https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6 Half-Timbers and Stuff en-us 2016-06-07 11:31:52 UTC 2025-11-06 18:09:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114629082 I love the gothic architecture of the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg. It's unique to the city itself and I think that is perfect. It represents the Reformation, and stands out for all to see and be reminded of what Luther did. With the door of this church, he not only brought about a church battle, but he also brought about an event that would eventually bring Germany together: in unity under one language.
Lescant: Non-Verbal]]> 2016-06-14 16:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114629082 https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114987572 When I first saw the Napoleonic War memorial in Leipzig, my first thought was, "is this really Deutsch?" My mind wandered to thoughts of Egyptian architecture with pyramids and sphinxes. It is unique in comparison to other building structures I have seen so far in Deutschland. It's a great example of how much diversity the nation has to offer.
Lescant: Context, Environment]]> 2016-06-19 17:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114987572 https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114987809 Since I've been in Germany over the past three weeks, a huge difference I have noticed from America is the amount of care and prioritizing there is for recycling. The environment is respected. This photo makes me think of how green of a nation Germany is in protecting nature. They're so Eco-friendly that their buildings are even covered in green.
Lescant: Environment]]> 2016-06-19 17:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114987809 https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114988038 Wöritz in Sachsen-Anhalt was a familiar, yet unique, experience for me. It looked a lot like the American South during it's colonial era. I saw this building and thought it was an image of a southern plantation if it had been built with Gothic architecture. It looked as if America and Germany had overlapped. 
Lescant: Environment]]> 2016-06-19 18:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114988038 https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114988306 I saw this in a Dresden suburb and was blown away at it. Not only because it's a unique piece of art, but also because it's also helps water drain from the roof of the building. It is an example of logic and creativity meeting in the middle. It is an innovative creation that manages to incorporate into structure the freedom of the mind.
Lescant: Environment]]> 2016-06-19 18:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114988306 https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114988555 This gets my mind thinking about science, geology, and recycling. I'm not sure why, but a house made out of molten lava just shows how in tough with the environment Germans have always been; even in the 18th century. Why not have buildings built out of material not used as an every day resource?
Lescant: Environment, Non-Verbal]]> 2016-06-19 18:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114988555 https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114988659 When one travels outside of the old town in Wittenberg, many buildings look very different, and mostly because of the influence, and building of the DDR, which was controlled by the Soviet Union. The DDR is long gone, but the buildings are left as a reminder of what was. 
Lescant: Authority, Time]]> 2016-06-19 18:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114988659 https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114988708 The Berlin skyline made me think of how big of a powerhouse and growing nation Germany has and is becoming. From Half-Timber houses to towering skyscrapers, Germany is the image of what all nations should strive to replicate.
Lescant: Environment, Time]]> 2016-06-19 18:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114988708 https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114988748 The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin; it's incredible how a design so simple can still make one emotional. The design is simple, it's artistic, and it's gloomy enough to make one feel in the heart the tragedy of genocide. History is remembered here in a clean yet somber way. 
Lescant: Non-Verbal]]> 2016-06-19 18:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/114988748 laraducate https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/115693927 The Bundestag was a building that led me to ponder what the future of Germany will look like. The building was very modern in the interior. It looked as if it was a nation moving away from its past and towards its future as a world power. 
Lescant: Non-Verbal, Authority, Time]]> 2016-06-29 18:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/115693927 laraducate https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/115694010 In a city rich in history, Dresden is also a city that saw a lot of that history destroyed in the Second World War. When passing by this structure I thought of how the nation just kept moving forward becoming more and more modern. Dresden seemed comfortable as a modern city. Our tour guide in Berlin said to us, "we don't forget our history, but we do move on." This picture displays that well. 
Lescant: Time]]> 2016-06-29 18:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/115694010 laraducate https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/115694950 This is a bizarre staircase in the hostel I stayed at in Weimar. It's totally random and slightly hipster in theme, yet it's just another example of German creativity and how you never quite know what you'll see in Germany. 
Lescant: Environment]]> 2016-06-29 19:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/115694950 laraducate https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/115694959 This picture was interesting to me when I first took it. Not having much thought about it, I took it, but looking at it now it's a structure that symbolizes Germany as a nation. Germany is a nation rich in history that goes back to 98 c.e. Yet it's also a nation finding itself in the center of history and sometimes the center of conflict. Time may wear on the nation, but it still stands tall. 
Lescant: Non-Verbal]]> 2016-06-29 19:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/115694959 laraducate https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/115695176 At the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Thüringen stones outline spots where there w once buildings to hold prisoners. Each stone represents a person murdered in the camp. It is a chilling memorial. It's a memorial that's simple in structure, yet complex in the words that come to mind for one that experiences it. 
Lescant: Non-Verbal]]> 2016-06-29 19:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/115695176 laraducate https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/115705256 It's really neat that Weimar was a fairly original town without much modern change. An example of this is the building in the picture, I came upon and noticed inside was a bar and live music. It's smart thinking, and it saves the town of its natural beauty.
Lescant: Environment]]> 2016-06-29 23:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/laraducate/dr17jxwce3j6/wish/115705256