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Halle – Riebeckplatz (in its 2008 version...)
[de] Die gesamte Fläche wurde ausgebaggert, und eine neue Tiefebene wurde geschaffen, wo nun die Straßenbahn rollt. Die Hochstraße mit der blauen Seitenlackierung bestand schon immer, jedoch wurden die Pfeiler neu eingesetzt. Das Verkehrschaos, das in den letzten 20+ Jahren herrschte — wo Straßenbahn und Autoverkehr auf dem (heutigen) mittlerem Level waren — ist endlich passé.
2008-May-03 11:27 +0200
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Station “Riebeckplatz” (north and west tracks)
Halle – Franckestraße
Local time: 11:36. Distance ahead: 1.70 km
2008-May-03 11:36 +0200
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(Obere) Franckestraße, Station “Am Leipziger Turm” und rundrum.
2008-May-03 11:36 +0200
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The East German traffic mannekin is omnipresent. Most new traffic lights have it (again).
[de] Das ostdeutsche Ampelmännchen ist allgegenwärtig. Die meisten neuen Ampeln haben es (wieder).
2008-May-03 11:36 +0200
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Franckeplatz
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Station “Franckeplatz”
2008-May-03 11:36 +0200
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Station “Glauchaer Platz”
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A rare Wartburg car is driving by! (front row, right)
[de] Seltenes Wartburg-Auto (vorne rechts).
Halle – Zentrum
Local time: 12:00. Distance ahead: 1.80 km
2008-May-03 12:00 +0200
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Viele Brücken.
2008-May-03 12:00 +0200
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Rund ums mdr-Sendehaus.
2008-May-03 12:00 +0200
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Specialty: The Kirnitzschtalbahn waggon!
[de] Besonderheit: der Kirnitzsch-talbahn-Waggon.
2008-May-03 12:00 +0200
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Hallmarkt (Salt market), Göbelbrunnen and Marienkirche (Western towers)
2008-May-03 12:00 +0200
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Marienkirche (Eastern towers), unfortunately under repairs
2008-May-03 12:00 +0200
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Market
Halle-Kröllwitz
Local time: 12:58. Distance ahead: 2.65 km.
2008-May-03 12:58 +0200
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Burg Giebichenstein
2008-May-03 12:58 +0200
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Von der Giebichensteinbrücke aus.
2008-May-03 12:58 +0200
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Station “Talstraße”
2008-May-03 12:58 +0200
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Again, the nostalgic traffic light (including bicycle)
2008-May-03 12:58 +0200
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Station “Kröllwitz”
A station, complete with turning loop in the midst of nowhere.
Well, it is supposed to be a park&ride station, but it seems more
like a parking space and, well, station for access to the nearby
forest, in which one can now do shorter walks, should one exhaust
oneself prematurely.
[de] Haltestelle, komplett mit Wendeschleife, praktisch mitten im
Nirgendwo. Soll ein Park&Ride-Platz sein, aber das ganze dient
wohl eher als Parkplatz und eben Haltestelle zur nahegelegenen Heide, in
der man nun kürzere Runden drehen kann, falls man sich vorzeitig
erschöpft hat.
2008-May-03 12:58 +0200
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An Imbissbude colored like the tram.
[de] Imbussbude lackiert wie die Straßenbahn.
Halle – Rabeninsel/Pulverweide(n) and Südpark
Local time: 13:55. Distance ahead: 7.0 km
2008-May-03 13:55 +0200
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Full view of Brennnessel / Nettle (Urtica dioica)
2008-May-03 13:55 +0200
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Macro view of Klebekraut / Galium aparine
2008-May-03 13:55 +0200
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Macro view of a Weinbergschnecke / Helix pomatia
2008-May-03 13:55 +0200
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Südpark
Halle-Neustadt
Local time: 15:56. Distance ahead: 5.92 km
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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Bruchsee
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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Tatra T4D-C, refurbished 3rd generation (introduced around 2007)
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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“Am Kleinen Teich”
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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Bulldozed between fall 2007 and May 2008
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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The typical garden-within-4-blocks
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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Way up to the “Indianerberg”
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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“Indianerberg” – reason for its name is a playground on top (not seen here – I did not bother to go that way)
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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Fahrradständer – mal Ostdeutsch
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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This is how the original non-refurbished blocks look like
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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These lucky dudes have WiMAX-based Internet
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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(Alte) Einkaufspassage Neustadt
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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Am Gastronom
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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For the elders
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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“Taubenbrunnen”, it is even in operation today!
