Visit to Halle and Merseburg 2008-05-03/-04
Google Maps shows pictures (click on coordinates) from around last year (autumn 2007) where you still see lots of construction works. N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW designate the direction the camera was facing.
I was on foot for 5 straight hours on the first day, walking about 20.23 km. On the second day, I went 10.25 km according to map tracing. Besides the obvious “flat feet”, the amazing weather got me a slight sunburn.
Images are Public Domain, unless otherwise stated.
Halle – Riebeckplatz (in its 2008 version...)
Local time: 11:27. Distance ahead: 0.33 km
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:11 – (W) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:11 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:12 – (NW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:12 – (W) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:13 – (W) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:13 – (E) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:14 – Probefahrt, Linie X |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:14 – (NW) The complete area was redesigned in the last two years. The traffic mess that existed for the previous 20+ years — where tram and road traffic were on the (now) mid-level — is finally gone. The entire area has been bulldozed, creating a new lower level where tram rolls now. The high road with the blue grating always existed, though the pillars were reworked as you can see in this picture. |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:15 – (NW) – Station “Riebeckplatz” (north track) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:15 – (SW) – Station “Riebeckplatz” (west track) |
Halle – Franckestraße
Local time: 11:36. Distance ahead: 1.70 km
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:16 – (SW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:16 – (SW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:17 – (NW) – Station “Am Leipziger Turm” |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:17 – (W) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:18 – (NE) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:18 – (S) – The East German traffic mannekin is omnipresent. Most new traffic lights have it - (n)ostalgic. |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:19 – (SW) – Rannischer Platz |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:19 – (N) – Station “Rannischer Platz” |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:20 – (S) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:20 – (NW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:21 – (W) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:21 – (W) – Station “Glauchaer Platz” |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:22 – (W) – A rare Wartburg car is driving by! (front row, right) |
Halle – Zentrum
Local time: 12:00. Distance ahead: 1.80 km
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:22 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:22 – (S) – Well, that's a lot of bridges |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:23 – (W) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:23 – (NE) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:24 – (E) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:24 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:25 – (loc) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:25 – (N) Specialty. The Kirnitzschtalbahn waggon! |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:26 – (E) – Hallmarkt (Salt market), Göbelbrunnen and Marienkirche (Western towers) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:26 – (E) – Marienkirche (Eastern towers), unfortunately under repairs |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:27 – (SE) – Market |
Halle-Kröllwitz
Local time: 12:58. Distance ahead: 2.65 km.
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:27 – (E) – Burg Giebichenstein |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:28 – (NW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:28 – (NW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:29 – (NW) – Station “Talstraße” |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:29 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:30 – (NW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:30 – (W) – Again, the nostalgic traffic light (including bicycle) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:31 – (W) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:31 – (W) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:32 – (W) – Station “Kröllwitz” This is the oddest place in the world. A station, complete with turning loop in the midst of nowhere. |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:32 – (W) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:33 – (SE) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:33 – (N) – An Imbissbude colored like the trams - you'd mistake it |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:34 – (SW) |
Halle – Rabeninsel/Pulverweide(n) and Südpark
Local time: 13:55. Distance ahead: 7.0 km
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:34 – (E) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:35 – (E) – Full view of Brennnessel / Nettle (Urtica dioica) (License: CC-BY-SA-3.0) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:35 – (SE) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:36 – (loc) – Macro view of Klebekraut / Galium aparine (License: CC-BY-SA-3.0) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:36 – (loc) – Macro view of a Weinbergschnecke / Helix pomatia |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:37 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:37 – (SE) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:37 – (NE) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:38 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:38 – (W) |
Halle-Neustadt
Local time: 15:56. Distance ahead: 5.92 km
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:39 – (NW) – Bruchsee |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:39 – (NW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:40 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:41 – (SE) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:41 – (SE) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:42 – (N) – Next surprise – a historical (1980s) tramcar |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:43 – (SW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:43 – (NE) – “Am Kleinen Teich” |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:44 – (SW) – Bulldozed between fall 2007 and May 2008 |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:44 – (SE) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:45 – (W) – The typical garden-within-4-blocks |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:45 – (N) – The typical garden-within-4-blocks |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:46 – (S) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:46 – (S) – Way up to the “Indianerberg” |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:47 – (SW) – “Indianerberg” – reason for its name is a playground on top (not seen here – I did not bother to go that way) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:54 – (E) – Fahrradständer – mal Ostdeutsch |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:55 – (S) – This is how the original non-refurbished blocks look like |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:55 – (S) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:11:02 – (E) – These