And, last but not least. There are the horses. This is a region of horses and horse riding, no doubt. But there are some very special horses here and they are roaming free on grazing land not far from the town of D\u00fclmen. These are the famous \u201eD\u00fclmen Wild Horses\u201c. It is a large group of some 300 horses basically left to themselves in a nature reserve of some 350 hectars. These horses have been kept here for centuries. They have been \u201eEndangered Livestock Breed of the Year\u201c in 2014. The aim is to keep the breed as original as possible. The horses are small and very tough. Once a year a small number of young stallions will be caught by hand and auctioned. This is to keep the size of the drove fairly constant and to prevent excessive fighting between stallions once they have grown up.<\/p>\n

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As I write this, it is, apart from asparagus season, rapeseed bloom. The very specific scent of rapeseed flowers is in the air virtually everywhere. It is sunny and warm-we did have some forceful downpours a couple of days ago.<\/p>\n

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