Germany

From Hanseatic cities to the Bavarian alps

Winter fairytale / Hohenschangau, Germany
ID:11010259 / A view of the iconic Neuschwanstein castle on a cold winter day
Salzspeicher / Lübeck, Germany
ID:16010120 / Cold morning along the river Trave in Lübeck
A foggy start / Bamberg, Germany
ID:17100133 / When I woke up and looked out of the window this day, I was quite disappointed with the weather at first. Visibility was poor and one could barely see the other side of the street. I decided to visit the spot and composition I had scouted the evening before nonetheless. Luckily the fog lifted a tiny bit and man I am really happy with the dreamy autumn mood this gives to the picture. Oh...and the subject is the old city hall of Bamberg by the way ;-)
St. Coloman church / Schwangau, Germany
ID:11010091 / A picturesque setting of the St. Coloman chuch in front of the Bavarian alps
Industrial architecture / Essen, Germany
ID:16050503 / Photographic playground at one of Germany's steel giants
Frauenkirche / Dresden, Germany
ID:17100208 / This image portraits the classic view of the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) in Dresden. The church was completely rebuilt, starting in 1994 and completed in 2005.
The shed / Füssen, Germany
ID:11010228 / This setting transports a strong sense of the cosiness of winter
Semperoper / Dresden, Germany
ID:17100215 / The Semperoper is one of the well-known landmarks of Dresden. Here it is seen during the morning blue hour, which is a great time of the day to enjoy and capture it all alone.
Kölner Dom / Cologne, Germany
ID:17070223 / One of the best view points to see the Kölner Dom is from the so-called “Schäl Sick”. With this the Colognians mean the “wrong” side of the river Rhein, which would be the east side of the Rhein. This image was taken on the roof of a high-rise building on this “wrong” side of town.
Floating Symmetry / Hamburg, Germany
ID:17090054 / This entrance of the Überseequartier subway station is designed in a perfect symmetrical manner. Cold tones make an otherwise dark subway station appear bright, friendly and clean.
Barock city / Fulda, Germany
ID:16050489 / Blue hour image of a yellow casted Michaelskirche
Bridge houses / Bad Kreuznach, Germany
ID:18040203 / The so-called "Brückenhäuser" (bridge houses) are the landmark of Bad Kreuznach, a city in Rhineland-Palatinate situated along the river Nahe
Fürstenzug / Dresden, Germany
ID:17100180 / This approx. 150m long wall is made out of porcelain tiles. It showcases Saxon rulers throughout the ages. This particular street caught my attention while I was trying to photograph the well known "Frauenkirche" from a little less obvious angle.
Neuschwanstein castle / Hohenschwangau, Germany
ID:14100171 / A view of the Neuschwanstein castle seen from the Marienbrücke on a beautiful autumn afternoon
Golden sunset / Frankfurt am Main, Germany
ID:17110220 / I couldn't have wished for any better circumstances to photograph the Frankfurt skyline. This day the cloud cover looked promising, so I decided to take advantage of it at a high viewpoint during sunset.
Winter landscape / Hüfingen, Germany
ID:12120193 / After the sun had set, the landscape turned into an almost pastel like painting
Taunus Middle Age / Runkel, Germany
ID:17050293 / Runkel is one of several small romantic villages along the Lahn river and is located in the most western part of the Taunus, a mountain range in central Germany, not too far away from Frankfurt am Main. In the past years I have passed the area of Limburg an der Lahn numerous times, but never found a good occasion to explore the area a bit. This day timing was perfect and while I was driving south on Autobahn A3 behind a dying thunderstorm, I decided to try my luck in Runkel to capture it middle age castle.
Lonely trees / Füssen, Germany
ID:11010232 / An almost abstract image of 2 lonely trees on a foggy and hazy day, seen in the Allgäu hills around the town of Füssen
Speicherstadt / Hamburg, Germany
ID:17090030 / Probably one of the most well known buildings in Hamburg is the Wasserschloss Speicherstadt, which is located on the east side of Hamburgs old storage city. The building can be best viewed from the Poggenmühlenbrücke facing west.
Looking up / Hamburg, Germany
ID:17090080 / When looking up in the inner court of the Chile House in Hamburg, one sees a perfect rectangular structure of brick wall and large windows.
Holstentor / Lübeck, Germany
ID:16010125 / Two famous landmarks of Lübeck; the Holstentor and Salzspeicher along the river Trave
Golden glow / Dresden, Germany
ID:17100194 / This view from the east side of the river Elbe is also referred to as Canaletto view, named after the Italian painter Giovanni Antonio Canal.
Bastei Bridge / Wehlen, Germany
ID:17100354 / I found a true autumn color explosion during my visit to Bohemian Switzerland. It had rained intensively during the night which contributed to a kind of soft and moody looking scene.
Schäl Sick Pano / Cologne, Germany
ID:17100041 / After taking a photo from the Kölner Dom from a high vantage point in the summer time, I came back to Cologne in Autumn and wanted to find a composition from the so-called “Schäl Sick” (the "wrong" side of the river Rhine) that shows the Kölner Dom, the Gross St. Martin, the old town hall as well as the television tower....and in such way the all construction cranes are hidden behind said buildings...I guess this angle worked out quite well!
Karl Theodor Bridge / Heidelberg, Germany
ID:17010098 / Heidelberg's most famous bridge seen on a cold and frosty afternoon along the Neckar river
Bank city / Frankfurt am Main, Germany
ID:17020017 / Frankfurt am Main is the only German city with a skyline of high-rise buildings like this. Ironically this compressed overview of the bank district can be found close to the European Central Bank, which seems to have a watching eye over it
New town hall / Hannover, Germany
ID:16020090 / A frosty yet clear morning in Hannover
Canaletto / Dresden, Germany
ID:17100295 / This view from the east side of the river Elbe to the old Town of Dresden is called Canaletto view, which is named after the Italian painter Giovanni Antonio Canal. Also this panorama is referred to as "Elbflorenz" or "Elbe Florence" based on its similarity to its Italian counterpart. If you ask me, then I would say this view has more similarity to the view from the Ponte Umberto in Rome facing the St. Peters Dome in the Vatican... In any case there is an Italian touch to this eastern German city.
Modern symmetry / Stuttgart, Germany
ID:19020010 / The city library of Stuttgart is build as a bright open square that offers interesting vantage points for photography.
Nikolaikirche / Leipzig, Germany
ID:19010194 / 12 pictures, stitched together as matrix panorama were required to capture this view onto the Nikolai church in Leipzig.
Half-timbered houses / Monschau, Germany
ID:20100023 / A beautiful view of the old town of Monschau with its many half-timbered houses along the river Rur.