Passing through this repaired medieval city wall, you will officially enter the old city of Goslar.

At first, Yunluo didn't understand why this place was a Witch City, and such a small town with exquisite houses had such a strange name. According to the locals, until the beginning of the Middle Ages, women were highly respected in Germanic cultural areas, especially those who made medicine, practiced medicine, and could read and write.

However, the development of Christianity in Germany brought profound changes. Missionaries believed that too much respect for women was not in line with Christian doctrine, and women should absolutely obey men. So society began to belittle women, and thus produced the image of a witch who vilified women. Women who were regarded as witches were persecuted and even burned alive.

On the small commercial street in the center of the city, there are already many small doll pendants related to witches.

Goslar was built in a densely intensive manner in the defensive castle. On the market square in the city, the fountain superimposed by bronze round bowls can be traced to the Empire era. The overall layout of the city formed by the 15th to the 16th century has been preserved to this day.

The logo of this clumsy golden eagle in the square symbolizes Goslar as a free imperial city, but the logo itself is a copy, and the real medieval original works remain in the museum of the Emperor's Palace.

Every day, all eyes and flashes will be aimed at the red house east of the market four times, the roof gable of the finance building, where three small doors are opened, a group of characters looping there, and the carillon plays imitating the sound of mining, which tells people about the history of mining in Rammelsberg.

Sitting on the side of the road to drink coffee, you will find that Goslar has a very beautiful house. At first, Yunluo thought that the black templates were for decoration, but later he realized that this was called a wooden gluten wall.

The building technology of the house with wooden walls began in medieval Europe, and its characteristic is that the beams and columns are all inlaid with wood. The empty rules between wood are filled with different materials at any time. There are not many houses in Europe with this architectural style.

There are always strange sculptures on the street, but it is hard to explain what it is. The house with the wooden wall on the left picture on the right is Goslar's Musical Instruments and Puppet Museum.

Walking through an ancient street, a green space suddenly became clear. It turned out that this was the Emperor's Palace. This is a Roman palace in the 11th century, which is the pride and pride of Goslar. When you look closer, you will see. Although the building was renovated in the 19th century, it still reveals the atmosphere and simplicity of medieval buildings.

The Emperor's Palace was the most majestic building of the German Empire at that time. There were countless imperial and court parliaments held here for two hundred years, interpreting the history of Germany and Europe.

At the entrance of the palace, there are bronze statues of William the Great and Frederick the Great. There are Empire Halls and huge murals representing German history on the second floor. Unfortunately, the photos are not allowed. After 3 o'clock, someone will explain the exquisite murals and history.

The bronze eagle below is an ancient treasure of the city symbolizing the fountain in the central square. St. Ulrich is a prayer room connected to the south. There is the heart of the emperor Heinrich III who died in 1056. His portrait is carved on the tombstone. The windows of the emperor's palace overlook the small town.

Goral also has a witch museum. In addition to displaying various witch shapes and tools, there are also many historical and legendary materials about witches, and witch dramas are performed regularly every week. Goslar also held a World Witch Conference, where representatives of witches from all over the world gather here.

In Europe, May 1 was regarded as the beginning of summer. The night before summer, that night, the night of April 30, according to the legend of the Harz Mountains, was the day when witches gathered. On that night, local residents and tourists put on strange costumes, wore witch masks, and rode brooms to the streets of Goslar from all directions.

In addition to playing witches, there are also musicians, dragons, unicorns and humans. They marched to the desolate Broken Mountain, the witch's stronghold. With the midnight fireworks, the witches began to set off on their way home. People also tied crosses and firewood to the door, whipped whips, and the church bells rang.

But when Yunluo and Yan Chenyu chatted with the locals, the city of goslar is not or is not just famous for the witch city. Almost all Germans. Whenever they mention goslar, the first thing they think of is kaise rstadt (the capital of the emperor) rather than a witch city.

It is because there is an emperor palace here. Is this an imperial capital or a witch city? Only you can feel it yourself~

How did I come here? Is it a transfer station from Bremen, the fairy tale town to Goslar, or is it because the World Expo was held here in 2000.

Or is it a profound connection with the Germanic bloodline of the British royal family? During the trip, there are always many things that Yunluo and Yan Chenyu don’t know, they don’t know its history, and they have never heard of its name... This time, in this ancient and colorful city of Hannover, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu are walking and stopping, inadvertently learning a lot of history and culture, and have a lot of insights.

Hannover is not big and is not much different from other European cities. It is located on the banks of the River Reina, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany, and is located at the intersection of the North German Plain and the Central German Mountains.

It is located at the intersection of the north-south and east-west railway trunk lines in Germany, and is also close to the Sino-German Canal. It is a transportation hub with water and land convergence. Now Hannover is a city with highly developed industrial manufacturing industry and is a German industrial center such as automobiles, machinery, and electronics.

From the travel guide book, we can learn that the city's scenic spots can be viewed slowly along the 4,200-meter-long red line (roterfaden), that is, a guide line on the street. The Red Line Tour starts from the tourist consultation office in front of the train station and returns to its original place, and the whole journey takes 2 to 3 hours.

Yunluo and Yan Chenyu still browsed the city in about 5 hours according to their favorite leisure methods. On the way, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu walked according to the red line and found that there were two new and old red lines in some areas. The instructions were not very clear, so they also needed to use a map for reference.

