Imaging Germany 017: Carriage Wall Painting in Boppard (RP)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

017: Carriage wall painting

Boppard is located in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2002. This valley, also known as the Rhine Gorge, 65 km section of the Rhine River between Koblenz and Bingen. This section gained much fame with the Lorelei legend, in which a siren named Lorelei seduced shipmen with her singing, while sitting on a treacherous rock. As a result, many of the shipmen lost their attention to navigation and had their ships wrecked against the rock. For centuries, Boppard was an important city along the track that follows the Rhine River. Carriages must have arrived and departed frequently. Close to a local hostel, at Schinderhannes Platz, this wall painting depicts a carriage pulled by two horses,

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 1991-2001, 2017

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Imaging Germany 016: Playing Giant Outdoor Chess in Boppard (RP)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

016: Playing giant outdoor chess

Boppard is a small town in the Rhine Gorge, in the German state of Rhine-Palatinate. Archaeologic findings  have unearthed traces of early civilizations that date back some 13,000 years. The Romans that their settlement, at the border with the Germanic tribes. Until 1309 Boppard was a free imperial city,  but then became part of the Holy Roman Empire. The well-conserved historic center has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2002. Tourism and wine production are the main economic activities. The picture shows a different activity. Older people that participate in an unusual outdoor chess game with giant pieces. The chess board is located at the margin of the Rhine River.

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 1991-2001, 2017