Category Archives: garden

Frühjahr

Posted on 03/02/2014 by Marcellina

The German word Frühjahr is, according to the online dictionaries, a synonym for Frühling, or “spring” (the season). However I sometimes have taken the word to mean “beginning of the year”, and so, with the proximity of the advent of … Continue reading →

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KZ 3 Apples

Posted on 30/01/2013 by Marcellina

It was 80 years ago today that Hitler assumed power in Germany, and there are war documentaries all over the television airwaves. Actually one can almost always find a war documentary somewhere on tv, but they tend to cluster more … Continue reading →

Posted in food, garden, Germany, history, lives of others, memory, nature | 2 Comments

>Weekend Mountain Blogging: Wildblümchen

Posted on 09/04/2010 by Marcellina

>I went out to look for an endangered flower called the Innsbrucker Küchenschellen, or Innsbruck Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla oenipontana,) for which there are areas set aside on the sunny slopes north of the town. This unusual flower only grows around … Continue reading →

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>Hofgarten im Winter

Posted on 07/01/2010 by Marcellina

> The Innsbrucker Hofgarten is celebrating 600 years in existence. Established in 1410 by Duke Friedrich IV (“with the empty pockets”), it is an example of the English-style gardens that were copied by monarchs all over the continent (the English … Continue reading →

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