The apparently Romanesque baptismal font in the Catholic church of St Katharina in the village of Stadt Blankenberg (Hennef municipality/ Rhein-Sieg district).
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Taufsteine, #baptismal_fonts, #Kirchen, #churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Stadt_Blankenberg, #Hennef, #Rhein_Sieg_Kreis

St Catherine's Tower on the town wall of Stadt Blankenberg (Hennef municipality) dates back to the 13th/14th century and now houses a local history museum.
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Türme, #towers, #Stadtore, #town_gates, #Stadtmauern, #town_walls, #Architektur, #architecture, #Stadt_Blankenberg, #Hennef

You might think the town wall of Stadt Blankenberg (Hennef municipality) is on fire.
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Stadtmauern, #town_walls, #Pflanzen, #plants, #Stadt_Blankenberg, #Hennef

An old confessional in St Catherine's Church in the village of Stadt Blankenberg (Hennef municipality, Rhein-Sieg district)
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Beichtstühle, #confessionals, #Kirchen, #churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Stadt_Blankenberg, #Hennef, #Rhein_Sieg_Kreis

A street with numerous half-timbered houses in the village of Stadt Blankenberg (Hennef municipality, Rhein-Sieg district).
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Architektur, #architecture, #Fachwerkhäuser, #half_timbered_houses, #Stadt_Blankenberg, #Sieg, #Hennef

The fictional character of ‘Malus Sinistrius’ in the village of Stadt Blankenberg (Hennef municipality, Rhein-Sieg district), a magician who allegedly (according to an adventure game for children) wants to bewitch the town into the fog of oblivion.
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Figuren, #statues, #Holzschnitzereien, #wood_carvings, #Stadt_Blankenberg, #Hennef, #Sieg

View from Blankenberg Castle near the town of Blankenberg (part of the Hennef municipality/Rhein-Sieg district) of the Sieg river valley. In the background the village of Oberauel.
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Siegtal, #Flüsse, #rivers, #Sieg, #Stadt_Blankenberg, #Hennef

Ruins of Blankenberg Castle near the village of Stadt Blankenberg (part of Hennef municipality/ Rhine-Sieg district). The castle was probably built between 1150 and 1180.
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Burgen, #castles, #Burgruinen, #Burg_Blankenberg, #Architektur, #architecture, #Stadt_Blankenberg, #Hennef, #Sieg

Beichtstuhl in der Kirche St. Katharina in Stadt Blankenberg (heute Ortsteil von Hennef/ Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, NRW). Der Ursprung der Kirche geht zwar auf das Jahr 1245; sie mußte jedoch mehrfach nach Bränden und Beschuß erneuert werden.
(Oktober 2008)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Beichtstühle, #Confessionals, #Kirchen, #churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Stadt_Blankenberg, #Hennef

The organ in the Catholic St. Catherine's Church in Stadt Blankenberg (today part of Hennef, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis/ western Germany) was first built in 1746 and later expanded.
(October 2008)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Orgeln, #organs, #Kirchen, #churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Stadt_Blankenberg, #Hennef, # Rhein_Sieg_Kreis