Well, there used to be, from the Middle Ages up to the 19th century. Lapidaries, dyers, and tanners - the street running along is still called Gerberau (Tanners Lane) - used the waterpower and cleaning properties of the canal that takes, like Freiburg's Bächle (brooklets), its fresh waters from the river Dreisam upstream at a place called Sandfang (catching sand).
Today, the area around the Industriekanal is a tourist attraction. Red Baron took the photo below in April, showing a pair of ducks misusing the crocodile's head as their landing and sleeping site. Around this place are a couple of restaurants, a chestnut-shadowed beer garden, and a coffee shop called Stehcafé am Krokodil.
On August 22, the Badische Zeitung ran a story about the crocodile's head, which had been turned nearly 180 degrees. The evening before, Red Baron had already seen the shocking photo online. Yesterday I went to see the turned head myself. Is the crocodile done for?
I read that Ole Meinecke's masterpiece will be turned back to its original orientation, but only in October during the Bachabschlag (the closing of the industrial canal for cleaning).
It is a mystery how a 400 kg sculpture could be turned. Red Baron discovered another mystery by reading the following text, written in white chalk on the pavement along the canal: "Des canards imaginaires, le dernier obstacle à franchir" (Fantabulous ducks, the final obstacle to overcome). In turning the sculpture, did the mystery person want to make it more difficult for ducks to land on the crocodile's head?
Today, the area around the Industriekanal is a tourist attraction. Red Baron took the photo below in April, showing a pair of ducks misusing the crocodile's head as their landing and sleeping site. Around this place are a couple of restaurants, a chestnut-shadowed beer garden, and a coffee shop called Stehcafé am Krokodil.
On August 22, the Badische Zeitung ran a story about the crocodile's head, which had been turned nearly 180 degrees. The evening before, Red Baron had already seen the shocking photo online. Yesterday I went to see the turned head myself. Is the crocodile done for?
I read that Ole Meinecke's masterpiece will be turned back to its original orientation, but only in October during the Bachabschlag (the closing of the industrial canal for cleaning).
It is a mystery how a 400 kg sculpture could be turned. Red Baron discovered another mystery by reading the following text, written in white chalk on the pavement along the canal: "Des canards imaginaires, le dernier obstacle à franchir" (Fantabulous ducks, the final obstacle to overcome). In turning the sculpture, did the mystery person want to make it more difficult for ducks to land on the crocodile's head?
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