I visited the Königssee in Bavaria and Salzburg

April 20, 2023

I visited the Königssee in Bavaria and Salzburg

A few weeks ago I visisted the very southeast part of Germany

Here we are at Schönau at the beautiful Königssee

Detailed view of an ibex (seems to be an old statue)

the turquoise water of the Königssee

waiting for the boat to come

waterfall

St. Bartholomew

It started raining and I decided to visit the church

tourist boats with 4-ton-electric-engines in the pouring rain

St. Bartholomew and the famous Watzmann with loads of fog

Just a few hours in Salzburg, Austria

it really started snowing (!!)

The place where Mozart was born

The high altar inside the Collegiate church

Austrian coffee culture at "Tomaselli"

Creator of the "Original Salzburger Mozartkugel"

online

of course I bought a few - they are of excellent quality and taste

Another worldfamous building is the white 5***** Hotel Sacher

There are so many sights left to see (Mirabell, the castle, the city itself)

... but the snow cutted us of the joy of exploring more. Will come back - for sure!

Bad Reichenhall

Austrian coffee culture at the Café Reber

Commemorating the dead soldiers of WW I + II

Saltworks building (industrial heritage) to make salt of brine

- the so-called trademark "Reichenhaller Salz"

The Wittelsbacher Fountain (cultural heritage), built 1905

From the slender column, Bavaria looks down. In her left hand she holds a golden scepter, in her right hand a shield with the Bavarian coat of arms. She wears an oak wreath in her hair.

At the foot of the column, eight relief figures represent the social structure of the Bavarian people of that time: art, science, farming, forestry, crafts, handicrafts, industrial workers and trade. The inscription "To the glorious house of Wittelsbach - the faithful city of Bad Reichenhall" is written in Gothic letters.

Electoral Salt Office clerk, 16th c. style

A controller of the salt office

Interior of the St. Johannes Hospital Church, Bad Reichenhall

Already more than 1200 years ago, in the year 788, this church was mentioned in the Salzburg register of goods and up to the 12th century Johannes-Spital was even the only place of worship in the city. Like so many other buildings in the area, the great fire in the city destroyed most of the Sankt Johannes-Spital, so the church was rededicated in 1878.

From the 14th to the 19th century, the joint bread shop of the Reichenhall bakers was located there.

The old bread house is a three-storey corner building with a hipped roof and corner bay, which was rebuilt on older foundations after the town fire of 1834.
Lothar Korvin designed the facade painting around 1925. The motifs show i.a. the town fire, the salt works before the town fire, the then new, now old salt works, a mountain rifleman with the Bavarian diamond flag and the city coat of arms as well as several craft guilds.