Outside the old city walls, we went to find the city cemetery, which is also a park.
Through a gate in a whitewashed wall is this chapel. Note the date.
Among the mossy white tombs are many, many plaques noting the memories of departed loved ones.
Amid the tiles the mosses grow,
Through a gate in a whitewashed wall is this chapel. Note the date.
Among the mossy white tombs are many, many plaques noting the memories of departed loved ones.
Amid the tiles the mosses grow,
Over the columns, row on row…
(With apologies to “FlandersFields”)
This fellow was surnamed “Dear Lord,” and he evidently meant it, by the looks of his Good Shepherd Memorial.
Huge stately tress shade the memories.
So, when there is a path, one MUST go see what it leads to….
…even if it leads to nothing.
The town has grown up close the cemetery now, right up to its walls. Each of those little pavilions marks a memorial to a group of beloved people: music teachers, soldiers from old wars….
And then, in the middle of the green is a paved circle, edged by slab after slab around it, with names of the fallen in the First and Sevond Workd Wars - from JUST THIS TOWN!
And on every slab are lists of names.
This fellow was surnamed “Dear Lord,” and he evidently meant it, by the looks of his Good Shepherd Memorial.
Huge stately tress shade the memories.
So, when there is a path, one MUST go see what it leads to….
…even if it leads to nothing.
The town has grown up close the cemetery now, right up to its walls. Each of those little pavilions marks a memorial to a group of beloved people: music teachers, soldiers from old wars….
And then, in the middle of the green is a paved circle, edged by slab after slab around it, with names of the fallen in the First and Sevond Workd Wars - from JUST THIS TOWN!
And on every slab are lists of names.
This has got to be convincing evidence that wars are the absolutely stupidest way to resolve a problem.
At the gate, this plaque says the cemetery has been there since the 1500’s, and was renovated in the 1980’s.
Then back to the much more cheery town.
And tempting goodies in the windows.
But the stores were closed, so temptations averted. It was after 4:00 p.m. on a Saturday, after all.
One more post on Wangen to come: the church.
At the gate, this plaque says the cemetery has been there since the 1500’s, and was renovated in the 1980’s.
Then back to the much more cheery town.
And tempting goodies in the windows.
But the stores were closed, so temptations averted. It was after 4:00 p.m. on a Saturday, after all.
One more post on Wangen to come: the church.
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