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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The buildings' concrete already collapses by itself (“quick” concrete only holds for 40-50 years; this was built in the 1960s)
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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Entrance to the “Tunnelbahnhof” (subterranean station)
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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View from the station southwards and northwards. Built like an air raid shelter.
2008-May-03 15:56 +0200
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“Morgens halb 10 in Deutschland...”
More places
Local time: 17:16. Distance ahead: 0.83 km
2008-May-03 17:16 +0200
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Tatra T3/T4D tramcar at Riebeckplatz station
2008-May-03 17:16 +0200
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Still lots of construction here
2008-May-03 17:16 +0200
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Don't know what to call your street names? Just prepend “verlängerte” (enlonged) and...
2008-May-03 17:16 +0200
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Hubertusplatz, “Heide” station
Merseburg, 2008-05-04
Local time: 10:54. Distance ahead: 6.14 km
2008-May-04 10:54 +0200
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Near the Northern Gardens. No 10 years ago this was all farm land. [de] Bei den Gärten (am Stadion). Vor nicht mal 10 Jahren war das alles noch Farmland.
2008-May-04 10:54 +0200
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Burgenlandbahn
2008-May-04 10:54 +0200
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Traces of history
2008-May-04 10:54 +0200
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Macro view of a firebug
1970-Jan-01 01:00 +0100
Seems like it got too hot for this one
2008-May-04 10:54 +0200
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Spring (Quelle) at Stadtpark Merseburg – still water though
2008-May-04 10:54 +0200
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It really starts to flow here
2008-May-04 10:54 +0200
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Remnants of a train bridge (no other rails anywhere near) – this bridge is stray for as long as 1987
2008-May-04 10:54 +0200
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So this is the proof this track was abandoned long ago
2008-May-04 10:54 +0200
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Once upon a time, a DDR Konsumladen was located here (up to perhaps 1994?) / Lindenstraße
2008-May-04 10:54 +0200
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This tower also exists since at least mid-1980s, but I still do not know its original purpose
2008-May-04 10:54 +0200
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Merseburg – “Transience” (“Vergänglichkeit”)
Local time: 12:20. Distance ahead: 2.11 km
2008-May-04 12:20 +0200
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Alberichstraße (built circa 1920) – removed in late 2007
2008-May-04 12:20 +0200
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A bit of green here and there
2008-May-04 12:20 +0200
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You still see the street lamps
2008-May-04 12:20 +0200
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This is what the walls were made of
2008-May-04 12:20 +0200
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This is also an original ~1925s wall
2008-May-04 12:20 +0200
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Thomas-Münzer-Park
2008-May-04 12:20 +0200
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Klobikauer Straße
Merseburg – Gotthardsteich
Local time: 12:59. Distance ahead: 1.27 km
2008-May-04 12:59 +0200
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Westside Gotthardsteich
2008-May-04 12:59 +0200
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Relaxing ducks and swans
2008-May-04 12:59 +0200
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Westside Gotthardsteich, full view; funny bridge construction
2008-May-04 12:59 +0200
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Eastside Gotthardsteich
2008-May-04 12:59 +0200
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Chinese restaurant “Dynastie” – recommended
Merseburg – Zentrum
Local time: 13:56. Distance ahead: 0.73 km
2008-May-04 13:56 +0200
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This place was commonly called “Hölle” (Hell) and I seem to remember even the station had this name – until they later changed it to “Marienstraße”. (As of 2011: it's just “Zentrum” now.)
