Another set from Obereversand. This time not as foggy as last time. A one hour session with the Voigtländer 58mm/f1.4 again showed brillant performance of the lens mounted to the D800.
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Cuxhaven
Sunset evening shots in Cuxhaven close to the Kugelbake landmark. Mainly using the Voigtländer Nokton 58/1.4 with the D800 and D3.
Cuxhaven: Castle Ritzebüttel
Ritzebüttel Castle in Cuxhaven was the residence of the Hamburg bailiff during the period of membership of Cuxhaven to Hamburg. The castle, which dates partly from the 14th century, is one of the oldest surviving secular buildings of the North German Brick Gothic in the region.
Cuxhaven: Lighthouse “Kleiner Preusse”
From Wikipedia: The lighthouse was built in 1906 along the dike of Wremer garnet cutter port as a cross light. Because of its small size and its black and white paint, he received his name “Little Prussian”. In 1930 he was again dismantled, after wearing a red and white paint few years. The current lighthouse is […]
Cuxhaven: Lighthouse Obereversand
From Wikipedia: The former Eversand upper fire is now placed in Dorum-Neufeld. The height is 37.40 m above low water. It is a black, four-sided tower on grid structure, with two galleries and round lantern. The top fire Eversand was built 1886/87 on behalf of the Hanseatic City of Bremen by the AG Weser. Together with the lower […]
Cuxhaven: Hinrich-Wilhelm-Kopf caserne
Hinrich-Wilhelm-Kopf caserne. The place I spent nearly 10 years of my life for “working”. Now this has obviously gotten down. Since more than 15 years no one is there anymore and this is truly visible. Curious what happens to that huge area when they close fully down in summer this year and try to sell […]
Cuxhaven: Kugelbake Landmark
From Wikipedia: The Kugelbake (German: Ball Beacon) is a historic aid to navigation in the city of Cuxhaven, Germany, at the northernmost point of Lower Saxony, where the River Elbe flows into the North Sea. In the Low German dialect of the Middle Ages, the term bake referred to all navigational aids – including lighthouses. About […]
Cuxhaven: Karstadt/Hertie Store
Finally, actually 2 times finally, they are tearing down the closed Karstadt/Hertie building in Cuxhaven. 2 times, because I finally found some time to have a closer look at the building pull down. Karstadt opened their store in Cuxhaven on September 28th 1960. At that time, it was a modern concrete building but nowadays this […]
Cuxhaven: Gaff Schooner “Hermine”
From Cuxpedia: The ship, located at Schleusenpriel, was build at the Hamburg shipyard Behrens in 1904. Until 1934 it was operating on the coastal routes in North and Baltic Seas, before it was sold to Sweden. In 1981 the ship was rediscovered in Sweden. At the turn of 1981/1982 the ship sank in the river […]
Cuxhaven: Berenscher Schedelstein
From the marker close to the stone: End of 14th century Hamburg acquired some territory at the spout of river Elbe (Amt Ritzebüttel) which is today mostly located within Cuxhaven. Part of this where also 5 small villages including Arensch and Berensch. The borderline to the neighbors in the south – county Wursten – was not […]