Iron Heart Army Meeting 2025 Bremen, Germany

[Mister_Brue]

@Tago-Mago Sounds like a good IH meet up venue.

Looks like some nice work going on there?

[Tago Mago]

@Mister_Brue they have the workshop attached to the cathedral. In the 20 years I've lived here they've had scaffolding up most years

[Mister_Brue]

@Tago-Mago Ah yes, I think we discussed this. Good to see.

[Tago Mago]

@Mister_Brue The gothic cathedral was built 1275-1520 to replace a romanesque church that had burnt down. Only one tower of the previous church remains to this day on the north side of the cathedral. Construction of the spires was actually only begun in the 19th century, so from beginning to completion took 600 years. The plinth on which the spires are built is exactly half the height of the towers. This is a view from the north prior to construction of the spires:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regensburger_Dom#/media/Datei:Rgbg_-_alt.jpg

You can also clearly see the romanesque tower.

[Mister_Brue]

@Tago-Mago @Tago-Mago It sounds like it’s been under scaffolding since about 1280.

I like the fact that the old tower is called the “donkey tower”. Very interesting history, thank you.

Epic photograph:

[Aetas]

Looks like the next IHAM intermezzo is discussed here.
Regensburg
Strolling through the dome, listening some stone masons and going to a concert afterwards is a possibility?!

[Tago Mago]

@Mister_Brue one building that's even more fascinating is the Stone Bridge crossing the Danube, the oldest bridge in Germany apparently. Built 1135-1146 it was so good they didn't bother to build another bridge in Regensburg for 800 years. Also the template for among others the Charles bridge in Prague. The bridge made Regensburg a wealthy city as it was the only bridge across the Danube between Ulm and Vienna when it was built

[FlavourFade]

Found a place for my patch. Yes stichtching is bad and it's not really centered but first time sewing for me

[RobeOfTheMagi]

Interestingly, I found the statue in Riga, Latvia:

[Fades for future]

@Tago-Mago you are not far away from my hometown mate, just saw that️If you are near Bamberg just let me know

[Tago Mago]

@Fades-for-future I'll take you up on that on the condition that I don't have to drink Schlenkerla. And likewise for Regensburg

[Fades for future]

@Tago-Mago haha no worries on schlenkerla, i don't like it either but you know there are many other beers in Bamberg ️

[tody]

@RobeOfTheMagi twin city to Bremen, it was a gift from Bremen in 1990 (yes, i read that up on wikipedia).