Fürth

Transblawg | 27. April 2012 — This is just some background information on Germany. The photo is not easy to read, but it says that Traffic Psychologist Wolfgang Roth can prepare you for the Medizinisch-Psychologische Untersuchung (MPU). This is going on all over Germany. It is also known as the Idiotentest. If you lose your dri…

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Transblawg | 23. April 2012 —Here are some pictures taken in the Stadtpark recently, showing a curious feature of Germany - shepherds sometimes turn up in the middle of town with their flock. I wonder what roads they come along? There were three dogs and an electric fence, which was moved around so they cropped different areas …

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Transblawg | 16. April 2012 — This evening, scenes of extraordinary jubilation on the streets of Fürth ostensibly marked the football team's ascent to the first division. But readers know they were really celebrating Transblawg's ninth birthday (I forgot about the eighth in 2011). The song was 'Nie mehr zweite Liga'. Quick reac…

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Transblawg | 11. April 2012 —William Wilson, as reported here before, was the British driver of the first train that travelled between Fürth and Nuremberg. There isn't much about him in the internet in English, but a Wikipedia article in German, and more in the franken-wiki. One learns that he didn't speak a word of German when…

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Transblawg | 21. Februar 2012 — Yesterday. The temperature is now around zero and feels mild. Canal still thawing. Last week I saw a boat coming through breaking the ice in the middle. View along Main-Danube Canal towards harbour (right) and Solarberg (can be seen in the distance). We don't talk about the turquoise building. …

Transblawg | 17. Februar 2012 — The Fürth hospital was built in 1931. You can see the original design - there is a huge new section attached on the back. It was originally a shallow building with big windows allowing light in from both front and back of each ward. The white sections at the ends are new too. Not sure what they cha…

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Recht am Bild | 17. Februar 2012 — Das Landgericht München I hat mit Urteil vom 14.02.2012 (Az.: 9 O 29610/11) entschieden, dass die ehemalige Fürther Landrätin Gabriele Pauli es dulden muss, dass Fotos, die sie in aufreizender Pose und mit Latex-Handschuhen zeigen, veröffentlicht werden. Read more ... …

Transblawg | 7. Februar 2012 — The metal plate has been released to say 'auf eigenes Risiko gestattet' - it usually says just 'verboten', I think. But at -15°C, too cold - only two skaters at 13.00. Meanwhile, here is a warmer headcovering (my upper cheeks have been getting very cold): And here possibly a Scot: or two …

Transblawg | 5. Februar 2012 —In case anyone's missed it, a tree attacker has been at work in this area - in four areas in fact - partially sawing through about sixty young trees in December - which has now come to light. The tool used was apparently a Japanese hand saw, which makes slender cuts. In Germany you can see the contr…

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Transblawg | 2. Februar 2012 — It's very cold here at the moment (-10°C but sunny).…

Transblawg | 22. Januar 2012 — The City Center, the hardest-to-renovate shopping centre in Germany, with 351 owners (not a joke), was supposed to have closed on 13 January, and most of it did. A few shops turn out to have longer leases. What's more, it seems the final agreement of the investor has not been obtained.…

Transblawg | 20. Dezember 2011 — This is exciting - Nuremberg playing Fürth. Unfortunately Nuremberg have been playing better recently. Still, it would be shameful for a first-division team to be beaten by a second-division one.…

Transblawg | 12. Dezember 2011 — At the Fürth Altstadtweihnachtsmarkt (posted with permission). …

Transblawg | 6. Dezember 2011 —Appropriate for the date, but I think I've seen a better one of these in Barcelona. Meanwhile, the Rathaus is lit up for Christmas. I wonder about the very bright window surround - did they run out of the new dim EU bulbs, or did they forget? …

Transblawg | 5. Dezember 2011 —I was excited to see this green public transport ticket machine. The last one was carefully painted bronze by restorers. One hopes the city council haven't got enough money to desecrate this one. For the restoring, see this earlier photo. The peculiar oval rubbish bins have been rebronzed. This is a…

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