
A fireman among smoldering remains of car tires that caught fire at a storage site in Gernsheim, some 50 kms (30 mls) south of Frankfurt in the early morning hours of Sep.23.

A fireman among smoldering remains of car tires that caught fire at a storage site in Gernsheim, some 50 kms (30 mls) south of Frankfurt in the early morning hours of Sep.23.

The half-timbered old city hall of Fulda, some 100 kms (60 mls) east of Frankfurt, behind stone statues of Saint Benedict (left) and Saint Boniface, Sep.19. While the city hall is almost 500 years old, the ancient-looking statues in front of it are a mere four years old.