Easter Wells 2016

[selenak]

It's your annual pic spam of eggs and wells again, due to yours truly and the APs having made their trip through Franconian Switzerland. We actually discovered a well we hadn't seen before, which was all about beer and shall be hidden beneath the cut. And we revisited some old favourites. The weather, alas, was cloudy and grey, but the colours of the wells shone all the brighter. Happy Easter, everyone! As much as it can be, in these miserable times.





Always a first stop, since it's very close to Bamberg:





Some wells don't have real eggs, only plastic eggs, but are very pretty regardless:




This well usually comes with bunnies, but this time they decorated with sheep, with a sign to please not take these away, there is an instruction online on how to make them yourself:



Always a favourite: Tiefenpölz:



With the New Testament in Egg form:








And some wildlike education from the local kids:




And an Easter lamb:




Meanwhile, check out what the Obladara kids did:








As for Greifenstein:



Here, they took on motives from the tales by the Brothers Grimm:




Markt Heiligenstadt sports one of the bigger fountains:






And they still don't go for plastic but keep using hand painted eggs:







Passing through the Turbach valley:




We know the Easter Wells inside out, we thought, but every now and then you discover this isn't the case, and/or there is a new one. Like this year in Kleingesee. Guess the theme:








It comes complete with some educational map. If you were wondering just which places Franconian Switzerland consists of:



Last year, we couldn't check on one of my favourites, the bridge of Drosendorf, because the street was getting renewed, but this year, it's available again:



And the reverse side:




And the front:



Nearby Kleinfeld has the source of the small river Aufseß which the bridge above went over in Drosendorf. The Kleinfeld well at the Aufseß origin looks thusly:









Like every year, the conclusion of the spam is the biggest of them all, Bieberbach:








With its school for bunnies:



And its awesome details:









Here, a fan of the Nuremberg football (soccer for Americans) club got creative:









And with this, basically, I wish you:

Comments

[tree_and_leaf]

I do like the dressed Franconian wells. Thank you for posting this!

[selenak]

You're very welcome.

[wee_warrior]

Very pretty they are. Happy Easter to you, too!

[selenak]

:)

[sally_maria]

These are marvellous - thank you very much for sharing them. :-)

[selenak]

You're very welcome!

[littlerhymes]

Great photos! I love all the tiny details. The Brothers Grimm ones are amazing.

[selenak]

Aren't they just? I loved them.

[lilacsigil]

Until you said, I had no idea that these were actually all real eggs! I thought that they were hand-painted plastic! I love this Easter tour every year, so thank you for posting it.

[selenak]

You're very welcome. And check out the tops of the eggs, where the strings or whatever go on - you can see from the uneven openings that most of them are real.

[msilverstar]

They are adorable! Such cheerful gifts by and to the community.

[selenak]

Yes indeed. :)

[anonymous_sibyl]

These are so pretty. The sheep are adorable--I know if I show them to my sister she'll find the instructions online and makethem!

[selenak]

I hope they have them in English, too!

[rachelmanija]

Thank you so much for these. They're lovely.

The bridge photos are especially beautiful, but the bunny school was hilarious.

[selenak]

I love it a lot, too. I'm glad you enjoy the photos!

[genarti]

So cool! I'd never seen egg-studded garlands like that, and I really love the way they look. Striking from a distance, and really interesting to see all the different painted eggs up close, too.

[selenak]

I'm glad you like them!