After leaving the train station, you will first pass through a shopping pedestrian area, which has boutique corridors and fashionable shops. From the most exquisite porcelain to the teapots found in the flea market, from diamond jewelry to fashionable jewelry, there are everything. If you step a little faster, you will suddenly find that Yunluo and Yan Chenyu have arrived in Hanover.

Many red brick wall buildings were rebuilt after World War II, including the old town hall with red brick structure and the Gothic Marktkirche Market Church. Part of this red old town hall was built as early as 1410 and has been expanded many times since. Since the Mayor's Office of Hannover moved to the new town hall, only the Civil Affairs Bureau has been in office here in the old town hall.

The marktkirche is one of the three oldest churches in Hannover and one of the largest churches in Lower Saxony. To this day, most of this building still maintains the architectural style of North Germany in the 14th century. The roof of the church was destroyed in the air raid in 1943 and was restored as it was in 1952. The church is 97 meters high and is an elephant of Hannover.

Hannover Church is very famous locally. The memorial ceremony of Enke (goalkeeper) of the German Football League A-level team in 2009 was held here.

At that time, the church was filled with the last inch of space. It accommodated about 1,000 people. There were more than 3,000 fans outside the church gate staying in the rain, listening to the mass played by the organ. There was a parade of more than 35,000 fans outside the church and beyond.

Enke's death told Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu that football is not the whole of life. The archbishop of the region, Malguet Kessman, said in his preaching that behind fame and success, there may be deep loneliness and despair. Pain, cowardice and illness. They will all be part of life. What Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu need is the experience of transfixion and compassion.

The interior decoration in the church is simple, with sculptures of two horse heads and totems on the wall. Although Yunluo does not know what it means, the solemn Gothic church can always calm down quickly.

Not far from the market square. Yunluo and Yan Chenyu came to see a fountain, oskar winter fountain. This fountain is very exquisite, but there is no water. Local legend says that if you make a wish, then turn the small copper bell in the pavilion three times. The wish will come true. Yunluo and Yan Chenyu really want to give it a try, but they feel that the fountain is too exquisite, so they don’t walk over and touch it.

Behind this fountain was once the former residence of Leibniz, a mathematician and philosopher, and its Renaissance-style surface building was later built.

There are also some houses around the market square, like Goslar's wooden wall houses, standing in rows of roadsides. Thinking of the old houses I have lived in Paris and Vienna for more than 100 years, Yunluo thought that the history of these wooden wall houses would be longer.

At this time, the red line of the city guide seemed to have a fork in the road, with two different depths. Yunluo and Yan Chenyu walked around casually and walked on an unknown street.

The street in front of me is full of flowers and the grass is green. Small red, yellow and purple flowers bloom all over the ground and covered with walls, which suddenly brings clouds and fish back to the romantic colors of the city from their strong interest in ancient buildings.

When I saw the old town hall just now, I kept thinking about what the new town hall looked like. When I stood in front of this magnificent building, I couldn't help but be confused by the name of the new town hall. The huge and magnificent architectural shapes show its long history, like the remains of an imperial era.

It seems like Hanover is still a kingdom now. But in fact, it was a building that was finally completed on July 20, 1913 after 12 years. The building is not simple. Because it is muddy like a swamp, 6,026 beech stakes had to be penetrated, and the new town hall obtained a solid foundation.

During World War II, the new town hall was strongly bombed by the US military, just like other buildings in Hanover. The town hall was severely damaged. When entering the lobby of the town hall, there was no special place. The most important thing is an elevator leading to the top-floor sightseeing platform. This elevator climbed up 50 meters at a 17-degree angle along the arch.

It is the only tilted elevator in Europe. When standing on it, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu were a little nervous. The terrace of the city hall can see the appearance of the entire city, including the marktkirche church in the market square, a memorial statue of the German troops who fought in Waterloo.

There are statues of angel wings on the top, and there is also a park and lake in the distance. The Germans attach great importance to urban greening. More than half of Hannover's area is composed of parks, urban forests and lakes. Hannover has this Marsh Lake and Jorgen Park, and this Marsh Lake is also an artificial lake.

There are 4 city models in the lobby of the new city hall, which showcase the cityscapes of Hannover from the Middle Ages to the present. Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu carefully compared the two models of Hannover in 1939 and 1945. The serious damage caused by World War II was very obvious.

On the way back to the train, the Staatsoperhannover was passed by the Staatsoperhannover. Designed by Georg, the construction of this opera house had some twists and turns. In 1837, King Ernst August firmly opposed the construction of the opera house: the absurd idea of ​​building the palace theater on a green grass was definitely not agreed to.

After hard persuasion and work, the palace building was granted a building permit and was completely completed in 1852. But in fact, a London-based Opera House Guide ranked the opera house among the 20 best opera houses in the world.

In addition to the history of architecture, Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu are also very interested in the Germanic bloodline of the British royal family. Why is the British royal family so strong in German love? Interestingly, looking back at the history of Great Britain, it is difficult to find a king with pure British bloodline, and the Germanic bloodline of the British royal family dates back nearly 300 years ago.

That is, the era of George I. In 2004, Queen Elizabeth II of England set foot on this land where her ancestors once lived for the fourth time and continued her journey of searching for roots. History will return to 1714 AD. After the death of Queen Anna of England, she had no descendants, in order to find a Protestant king.
Chapter completed!