After last year's Weihnachtsmarkt ended abruptly because of Corona, this year's market is overrun by everyone playing catch-up. In some places, you can cross the crowds only with difficulty. Especially in front of the kiosks, where mulled wine is served, there are big clusters. Here are some impressions focusing on the new part of the Christmas market in Colombipark.
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| The Colombi-Schlössle |
Many traditional stores and restaurants in Freiburg are closing or have already closed due to Corona or age, i.e., lack of succession. For example, the Kleiner Meierhof stopped serving meals at the end of 2018, and since then, the windows have been nailed with boards.
The traditional well-known Freiburg fashion house Kaiser on
Kaiser-Joseph-Straße closed its doors on June 30.
So it hit like a bomb when the Badische Zeitung announced that the Restaurant Oberkirch on Münsterplatz would close on October 31.
The Oberkirch has been an institution in Freiburg for 85 years. Karl Oberkirch opened his wine tavern in the "Haus zum wilden Samson" and "Haus zum Rosenzweig" in 1938, directly next to the Historisches Kaufhaus. These houses date back to the 13th century and have housed a tavern since 1738.
Will the Oberkirch suffer the same fate as the Kleiner Meierhof, or will a new tenant be found? Didn't I take many American friends there, booking a table near the window so they could admire the Minster Church? Wasn't the best asparagus in town served at Oberkirch?* Freiburg's gourmet scene held its breath.
So it hit like a bomb when the Badische Zeitung announced that the Restaurant Oberkirch on Münsterplatz would close on October 31.
The Oberkirch has been an institution in Freiburg for 85 years. Karl Oberkirch opened his wine tavern in the "Haus zum wilden Samson" and "Haus zum Rosenzweig" in 1938, directly next to the Historisches Kaufhaus. These houses date back to the 13th century and have housed a tavern since 1738.
Will the Oberkirch suffer the same fate as the Kleiner Meierhof, or will a new tenant be found? Didn't I take many American friends there, booking a table near the window so they could admire the Minster Church? Wasn't the best asparagus in town served at Oberkirch?* Freiburg's gourmet scene held its breath.
*When you open the link, scroll down a little, and you will see the
future tenant on a table with his back to the photographer
"If something becomes free at Münsterplatz, you are welcome to ask
me," and someone must have asked Toni Schlegel. So my president took over
the Oberkirch on December 1, reopening in his efficient way the place already on December 6.
He told me, "No opening night but a flying change." That also applied to
the staff as Red Baron was greeted by familiar faces when he had lunch at
the Oberkirch on December 8.
Thank you, Toni, for saving my favorite restaurant.
The Christmas Goose
On December 7, traditionally on a Wednesday, the Christmas dinner of the Freiburg Madison Society was held at the Greiffenegg. After we had to do without the goose for two years due to Corona, here are two photos of this year's bird:
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Reichsbürger
Reich citizens do not recognize the Federal Republic of Germany and planned
- according to statements of the Office for the Protection of the
Constitution - a coup in Germany with the establishment of an authoritarian
state under Heinrich XIII, Prince of Reuss, as the head.
This night-and-fog action of the federal police hit high waves. Even in
faraway America, Stephen Colbert mentioned the operation on his Late Show
and linked it to the riot in Washington on January 6, 2021.
In fact, for a year, Reichsbürger were said to have been making plans
for German "Day X" when they decided to invade the Reichstag building with a
good two dozen men and women. Members of parliament and government officials
were to be handcuffed in the Bundestag. "We're going to flatten them now;
this is the end of the fun!" Prince Reuß is said to have announced in an
intercepted telephone conversation.
Der Spiegel further reported:
According to the investigation, some Reich citizens formed the "military
arm" of the group; they were apparently prepared to go to extremes. That
this would also lead to the killing of "representatives of the system in
force" was at least "tolerated" by the accused, according to the
prosecutors.
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| A police car in front of Rüdiger von P.'s hideout at Neuhof (©Michael Saurer) |
The raid by the federal police reached as far as the tranquil town of
Münstertal. There lived the head of the network's "military arm," Rüdiger
von P., who was also supposed to "eliminate" the rule of law at the county
and municipal levels.
Rüdiger von P., a former lieutenant colonel and commander of a paratrooper battalion, dishonorably discharged
from the Bundeswehr, held crude opinions that the Federal Republic is
led by a secret group under the leadership of the Freemasons. He wrote on
his internet portal, "Mankind will learn 'the truth only after the change of
system,' the 'germ of disease Freemason' must be eradicated for all
time."
The man lived in hiding. Nobody knew him in the 31-soul village of Neuhof in
Münstertal's district.
The Last Rose
The other day Red Baron noticed this solitary rose three meters high in a garden near his apartment. The photo was taken in portrait mode with my iPhone and is zoomed in. This late flower reminded me of the aria, Last Rose, from Friedrich von Flotow's opera Martha:
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Letzte Rose, wie magst du so Einsam hier blüh'n? Deine freundlichen Schwestern Sind längst schon, längst dahin |
Last rose, how may you Alone here, bloom? Your friendly sister Are long, long gone |
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