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| − | == The | + | == The Expedition == |
| − | Despite the fact, that a [[Midnight Geohash]] would | + | Happy New Year altogether. |
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| + | Despite the fact, that a [[Midnight Geohash]] would have been appropriate, I went on the tour in the afternoon. I started around noon from my parents' and took a train to Leipzig. | ||
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| + | From the Central Station, it was about 850m to the geohash as the bird flies. Let's do a guided tour: first, I passed the Augustusplatz with the Gewandhaus, University, and Opera. The new main building of the university (Paulinum) is shaped roughly like the old University Church. The old church was dynamited by GDR?s socialist regime in 1968. | ||
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| + | The Gewandhaus is a concert hall, opened in 1981. It is noted for its fine acoustics. I'm glad that I already attended two performances, because it is a very nice concert hall. | ||
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| + | Right behind the Gewandhaus in a small park, there was the geohash. I left my eTrex at home, so I used my mobile phone with Lukas Werkmeister's App. I struggled a little bit with the accuracy, but finally the coordinates represented my location. The were next to a memorial of Otto Koch, a former mayor of Leipzig. The statue itself was not visible as it was inside its winter protection. Of course, I took the usual photographs, and continued my tour through Leipzig. | ||
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| + | Anyone read Goethes' Faust recently? Leipzig is a location of a scene in the book, the Auerbachs Keller, and at the entrances there are figures of that scene. It is close to the market place with the Neues Rathaus. I walked a little bit further and approached the zoo. I saw some zebras from the outside, standing in the snow. Probably not the usual conditions for zebras. | ||
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| + | Finally, I walked back to the Central Station and took a train to my parents' home. | ||
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| + | == Photos == | ||
| + | <gallery perrow="5"> | ||
| + | Image:20150101_51_12Augustusplatz.jpg|Augustusplatz with Gewandhaus, University, and Opera | ||
| + | Image:20150101_51_12Gewandhaus.jpg|The Gewandhaus | ||
| + | Image:20150101_51_12GPS2.jpg|Coordinates reached | ||
| + | Image:20150101_51_12GPS1.jpg|In more detail | ||
| + | Image:20150101_51_12Me.jpg|The hasher | ||
| + | Image:20150101_51_12Memorial.jpg|The memorial for Otto Koch, a former mayor, with its winter protection | ||
| + | Image:20150101_51_12Markt.jpg|The Markt with the Neues Rathaus | ||
| + | Image:20150101_51_12Zoo.jpg|The entrance of the zoo | ||
| + | Image:20150101_51_12Zebra.jpg|Some zebras in the zoo | ||
| + | Image:20150101_51_12CentralStation.jpg|Leipzig Central Station | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
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| + | == Achievements == | ||
| + | {{land geohash | latitude = 51 | longitude = 12 | date = 2015-01-01 | name = TheOneRing}} | ||
| + | {{Public transport geohash | latitude = 51 | longitude = 12 | date = 2015-01-01 | name = TheOneRing}} | ||
| + | {{A Tale of Two Hashes challenge | latitude = 51 | longitude = 12 | date = 2015-01-01 | name = [[User:TheOneRing|TheOneRing]] | place = Leipzig}} | ||
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| + | [[Category:Expeditions]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Expeditions with photos]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Coordinates reached]] | ||
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Location
The geohash is in the center of Leipzig.
Who Went
TheOneRing - by public transport.
The Expedition
Happy New Year altogether.
Despite the fact, that a Midnight Geohash would have been appropriate, I went on the tour in the afternoon. I started around noon from my parents' and took a train to Leipzig.
From the Central Station, it was about 850m to the geohash as the bird flies. Let's do a guided tour: first, I passed the Augustusplatz with the Gewandhaus, University, and Opera. The new main building of the university (Paulinum) is shaped roughly like the old University Church. The old church was dynamited by GDR?s socialist regime in 1968.
The Gewandhaus is a concert hall, opened in 1981. It is noted for its fine acoustics. I'm glad that I already attended two performances, because it is a very nice concert hall.
Right behind the Gewandhaus in a small park, there was the geohash. I left my eTrex at home, so I used my mobile phone with Lukas Werkmeister's App. I struggled a little bit with the accuracy, but finally the coordinates represented my location. The were next to a memorial of Otto Koch, a former mayor of Leipzig. The statue itself was not visible as it was inside its winter protection. Of course, I took the usual photographs, and continued my tour through Leipzig.
Anyone read Goethes' Faust recently? Leipzig is a location of a scene in the book, the Auerbachs Keller, and at the entrances there are figures of that scene. It is close to the market place with the Neues Rathaus. I walked a little bit further and approached the zoo. I saw some zebras from the outside, standing in the snow. Probably not the usual conditions for zebras.
Finally, I walked back to the Central Station and took a train to my parents' home.
Photos
Augustusplatz with Gewandhaus, University, and Opera
The Gewandhaus
Coordinates reached
In more detail
The hasher
The memorial for Otto Koch, a former mayor, with its winter protection
The Markt with the Neues Rathaus
The entrance of the zoo
Some zebras in the zoo
Leipzig Central Station
Achievements
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TheOneRing earned the Land geohash achievement
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TheOneRing earned the Public transport geohash achievement
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