Last weekend we made the most of the lovely spring weather and drove from Konstanz to nearby Stein am Rhein. What a picturesque old town! The painted façades of the half-timbered houses and so many little details, such as the old doors. The town flourished after Emperor Henry II moved St George’s Abbey here from the Hohentwiel around 1007; the monks were granted extensive trading rights, and the fishing village became a prosperous town.
Church silhouette and „Stein am Rhein“: Heinrich II moved St. Georgen here around 1007.People at a table in front of the façade „Hotel Restaurant Adler“.Window after window, all painted, with „Hotel Restaurant Adler“ below.The „Rathausplatz“ sign on the painted façade on the left, „Gasthof zur Sonne“ on the right.Cobbles, tables and umbrellas in front of the painted half-timbered houses.Green shutters on a peach-coloured wall, a blue handcart in front.Painted oriels on the left, a fountain figure in the lane on the right.A façade painting with a horse-drawn carriage, oriel and flower boxes below.Blue and white timber framing with an oriel, bare branches still in front.A hinge on red wood on the left, a ring on the diamond-patterned door on the right.Two rings on the wrought-iron door knocker, the wood beneath it grey.The painted façade is reflected in the frame, the oriel staying blurred.Wings, shield and key: the painted heraldic beast on the wall.A man points at the painted oriel, beside him a woman with a flower in her hair.A painted figure between the windows, the word „Wursterei“ underneath.The handle on old wood on the left, crack and lamp on the timber frame on the right.The red gate in the round arch stands open, a bench and a bush in front.A ring on red wood on the left, the riveted strap hinge on the right.Handle and fitting on the red wooden door, the paint flaking.Two lions hold the coat of arms, the year 1665 readable above it.In the pale wall a wooden door with a heart sawn out of it.Red roofs on the Rhine, a jetty in the water between the riverside houses.Glasses and a colourful scarf, the half-timbered houses by the water behind her.The church spire rises into a cloudy sky.
