We then arrived in Bad Homburg. We didn't take many photos on this trip as we had seen the "sights" in 2011.
Our friends back garden. Taken in early October. They are keen gardens and have lived there since the 1960,s.
They also have an 'allotment' a km or so away which gives them plenty of fruit and vegetables. We always had a choice of 2 or 3 different home made jams and preserves with breakfast. This is a photo of their allotment taken in late September 2011 so you can have an idea of how well their plot produces.
What they did do was to take us to Darmstadt, about 50 km away. They wanted to show us us the Mathildenhöhe Art Nouveau 'Artists Colony' buildings and museum. The area was founded around 1899 and sponsored by the 'Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine' - a grandson of Queen Victoria - descended from her Daughter, Princess Alice. One of his sisters was the ill-fated Alexandra, wife of Tsar Nicholas 11.
The buildings are ornamental works were completed in the Jugendstil mode.Those of you who read my Norway TR may remember that this is the style that was incorporated in the rebuilding of Alesund after much of it was destroyed by fire.
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The "Wedding Tower" - built to celebrate the Grand Duke's second marriage and built in 1908.
Cast Iron work detail
There are a number of interesting buildings on the site. There is an excellent museum with lots of smaller art nouveau creations. But once more missing photos - grumble grumble.
This set of furniture was on display in the museum and I had to take some very detailed photos of it as it was identical to that in our hosts childhood home
In the middle of this art nouveau area this Russian Orthodox Chapel strikes a very incongruous note. It was built in 1899 of Russian stone and used by the Tsar and Tsarina when they visited her family