The outline of Runkel castle on Lahn river, April 24. It was first mentioned in documents in the year 1159. The photo was talken from the old bridge that was built in 1448.
A photo blog by Frank Rumpenhorst
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Low Flyer
A gray heron flies at low altitude over river Lahn in Runkel, some 70 kms (42 mls) northwest of Frankfurt, April 24.
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Abandoned Home
The former living room of an abandoned farm house in the village of Leibolz in the Rhön hills, April 21, a sign of ongoing depopulation of rural areas in the northern part of the federal state of Hessen.
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Waiting for a Breeze
Two dandelion seeds wait for being carried away by the wind on a meadow in the Rhön hills, April 21.
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Potash
Fresh, white mining waste and older material form the huge dump of a potassium mine in the Rhön hills, some 130 kms (78 mls) east of Frankfurt, April 20, situated right on the former border between what was then West and East Germany. Forests and canola fields are in the foreground.
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