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selenak ([personal profile] selenak) wrote2020-04-10 01:55 pm
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There must be bunnies!

Due to the Corona virus, there are no Easter Wells this year in Franconia. Rather than abandon my annual Easter Wells pic spam, though, I decided on a „Best of“ selection through the years. After all, you might have missed a few through the years.



Courtesy of the ever changing date for Easter, we’ve had all kind of weather in Franconia Here are a few wintery Easter wells with freezing bunnies
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Same well (Biberach), different year:
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And in every year, it’s the details that make this tradition so lovely:
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If you don’t have a well in your village, go for a bridge, like the citzens of Drosendorf:
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Always one of the most splendid wells: Heiligenstadt.

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In one year, I came just when there was also dancing.

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Meanwhile, in Ebermannsstadt:
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And on the road:
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Back to Biberbach again. The ostrich eggs are incredible each year. Like this one:
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But my heart belongs to the less famous wells, too. Like this one:
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And then there’s one we haven’t visited two or so years, because it’s a big side tour, but:
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How long ago was this? Well, look who was still Pope then:

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(The guy next to him is still bishop, though.)

Occasionally, someone recalls that the bunny isn’t actually the animal used as a metaphor in the source text:
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Possible uses of eager eggs: advertise your shop! (This one is from a butcher’s place.)
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Back to entire wells.
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But really, look at those details everywhere:
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Grimms Märcheneier photo SAM_7914_zpsbz6tpyoc.jpg

If you’re wondering where all those villages with Easter Wells are, here’s an overview of Franconian Switzerland:
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And then there was the year of Luther (2017).

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Luther in Weiß photo SAM_2809_zpsihyly6qn.jpg
Blauer Luther photo SAM_2833_zpsj6u7crnp.jpg

Luther in Gelb photo SAM_2840_zpspy1fccb3.jpg

Luther in Blau photo SAM_2845_zps1kwzl2n7.jpg

This kind of thing will never happen to Calvin, mark my word.
Next Luther in Blau photo SAM_2845_zps1kwzl2n7.jpg, we had the year of fairy tales:
Gestiefelter Kater Behringersmühle photo 2018_0330Ostern0052_zpszuwwtdav.jpg
Schneewittchen - Behringersmühle photo 2018_0330Ostern0057_zpsmfesozgq.jpg
Rapunzel - Behringersmühle photo 2018_0330Ostern0059_zpsyg0q5von.jpg
Dornröschen - Closeup photo 2018_0330Ostern0061_zpszakr9k0u.jpg
Froschkönig - Behringersmühle photo 2018_0330Ostern0064_zpswqmapr7w.jpg
Großmutter im Wolf photo 2018_0330Ostern0066_zpsj4rrce23.jpg

Good times.
Grimm photo 2018_0330Ostern0095_zpswd4aatnu.jpg
Bremer Musikanten Detail Kleingesee photo 2018_0330Ostern0097_zps5igp7vit.jpg
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Which will come again. There shall be bunnies!
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[personal profile] tree_and_leaf 2020-04-10 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for sharing these! A dear friend of mine - not on DW - lives in Fürth, and I haven't seen her for ages. Facebook just reminded me of the time I visited her around Easter and saw all the wells, and I was really missing her, but this has cheered me up.