Completed 3rd - 5th January 2025 - 25th Megamarathon

25th Megamarathon - silver jubilee!!

It was an honour to assemble jigsaw puzzles together with my friends of the german jigsaw forum again and we made it big this time.

These were my choices and they were good ones. Thank you to all my friends who sent me these jigsaw puzzles to assemble them once and quickly ;-)

Day 1

187 Pieces

Simba and Friends - Lion King, Disney

F.X. Schmid, Germany

150 Pieces

Outer Space - by Adrian Chesterman

Ravensburger, 2015

187 Pieces

No Prob Llama - Illustration by Getty Images

Innovakids, Germany

100 Pieces

no title (cute dog with a red heart cushion)

Eurographics, USA

100 + 60 Pieces

Lars The little Ice Bear: The snowball fight (100) + Evening Mood (60)

Schmidt Spiele, Germany

104 Pieces

Mickey Mouse and Friends

Trefl

 

104 Pieces

I Love London

Ravensburger, 2011

204 Pieces

The Tiger and his friends - by Janosch

Janosch and Diogenes Verlag

Ravensburger, 1997

104 Pieces

Trip Around the World - Illustration by Imke Kretzmann

Mauseschlau und Bärenstark, means smart like a mouse and strong like a bear. This is a trademark in Germany by Schmidt Spiele

Ravensburger, 2016

104 Pieces

Animals of the World - by Howard Robinson

Ravensburger, 2015

204 Pieces

Dinosaurs - by Mario Kessler

Ravensburger, 2000

 

I remember that I assembled this one many years ago. Just found out that it was in October 2009! 15 years ago!

500 Pieces

Cute Kittens - Illustration by Barbara Behr

Anatolian, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti

 

> I removed the jigsaw puzzle back into its box before taking a good photo. 

Will assemble it again ;-)

 

Day 2

300 Pieces

Mickey and friends

Ravensburger, 2023

200 Pieces

Sledging through the wintry forest

Illustration: Thea Roß

Spiegelburg, Germany

300 Pieces

Moana (Vaiana, Disney)

Ravensburger Puzzle Moment, 2022

300 Pieces

Sushi (Shutterstock)

Ravensburger Puzzle Moment, 2023

50+80+100+150 Pieces

Avengers - by Marvel

Educa

100+100 Pieces

Captain America - Civil War (Marvel)

Educa

200 Pieces

Captain America - Civil War (Marvel)

Educa

 

Day 3

500 Pieces

Colourful Cupcakes

Educa

500 Pieces

Father's Day Ties

Cobble Hill

500 Pieces

Balls of Yarn

Cobble Hill, Canada

100 Pieces

Pirate Ship - by Gerold Como

Ravensburger Star Line, 1996

108 Pieces (-1)

From the movie "Frozen"

Clementoni

150 Pieces

Safari - Playmobil (Photo: B. Förderer, 1982)

Ravensburger,  1984

 

300 Pieces

Wallgau, Bavarian Alps - Photo by R. Kirsch

Ravensburger, 2012

 

Finished 6th March 2022

 

1000 Pieces

Austrian Mountains (Karwendel)

47° 25′ N, 11° 26′ O

Photography by Reinhold Kirsch

Ravensburger, 2010

Finished 1st May 2018

500 Pieces

Black Forest: In the Gutach Valley

 48° 17′ 6″ N, 8° 11′ 51.36″ E

Photo by Reinhold Kirsch

The puzzle shows a typical farmhouse located in the Valley 

of the Gutach River in the Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Finished 1st April 2018

500 Pieces

The Dolomites

Photo: Reinhold Kirsch

Ravensburger, 1998

Finished 1st July 2017

Pure bavarian attitude of life 

500 (-1) Pieces

Spring in Garmisch

47° 30′ 0″ N, 11° 5′ 0″ E

Well known for its view of the Zugspitze, the highest mountain of Germany (Elevation 2962 m), and the Great sky jumping hill. A world cup competition is held there every year on January 1, as a part of the Four Hills Tournament.

 A ASS jigsaw puzzle dated back to the 1980ies with an excellent quality, except of the missing piece. Picture taken from the archive "Bildarchiv R. Kirsch, Garmisch."

Finished 31st July 2015

 150 Pieces

"Perfect beach" by Kirsch

Ravensburger Travel Jigsaw Puzzle, 2008

&

 150 Pieces

"Ready for the Island!" by sheepworld

Ravensburger Travel Jigsaw Puzzle, 2008

These are really tiny pieces - compared to a common Educa Piece

Finished 29th June 2014

1000 Pieces

Wallgau in front of the Wetterstein

47° 31′ 0″ N, 11° 17′ 0″ E

Photo taken by R. Kirsch - Ravensburger Jigsaw Puzzle (2003)

Wallgau is a pittoresque municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. 

The Wetterstein is a mountain range in the northern Alps. On the other side of the peak is Tyrol, Austria. The highest peak of the Wetterstein is the Zugspitze.

The family of Magdalena Neuner lives in Wallgau.

The beautiful white church is named after Apostle James the Greater (german: St. Jakobus)

Finished 11th November 2013

 

 1000 Pieces

Church of our Lady, Dresden, Germany

(photography taken by Kirsch)

The colours are really strange as the illumination of the church is similar to the so-called "blue hour", when the sun has already set, but the sky is covered with sunlit pink clouds... seems like there was a bit too much work on the digital data :-D .... anyway, it was pure fun assembling this Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle.

Just take a look at the depth of focus. You can detect so many details on just these twelve pieces