There probably are not my places in German where heading back into the Late #MiddleAges is easier than in #Quedlinburg. Take #Finkenherd No. 1 for instance: Originally built in the early 16th century, sometime between 1500 and 1540, this house is not only a nice little gem of architecture history …

A #minimalist #sculpture on a café's façade in #Quedlinburg for #MinimalismMonday.

The street, #Finkenherd (literally "finch hearth", though its meaning is closer to "finch trap"), is famous for its half-timbered houses. The Café am Finkenherd occupies three of these historic buildings.

According to legend, Henry the Fowler, Duke of Saxony and father of our famous Otto The Great, was trapping birds here when he was told he was to be king – centuries before the houses were built, of course. He was crowned king of East Francia in 919, the first non-Frankish king no less.


#CaféAmFinkenherd #Finkenherd #HeinrichDerVogler #HenryTheFowler #Metallkunst #metalArt #Skulptur #Vögel #birds #minimalistic #minimalism #minimalistisch #Minimalismus #minimal #Harz