Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts

Friday 6 December 2013

Black Forest Mountain Germany

Black Forest mountain range is one of the most admired tourist place in Germany. Located in Baden-Wurttemberg, southwestern Germany, It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres. The region is almost rectangular with a length of 160 km and breadth of up to 60 km. The Black Forest consists of a cover of sandstone on top of a core of gneiss and granites. Formerly it shared tectonic evolution with the nearby Vosges Mountains. Later during the Middle Eocene a rifting period affected the area and caused formation of the Rhine graben. During the last glacial period of the Wurm glaciation, the Black Forest was covered by glaciers; several tarns or lakes such as the Mummelsee are remains of this period.

















Friday 8 November 2013

The Incredible Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany

Water bridges structures are that carry navigable waterway canals over other rivers, valleys, railways or roads. It is uncommon concept in the world and this helps in small ships and boats ply on these waterways. The most famous water bridge is the Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany, the longest and the most impressive in the world. The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct in Germany that attaches the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal, and let ships to cross over the Elbe River. At 918 meters, it is the longest navigable aqueduct in the world. The Elbe-Havel and Mittelland canals had in the past met near Magdeburg but on opposite sides of the Elbe. Ships moving between the two had to make a 12 KM detour, descending from the Mittelland Canal through the Rothensee boat lift into the Elbe, and then sailing downstream on the river, before entering the Elbe-Havel Canal through Niegripp lock. Low water levels in the Elbe often prevented fully laden canal barges from making this crossing, requiring time-consuming off-loading of cargo. The construction of the water link was begun in the early 1930s but due to the World War II and subsequent division of Germany the constructions remained suspended till 1997. The bridge took six years to build at a heavy cost of about half a billion euros, and will enable river barges to avoid a lengthy and sometimes unreliable passage along the Elbe. The stunning aqueduct was finally completed and opened for public in 2003.








Sunday 20 October 2013

World's Largest Miniature Airport of Germany

The world's largest model airport situated at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany, which is also home to the world’s largest model railway landscape. The model airport is based off of Hamburg's Fuhlsbüttel International airport. It also includes a whopping list of accessories, including 40,000 lights, 40 planes, 500 Cars, 15,000 figurines, 10,000 trees, 50 trains, 1000 wagons, 100 signals, 200 switches and 300 buildings. The display took 7 years and roughly $4.8 million to build.