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Katz Castle (German: Burg Katz) is a castle above the German town of Sankt Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle stands on a ledge looking downstream from the riverside at Sankt Goar. It was first built around 1371 by Count William II of Katzenelnbogen. The castle was bombarded in 1806 by Napoleon and rebuilt in the late 19th century, in 1896–98. It is now privately owned, and not open for visitors.
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Etymology
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After the original castle “Burg Katzenelnbogen” (lit. Castle [of] Cat’s Elbow) this medieval fortress castle is officially known as Burg Neukatzenelnbogen (Castle [of] New Cat’s Elbow). It used to be and still is, however, comfortably and commonly contracted to “die [Burg] Katz” (“the [Castle] Cat”).
As such, it is popularly linked with Burg Maus (“the [Castle] Mouse”), which was indeed erected in closest possible vicinity as its military counterpart.
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The castle is of compact layout, consisting mainly of a great hall and a massive bergfried, originally 40 metres tall, on the uphill side.
In 1435, the Counts of Katzenelnbogen were the first to plant Riesling grapes in their vineyard.[1]
Katz Castle and its surroundings are the place of action for the Belgian comic book L’Orgue du Diable in the Yoko Tsuno series by Roger Leloup.
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The Year 2025: It is June already!
How come more then six months have passed already since Les died? So much has happened during this time. Still, it feels like the months did pass very quickly. There is really not much I can do within one day. When a day has gone, I have not been able to do much at all. It is as though a day has only 16 hours instead of 24. And this includes about ten hours sleeping. I may overall have 14 hours when I can be awake. But during these 14 hours at the most I can do only as much as what normally people can do in less than 7 hours. So, I am always behind. Still, I try to do as much as possible.
I don’t know whether what I write here makes a lot of sense or not. In short, I have the feeling I am always running out of time. I have to get used to it to do everything slowly. This means I cannot do everything I would still like to do, unless I can get a lot of help.
How much help can I get? At this stage it is actually just 3 hours per week!! I am hopeful that perhaps I may soon get about 4 more hours per week. – – –
Of course my family helps out a bit whenever they have a bit of time for me.
This post was to be for the month of June. So, what happened this month so far? Today is only the 8th of June, It is the King’s Birthday weekend. This means tomorrow, Monday, is a public holiday. We had planned to drive up to the Southern Highlands today, that is my daughter Monika had planned to give me and her daughter Natasha a lift to the Highlands. I would have liked to stop at Mittagong to see my friend Gerard. The trip had to be cancelled because of sickness.
A beautiful Day at BERKELOUW’s Book Barn, 22nd January 2016
auntyuta Diary, Life in Australia, Old Age January 22, 2016 1 Minute
Today we had another look at Berkelouw’s Book Barn after we had not visited it for many years. It was a very good place to meet up again with G and H.
In one of Berkelouw’s pamphlets it says:
WE BUY BOOKS AND PRINTS IN LARGE LOTS OR SMALL
The Book Barn at Berrima is the first of its kind in Australia and responds to the demand of the reading public for inexpensive fine quality secondhand books . . . . ”
After not having visited the Book Barn for a number of years, we were astounded, how the facilities have improved. There is a huge restaurant area as well as a well established winery and a magnificent place for wine tasting!
I very much liked the pizza and the salad with flowers for lunch and later on a glass of wine at the cellar door.
The poplars that lead to the book barn look as healthy as ever!
bookbarn@berkelouw.com.au
On the way home we had a quick stop at Robertson Pie Shop.
And then we had to drive down MacQuarie Pass in dense fog and rain!
All the way home it rained steadily. Luckily the rain was not as heavy as it had been the day before. Last night we had some flooding in our home. When we arrived home today, there was still a bit of rain but thankfully no more flooding. Also after yesterday’s heat-wave with temperatures well over 35C, it is very much cooler today. Australia Day is coming up next Tuesday. Already today, Friday, a lot of traffic was building up for people going South to have a long holiday weekend.
