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Muesumseisenbahn "Pollo" www.pollo.de/fahrbetrieb Mein Besuch beim "Pollo" stand lange auf dem Wunschzettel. Dadurch, daß das eine Museumsstrecke und nicht immer dampfbetriebener Fahrbetrieb ist, für mich nicht so einfach. Der Himmel hätte gern etwas blauer sein dürfen. Immerhin konnte ich durch den Raps etwas Farbe in's Bild bringen. Nach dem Mittag fing es auch noch etwas zu tröpfeln an, aber das tat dem Erlebnis "nostalgische Dampfeisenbahn" keinen Abbruch.

Neulich in der MDR Gartensendung habe ich folgendes gelernt: Die Blüten der Akelei werden von den Hummeln bestäubt. Diese haben einen längeren Rüssel um Nektar zu saugen als Bienen. Deshalb sind sie für diese Blüten prädisteniert, da sich der Nektar in den oberen Spitzen der Blüte befindet. - Nun sind die Bienen aber nicht doof, denn sie wollen ja auch an den süßen Saft. Also bohren sie die Blüte einfach von außen an und pumpen eben da ab, wie im PIP sehr schön zu sehen ist. ;-) Recently in the MDR Garden TV I learned the following: The flowers of the akelei are pollinated by the bumblebees. They have a longer trunk to suck nectar than bees. This is why they are predistined for these flowers, as the nectar is located in the upper tips of the flower. Now the bees are not stupid, because they also want the sweet juice. So they just drill the flower from the outside and pump it out there, as you can see in the PIP. ;-) Translated with www.deepl.com/Translator

The Molen van Otten (Mill of Otten) is located on a branch of the river Geul in the village of Wijlre. It is one of the few water mills in the Netherlands with a double water wheel. The history of the mill dates back to 1275, when it was built as a banmolen (mill soke) of the heerlijkheid (a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas in the Dutch-speaking Low Countries before 1800) Wijlre. The first written mention, however, is from a clergy in the year 1420. A bill for the restoration of the mill by the then Lord of Wijlre, “Gerard Scheiffart van Merode”, indicates the year 1485. Traditionally this watermill was a flour and oil mill. The current mill building and the accompanying house date from 1776, as the wall anchors indicate. In that year, the existing buildings were completely rebuilt and a farm and a brewery were added. At that time, the owners of the complex were the Lords of Wijlre. They leased the house with mill, farm and brewery. When the Ancien Regime was abolished at the end of the 18th century, Kasteel Wijlre , the mill, the farm and the brewery came into the hands of “Guillaume Eugene de Massen”. In 1871, the brewery was sold separately to the brewer “Frederik Edmond Brand”; this was the beginning of Brand's brewery, which grew into one of the best-known breweries in Limburg. In the thirties of the 20th century the miller’s house was badly damaged by extremely high water of the river Geul. The mill fell into disrepair and restoration started after the mill was bought by the Otten family. Since then the mill has been called Molen van Otten . Since 1981 the mill is also used for small scale electricity production. Nowadays some holiday apartments have been created in the buildings. The Molen van Otten is a National Heritage Site.

Hier steht sie, die 18 316, ganz versteckt im Technoseum in Mannheim, sie hat wirklich eine bessere Präsentation verdient. Man kann sie nicht mal ordentlich fotografieren :-/ de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badische_IV_h