beware, the paint is still fresh !
this time no dutch scenery but one of my favorite flowers, a white Orchid; Phalaenopsis hybrid.
whishing you a happy friday-flowerpowerday!!
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nothing personally, i am talking about this flower....
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a large herd of 'blondes' cows attracted my attention on my way to work. Especially the bull was a real eyecather. At least 500 Kilo heavy and surrounded by his family. He looks very proud! Fortunately i was wearing no red...
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history part 3
In 1804, the county fell back to the Counts of Bentheim who have been allowed to name themselves Prince’s zu Bentheim und Steinfurt since 1817. In the 19th century, many parts of the castle were in poor condition and couldn’t be inhabited. Only after 1848, modest measures were taken to rebuild the fortress.
The expansion/constuction of the so-called Crown Fortress, the „Kronenburg“, a representative residence in historical style, was carried out during the reign of Prince Alexis II (1845-1919) from 1883 to 1914. Prince Alexis II was married to Princess Pauline zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, sister of Queen Emma of the Netherlands, who is correctly considered the founder of the modern Dutch monarchy. Over the princely family Waldeck-Pyrmont, close relations were cultivated and maintained to several European monarchies, such as Great Britain, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Romania and Luxemburg, as well as to a large number of princely families within the German Empire.
The First World War and the fall of many monarchies brought this splendid era to an end. Prince Alexis II died on January 21, 1919.
Construction of the castle also ended prematurely with the outbreak of World War I so that a planned expansion of the northern part of the castle remained incompleted.
Since then, the duty of following generations has been and will be to preserve the castle as a historical building and monument of the culture around the region of the German-Dutch border. The Castle of Bentheim is connected to the history of the region and both nations like no other building.
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