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Auntie, Sister. Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Mother and Wife of German Descent I’ve lived in Australia since 1959 together with my husband Peter. We have four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. I started blogging because I wanted to publish some of my childhood memories. I am blogging now also some of my other memories. I like to publish some photos too as well as a little bit of a diary from the present time. Occasionally I publish a story with a bit of fiction in it. Peter, my husband, is publishing some of his stories under berlioz1935.wordpress.com View all posts by auntyuta
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The C-SweetEditThe salad looks delicious – what a nice little surprise to find all the upgrades to the little bookshop, including of course, the wine bar!!! It’s hard to believe the fog/rain photo was taken the same day.Reply
auntyutaEditThanks for commenting, C. Berkelouw Books are well established. They still have about eight book stores in NSW, and one in Queensland. Apart from secondhand books they also sell a few newly published books..To us it is a well known fact that towards the top of the pass a lot of fog can develop. Luckily the pass is well signed all the way. Peter, my husband, is 80, but he has long practice negotiating along the pass, that is, there were times when his work required that he drove up and down the pass on a daily basis. So I am proud to say, that he hasn’t lost his touch yet and drove confidently around all the bends in fog and rain!
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I was very happy with this drink.
gerard oostermanEditWe enjoyed sharing food and wine too at Berkelouw’s. Uta. We drank some of their Semillon Blanc last night. We had a great day and pleased Peter still manages all those S bends down the Pass.Reply
DebraEditOh my goodness! I would love the Book Barn. This is my kind of place for sure. I have very little self-control when given an excellent used book shop, and this one really appeals to me. It’s probably good I don’t live nearby. LOL!Reply
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A beautiful Day at BERKELOUW’s Book Barn, 22nd January 2016
auntyuta Diary, Life in Australia, Old Age January 22, 2016 1 Minute
Today we had another look at Berkelouw’s Book Barn after we had not visited it for many years. It was a very good place to meet up again with G and H.
In one of Berkelouw’s pamphlets it says:
WE BUY BOOKS AND PRINTS IN LARGE LOTS OR SMALL
The Book Barn at Berrima is the first of its kind in Australia and responds to the demand of the reading public for inexpensive fine quality secondhand books . . . . ”
After not having visited the Book Barn for a number of years, we were astounded, how the facilities have improved. There is a huge restaurant area as well as a well established winery and a magnificent place for wine tasting!
I very much liked the pizza and the salad with flowers for lunch and later on a glass of wine at the cellar door.
The poplars that lead to the book barn look as healthy as ever!
bookbarn@berkelouw.com.au
On the way home we had a quick stop at Robertson Pie Shop.
And then we had to drive down MacQuarie Pass in dense fog and rain!
All the way home it rained steadily. Luckily the rain was not as heavy as it had been the day before. Last night we had some flooding in our home. When we arrived home today, there was still a bit of rain but thankfully no more flooding. Also after yesterday’s heat-wave with temperatures well over 35C, it is very much cooler today. Australia Day is coming up next Tuesday. Already today, Friday, a lot of traffic was building up for people going South to have a long holiday weekend.
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A beautiful Day at BERKELOUW’s Book Barn, 22nd January 2016November 13, 2021In “Books”
Sunday in the Highlands in the midst of Winter!July 16, 2019In “Diary”
Essential ConversationsOctober 18, 2022In “Books”
Edit”A beautiful Day at BERKELOUW’s Book Barn, 22nd January 2016″
Published by auntyuta
Auntie, Sister. Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Mother and Wife of German Descent I’ve lived in Australia since 1959 together with my husband Peter. We have four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. I started blogging because I wanted to publish some of my childhood memories. I am blogging now also some of my other memories. I like to publish some photos too as well as a little bit of a diary from the present time. Occasionally I publish a story with a bit of fiction in it. Peter, my husband, is publishing some of his stories under berlioz1935.wordpress.com View all posts by auntyuta
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