Saturday, October 18, 2008

The Third Domino has been placed.

To seek this domino you must travel to Rothenburg, Germany. This is a place that is worth a visit even if you are not hunting dominoes. There are parts of this town that date back to the late 900s and no, there is not a 1 missing from the beginning of that date. Rothenburg was once a medieval walled city. The part of the city where the domino is located is not that old but it has some history of its own. I'll let you look up the history between the 900s and WW II. That's where the history of our part of the wall begins. The Allies bombed the city in 1945. About 40% of the city was destroyed including the eastern wall. The rest of the city was spared and, again, I'll let you look it up. Eventually, the city wanted to rebuild the wall and sent out an appeal around the world for funds to do so. People from all over sent money and all those that did now have their name engraved on stones that went into the new section of the eastern city wall. You can walk the ramparts about 3/4 of the wall around the city but as you do so, pay attention to those engravings. When you come across one that speaks of the George Pal production of The Brothers Grimm in 1961, you are very near domino #3. Above you and to the left of the engraved stone is a wooden roof beam/support/truss (I forget the correct building term) that crosses the walk. The domino is in an organza drawstring bag to the left on top of the beam.

Let me know if you find it, please and I hope you enjoy(ed) the rest of Rothenburg!

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