Tuesday/Rain/Wind/Residenzschloss and Slightly Startled Owl.

Residenzscloss 1881

It is a wet and windy Tuesday morning and Eintracht Braunschweig's flag is flying vigourously from it's garden pole.  The picture left shows the Residenzschloss as it appeared prior to the wartime bombing of 1944.  The winning team appeared on the balcony above the main entrance on Sunday morning, and much of the city turned out to celebrate.

Most of the original palace was destroyed, and after the war, a decision was made to save and number as many stones as possible, so that the building could be reassembled.  It was finally restored and opened in 2006 as a huge shopping centre, with a library and a museum at each end.  The Quadriga, high up on its rooftop vantage point is the largest in Europe. The stately statues standing in front of the palace are of two former Dukes on their mounts.

The sign says:  Protected Countryside Area.

The signs here are so interesting, especially when they contain one of those very long compound nouns, of which the German language is so fond.  This is three words rolled into one with 23 letters, and the owl looks slightly startled!   "Landschafts (countryside) schutz (protected) gebiet. (area)"  The word is so economical although maybe a short form exsists!   Imagine writing this out fully several times a day.