My apologies upfront for probably way to much text, but like many Germans I am interested in history, specifically in our local history here. And we seem to have quite a bit of history. Our little village (less than 2500 people) was first mentioned in a document nearly 1200 years ago and our local church was built around a time when a guy called Christoph Columbus set sail to cross the Atlantic
I took these pictures yesterday during a long walk through a local forest area (obviously not the kind of weather to drive my roadster).
The forests and rolling hills you can see in the background of the first shot "once upon a time" were the preferred hunting area of the King of Hannover and later the German Emporer.
In order to make "hunting" easier for the old guys they kept a high population of mainly deer and wild boar which they were feeding for most of the year. Basically it was less hunting but more "aiming and shooting" at not really wild animals.
Of course the way too large number of animals resulted in substantial damages and losses for the local farmers as much of the harvest was destroyed every year. Well, nearly 200 years ago some brave farmers took the King to court and a brave judge ruled that the King had to compensate the farmers for the damages caused by the deer and boars. I guess that's a fine example of a truly independent judge!
In order to get rid of the issue the King of Hannover decided to build a wall around the whole forest area. More than 16 km long, 2 meters high and 60 cm wide. This wall still exists (you see it in the background of the first shot) and today it is keept as a kind of "historic land mark".
Again sorry for the long text.
Have a pleasant easter time!
Originally posted by eaglem 
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