Our lunch in Gasthaus Schützen in Hornburg, where asparagus was the speciality of the day! The beer was particularly good too.
This was my first visit to Hornburg, although I had read about it in the Braunschweig Jewish Museum, where the interior of the building has been re erected. Before the First World War, Karl Steinacker learned about the planned demolition of the synagogue. He managed to postpone it and to fund the disassembly, transport and the reassembly of the interior. He was supported in the project by several Jewish friends. Any remaining expenses were paid by the Jewish communities in Brunswick.
Architecture students from Braunschweig helped to reconstruct the interior after the move. Until his early retirement in 1935 Karl Steinacker managed to protect the synagogue from the Nazi regime. From 1935 – 1945 the Nazis abused and misinterpreted the exhibition. Unlike many other exhibitions displaying Jewish life, the Jewish gallery was not sourced out to Prague, but remained in Braunschweig. Since 1987 the interior and artifacts have been displayed in Braunschweig´s Jewish Museum.
Hornburg castle was first mentioned in a property deed of 994, when a castle was built on top of a limestone outcrop, and a small town grew around the fortress. Pope Clement ll was born in the town in 1005.
One of Hornburg´s many half timbered houses.
Up at the fortress of the Great Harz Castle, looking out towards the Salzgitter steelworks, and a distant Braunschweig. We came up in the cable car, although I did climb up a few years ago, and I never want to do it again.
From this high point in the Harz mountains, you get a wonderful panoramic view of the Lower Saxony plateau below. A hotel once stood at the top, and a couple of years ago a new small hotel was built with a lovely cafe selling beer of course, and lots of delicious cream cakes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harzburg
The Harzburg, also called Große Harzburg ("Great Harz Castle"), is a former imperial castle, situated on the northwestern edge of the Harz mountain range
Coming down on the cable car.
Strawberries, Joghurt, ice cream and a sweet sauce, what more could a woman ask for.
After refresments at the top of the hill, we paid a visit to an ice cream parlour in Bad Harzburg itself. There are many clinics in the town, where the waters are used to aid healing.
I have added three links, as these can give you all the information about the places we visited.
After refresments at the top of the hill, we paid a visit to an ice cream parlour in Bad Harzburg itself. There are many clinics in the town, where the waters are used to aid healing.
I have added three links, as these can give you all the information about the places we visited.
Thank you, Vicki, for a wonderful day! It was very lovely with you! - And what a funny idea with Michael carrying a big suit case throug Weymouth - filled with your inherited money ....
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