#Württemberger

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NOVEMBER SNAPSHOT SHOW

Just today we have been at the November Snapshot Show hosted by Bridlepath with Lionheart M, Rosalie REC and Farah Diba M!

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Hohenzollern castle, Baden-Württemberg, Germany,

Konsta Punkka Photography

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BURG HOHENZOLLERN

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Medieval Game Pieces Emerge From the Ruins of a German Castle

A small cache of medieval game pieces has been discovered in the ruins of a recently discovered castle in southern Germany. The finds provide a window into leisure time, possibly among actual knights, dating back nearly a millennium, approximately the time that chess arrived in Europe as an import from Asia.

The find includes a six-sided die, assorted game pieces including four in the shape of flowers, and a very well-preserved 1½-inch-high chess piece, all carved from antlers.

“In the Middle Ages, chess was one of the seven skills that a good knight should master,” said Jonathan Scheschkewitz, of the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Baden-Württemberg. “It is therefore not surprising that known finds mostly come from castles.”

There is evidence that these are not just display objects, but pieces that were actually used. “Under the microscope,” explained Flavia Venditti of the University of Tübingen, “a typical sheen from holding and moving the pieces can be seen.”

An international team of experts from the University of Tübingen, the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Baden-Württemberg and the German Archaeological Institute is now examining this evidence of early gaming culture.

“The discovery of an entire games collection [from] the 11th/12th century came as a complete surprise to us,” said Lukas Werther, of the German Archaeological Institute, “and the horse-shaped knight piece is a real highlight.”

The pieces came to light during excavations by the DFG Collaborative Research Centre 1070 Resource Cultures and the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Baden-Württemberg in a previously unknown castle in the Reutlingen district of southern Germany’s Baden-Württemberg region.

“They were lying under the debris of a wall where they were lost or hidden in the Middle Ages,” said Michael Kienzle of the University of Tübingen. They are in such good condition, he added, precisely because they had been covered under those materials.

They will go on display this month in two exhibitions: “Excavated! Knights and Castles in the Echaz Valley” at the Schlössle Pfullingen (June 15–August 30) and “The Hidden Länd: We in the First Millennium” at the Archaologisches Landsmuseum Baden-Württemberg (September 13, 2024–January 26, 2025).

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Nett hier. Aber waren Sie schon mal in Baden-Baden-Baden-Baden-Baden-Baden-Baden-Baden-Baden-Baden-Ba

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Ebhausen, Baden-Württemberg.

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01.2022 Tauberbischofsheim

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Café Süßes Löchle

Sweet Little Hole Café

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LET IT SNOOOOW!

Fallulah's POV

Snow has now hit Denmark just in time for the stable's newest resident to arrive! Everyone please welcome Rosalie REC just as warmly as Farah Diba M has, as she is such a darling. We are happy to have her, so thank you Breanna for selling her to us.

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Hohenzollern Castle, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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BURG HOHENZOLLERN

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Court dress of Empress Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), 1820s. State Hermitage Museum.

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Oh my god, I wanted to create a wikipedia account to correct blatant misinformation on Karl's page which has been giving me an aneurysm for days now, but my usual internet nickname has already been taken

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Finja, a lynx, bounds out of her transport box into Germany’s Black Forest earlier this week. Having been brought up in a game reserve without human contact, she now has an important job to do: there are very few lynx left in the area, and most are male. “The name Finja roughly means the beautiful, the bright one and fits the young lynx lady, who will be the first to turn the heads of the cows in the state,” said Johannes Enssle, a conservationist. More female lynx will be released in Baden-Württemberg in future, in hopes of building up the population.

Photograph: Uli Deck/DPA/Cover Images

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Gundelsheim, Baden-Württemberg.