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Wiesbaden looks lovely. They say the Americans spared the city during the war because they wanted somewhere nice for their occupying forces to stay in.
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My mom's birthplace! (and no, she's not German)
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Beautiful. I've only been there to park at the train station and take the S-Bahn to Frankfurt to avoid parking there, but next time I think I'll check the city out instead of just taking the train out.
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Nice pictures. Wiesbaden looks like a great city. If it's in Hessen with Frankfurt, how come it's the capital and not Frankfurt?
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Nice pictures!
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Wiesbaden is such an underrated city, even within Hessen.
Did you also explore the neighborhoods surrounding the city center? Wiesbaden in my opinion has the grandest and most intact 19th and early 20th century streetscapes of any West German city. What is also striking is the large scale of its Wilhelminian-style buildings in some areas, only surpassed by Berlin, Hamburg and perhaps Leipzig. Not to mention the beautiful mansions all over the city. This place just oozes elegance and wealth. |
Sadly I didn't visit these places...yet. I'm planning on driving down to Wiesbaden again within the forseeable future (perhaps within the next 2 monts) to check out some of those residential areas in more detail.
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Wonderful. No wonder why the world wants to immigrate to Germany. Germans know how to do it best.
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Sumptuous buildings - great shots!
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Hessian State Theater...actually not the main entrance:
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Wow, this city is beautiful! I just spent sometime in my girlfriend's hometown of Ulm a couple of weeks ago. Love the German culture! Thanks for the great photos.
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Was für eine schöne Stadt! It would never have occurred to me to visit- next time I'm in Germany I'll be sure to check it out.
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very nice. Is it very common in Germany for the state capital cities to NOT BE the largest/most important cities in the state (otherwise, Frankfurt would be the capital).
it seems the same thing as in the US. Here in Brazil, state capitals are the largest most important cities in ALL states except one, where the capital is the second largest city (Florianopolis) what are these? I saw tons of them in Germany and not many in other european cities (at least in London, Amsterdam and Paris). Are they supposed from keeping small dumb birds from crashing into the glass? |
It's not that common. Off the top of my head I'd say there are just 3 German states where there's a larger city than the state capital (Northrhine-Westphalia: Cologne > Düsseldorf, Hessen: Frankfurt > Wiesbaden, Mecklenburg-West Pommerania: Rostock > Schwerin). Sometimes there are historic reasons for this. Schwerin for example used to be the capital of a duchy before the end of WWI and it just took over that role after the abolition of the monarchy.
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Wiesbaden is cool . It was in the 19 th century one of the most exclusive spa and relax towns and destinations for high ranking monarchs and other very rich people from all over europe and further alongside Baden-Baden like many later it was Monte Carlo /Monaco !:)
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Very nice pictures, I love Wiesbaden. A good friend of my family's used to call it home, and I swear you took a pic of where she lived. This looks so familiar:
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Very nice pictures. Wiesbaden looks incredibly wealthy.
Sadly, I haven't managed to visit the area yet. |
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Some new ones!
Tower of the city's central train station: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5349/8...341a52c1_o.jpg Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof Gründerzeit-facade: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2823/8...d84c6bc4_o.jpg Wiesbaden Neo-Romanesque Ringkirche: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3714/8...e653363c_o.jpg Ringkirche Wiesbaden Luisenplatz and Bonifatiuskirche: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8116/8...fbb03c9f_o.jpg Luisenplatz Wiesbaden http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2828/8...9a7b7366_o.jpg Wiesbaden Marktkirche and City Hall: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7436/8...8b7b6847_o.jpg Wiesbaden |
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Wiesbaden Ringkirche once again: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2876/8...6fab6733_o.jpg Ringkirche Wiesbaden http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7424/8...86d8f372_o.jpg Wiesbaden http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2868/8...7189416c_o.jpg Wiesbaden Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof (train station): http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5441/8...5f2d1f83_o.jpg Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2856/8...53bf0b42_o.jpg Wiesbaden http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/8...936ea604_o.jpg Wiesbaden Entrance to the Ringkirche: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7398/8...42276c6d_o.jpg Ringkirche Wiesbaden Statue of Gutenberg in front of the state library: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7323/8...1594c1f4_o.jpg Wiesbaden |
Porticus of the Kurhaus:
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Beautiful place. I love the old buildings. I must admit the statue of man and the bird, the guy's eyes kind of freaked me out. :runaway: ;)
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thanks for the pics. it's just made my must visit list. and motivates me to get more of my germany pics posted.
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Hauptbahnhof:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8404/8...a8cf352d_o.jpg Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof Really liked this facade: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2888/8...e662cf67_o.jpg Wiesbaden Facade of Wiesbaden's city hall, rebuilt after sustaining serious damage during WW2 in a far simpler fashion: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5326/8...d3f426f4_o.jpg Rathaus Wiesbaden What it looked like before the war: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...baden_1900.jpg Source: Wikipedia Neo-something facade near city hall: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8273/8...035dc179_o.jpg Wiesbaden Something a little more brutalist: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3739/8...06332fac_o.jpg Wiesbaden |
Villa Clementine:
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Looks like a cute town. This is a really nice monument thing on the right:
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I think it's known as the Marktsäule (market column). Also includes a little fountain.
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My older brothers were born in the US Air Force Base in Wiesbaden. I was born after my family moved back to the US but interesting to see where they grew up.
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Very nice pics!!! I was just there over the weekend. Loved the buildings and the hot springs. :-)
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Wonderful town. I believe our king and queen just visited Wiesbaden? As you mentioned, the Nassaus have a history there.
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Nassau Castle is located relatively close to Wiesbaden as well.
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Gründerzeit (late 19th century) facades in the Rheinstraße, one of the major streets in the city:
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What a beautiful city. Nice job!
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