A trip to Germany: Stuttgart and around in photos

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So thanks to Jeremy’s best friend who is in the Navy and stationed in Stuttgart, Germany I finally visited my birthplace! Yup, 27 years ago my Father was an Army Soldier stationed in Germany and I was born in a hospital in Stuttgart.  I spent the first 9ish months of my life there before my family moved back to the U.S. I have no memories so I thought visiting would lack nostalgia, especially going without my parents, and I never visited while I myself was stationed about 2.5 hours away for three years!

Well I finally went and I actually felt an instant connection with the city.  I love Germany anyway, especially Bavaria, but Baden-Wurttemburg definitely holds a candle to it!  I actually found myself getting tears in my eyes as we rode the train into the city because I was about to witness a part of my life and my family’s lives that were previously a mystery to me.  Here are photos from exploring the first city I lived in beginning with our very first stop at my home as a baby.  A modest little building at 212 Lowentor Strasse holding the second floor apartment my family lived in so many years ago…

212 Lowentor Strass Stuttgart Germany
The Lowentor Gate (Lion’s Gate) at Rosenstein Park where my Mama used to bring my brother and I to play in the park and go to the Stuttgart Zoo.
Bad Canstatt Rathaus and Kirche (Town Hall and Church). Bad Canstatt is the oldest district in Stuttgart and closest neighborhood to where my family lived.
Jeremy enjoying German street food staples – Gluhwein (at Christmastime) and Currywurst!
The Maypole in Bad Canstatt.
Neues Schloss Stuttgart – Grand baroque castle formerly the residence of kings, now offices for government ministries.
Just some lovely architecture and Christmas Spirit at the Landesmuseum on our walk to the markplatz.
The Stiftskirche, sideview. Not sure if you can read the bell tower but it says 1609. This churh was destroyed during WWII and has since been rebuilt.
Stained glass windows inside the church.

And now we move on to some photos from Esslingen, a lovely city outside of Stuttgart and home to some amazing architecture as well as an old fortress that now houses vineyards and, unfortunately, a good amount of graffiti.  I actually went a little crazier here with my camera because the buildings are just so fascinating and the landscape is gorgeous!

Two guys, a girl, and a baby on a bridge…oh wait! I know them!
Stadtkirche St. Dionysus
I was mortified when Jeremy climbed out on that pole!…JK but isn’t that goofy?
This is the Innere Brucke…And old bridge that now sits on land and was originally constructed in…wait for it…the 14th century!!
Gotta geta couples shot every once in a while!
Now begins my obsession with the Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) and the Markplatz. The buildings! The colors! The intricacy!
Front side of the Old Town Hall. I am obsessed with the colors.
Look at the ornate figures, the gold trim on the clocks.
Last shot from the Markplatz. Colorful ducks in a row.
Gorgeous view of Esslingen complete with vineyards…from the route up to the Dicker Turm (fortress)
The Dicker Turm fortress from inside the walls, keeping its watchful eye over Esslingen.
The Frauenkirche. One town with two breathtaking churches.

 

I hope you enjoyed these photos and maybe learned a few things! If nothing else that architecture in Germany is gorgeous, everything is older than the United States itself, kirche is a church, rathaus is a Town Hall, and Markplatz is the center of the old part of a city.  There ya go 🙂 Plan a trip and let me know if you have any questions! Prost!

-Shaina

 

4 thoughts on “A trip to Germany: Stuttgart and around in photos”

  2. Beautiful memories my dear. I, of course remember your birth in the St. Anna klinik in Bad Canstatt and bringing you home to apartment on Loewentor strasse. Rosenstein Park is a wonderland within a beautiful city.

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