lucky dudes have WiMAX-based Internet |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:56 – (NE) – (Alte) Einkaufspassage Neustadt |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:50 – (N) – Am Gastronom Changes here include a removal of the old water basin and the statue |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:51 – (W) – For the elders |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:51 – (N) – “Taubenbrunnen” |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:52 – (N) – it is even in operation today! This trip was perfect after all. |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:52 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:53 – (NE) – The buildings' concrete already collapses by itself (“quick” concrete only holds for 40-50 years; this was built in the 1960s) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:53 – (N) – Entrance to the “Tunnelbahnhof” (subterranean station) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:53 – (S) – View from the station southwards |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:54 – (N) – Northward view. This station was built with heavy concrete armor so that in case of war (with whom?) the entrances could be closed and have a safe shelter. |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:54 – (S) – “Morgens halb 10 in Deutschland...” |
More places
Local time: 17:16. Distance ahead: 0.83 km
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:55 – (SW) – Another historical tramcar at Riebeckplatz station |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:55 – (E) – Still lots of construction here |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:56 – (E) – Don't know what to call your street names? Just prepend “verlängerte” (enlonged) and... |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:56 – (NW) – Hubertusplatz, “Heide” station |
Merseburg, 2008-05-04
Local time: 10:54. Distance ahead: 6.14 km
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:56 – (S) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:57 – (S) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:57 – (NW) – No 10 years ago this was all farm land |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:58 – (E) – This side too |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:59 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:09:59 – (N) – Burgenlandbahn |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:02 – (E) – Traces of history |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:05 – (loc) – Macro view of a firebug |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:05 – Seems like it got too hot for this one |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:05 – (loc) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:06 – (W) – Spring (Quelle) at Stadtpark Merseburg – still water though |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:06 – (E) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:07 – (W) – It really starts to flow here |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:08 – (W) – Remnants of a train bridge (no other rails anywhere near) – this bridge is stray for as long as 1987 |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:08 – (E) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:09 – (SE) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:09 – (NE) – So this is the proof this track was abandoned long ago |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:10 – (NW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:10 – (W) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:12 – (E) – Once upon a time, a DDR Konsumladen was located here (up to perhaps 1994?) / Lindenstraße |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:13 – (loc) – This tower also exists since at least mid-1980s, but I still do not know its original purpose |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:13 – (SW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:13 – (NW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:14 – (NW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:14 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:15 – (N) |
Merseburg – “Transience”
Local time: 12:20. Distance ahead: 2.11 km
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:17 – (W) – Alberichstraße (built circa 1920) – removed in late 2007 |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:18 – (NW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:18 – (SW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:19 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:19 – (NW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:19 – (SW) – A bit of green here and there |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:20 – (N) – You still see the street lamps |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:20 – (NW) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:21 – (W) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:21 – (W) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:22 – (S) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:22 – (loc) – This is what the walls were made of |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:22 – (E) – This is also an original ~1925s wall |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:23 – (E) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:23 – (S) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:24 – (SE) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:26 – (W) – Thomas-Münzer-Park |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:26 – (loc) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:27 – (NE) – Klobikauer Straße |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:27 – (E) |
Merseburg – Gotthardsteich
Local time: 12:59. Distance ahead: 1.27 km
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:28 – (SE) – Westside Gotthardsteich |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:28 – (NE) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:29 – (E) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:29 – (E) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:29 – (E) – Relaxing ducks and swans |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:30 – (E) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:30 – (E) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:31 – (W) – Westside Gotthardsteich, full view |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:31 – (E) – Strange bridge construction |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:32 – (E) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:32 – (NE) – Eastside Gotthardsteich |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:32 – (NE) – Eastside Gotthardsteich with view of church at market |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:33 – (W) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:33 – (NE) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:34 – (E) – Thanks to remain still for this close-up shot! |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:34 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:35 – (S) – Chinese restaurant “Dynastie” – recommended |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:35 – (W) |
Merseburg – Zentrum
Local time: 13:56. Distance ahead: 0.73 km
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:35 – (E) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:36 – (NE) – 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” |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:36 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:37 – (N) |
 | 2009-May-11 03:10:37 – (W) |