The best MTB trails around Billigheim-Ingenheim

To my great disappointment, the poppy field is no longer there this year. Corn is now being planted there.

On sunny days, lizards can often be found on the vertical rock face.

Simply a great view. It's nice to linger here. Also good for a break.

The Catholic parish church of St. Mary stands in Landau's city center, directly on Marienring. With its imposing size, it is the most magnificent church in the entire Southern Palatinate and is built in the Neo-Romanesque cathedral style. The three-aisled basilica, in late Romanesque and early Gothic forms, impresses with its massive twin-tower facade, its exterior with open buttresses, and its interior with its three-zone wall elevation. On June 12, 1908, the foundation stone for St. Mary's Church was laid according to plans by Josef Cades of Stuttgart. By 1910, the church was structurally complete, with the exception of the two towers. On June 12, 1911, the church was solemnly consecrated by the Bishop of Speyer, Michael von Faulhaber, the future Archbishop of Munich and Freising. ...The Catholic parish church of St. Mary stands in Landau's city center, Landau's city center, and the church stands in Marienring One hundred years later, Cardinal Friedrich Wetter, also initially Bishop of Speyer and later Archbishop of Munich and Freising, celebrated the anniversary Mass in his home parish. The construction of the church was estimated to cost around 1 million gold marks at the time (equivalent to approximately 42 million euros today). It is 73 meters long, 40 meters wide, and the nave is 20 meters high. The imposing west towers each reach a height of 60 meters. The church's footprint covers 2,236 square meters, and its volume is 44,673 cubic meters. Approximately 60 single-family homes could fit inside St. Mary's Church. Speyer Cathedral is five times larger. The most recent interior renovation, completed in March 2014, cost 1.3 million euros. The organ (3 manuals / 70 stops), built by G. F. Steinmeyer & Co. and commissioned in 1924, is one of the most important late-Romantic instruments in southern Germany. The parish invested €600,000 in its restoration (2010-2012), with significant support from our Friends of the Church association. Selected works of art from various centuries adorn the church interior. Of particular note are a wooden relief of a late Gothic "Lamentation of Christ," created around 1510, and the "Holy Kinship," which dates from approximately the same period. The ambo, altar, and cross were created in 1974/75 by the Speyer artist Georg Günther Zeuner (1923-2011). In 2024, a light cross by the renowned artist Ludger Hinse (born 1948) was installed in the chancel. Source: https://www.kirchelandau.de/pfarrei-gemeinden/kirchen/kirche-st-maria/

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Mary stands in the city center of Landau/Pfalz, directly on the southern ring road. It is the most imposing church in the entire Southern Palatinate. Due to its towering size and neo-Romanesque cathedral style, it is also called the Landau Cathedral. The church is listed in the register of cultural monuments of the independent city of Landau. In 1907, the Roman Catholic Church Council of Landau decided to build a new, larger, and more modern church in the newly developed Landau-Süd district, as the Augustinian church on Königsstraße had become too small. The foundation stone for St. Mary's Church was laid in 1908, based on plans by Joseph Cades of Stuttgart. By 1910, the church was structurally complete, with the exception of the two towers. In 1911, the church was solemnly consecrated by the then Bishop of Speyer and later Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Michael von Faulhaber. St. Mary's Church is, after Speyer Cathedral and the Otterberg Monastery Church, the third largest church in the Palatinate region, along with Speyer Memorial Church. The church is 73 meters long, 40 meters wide, and, including its two west towers, 60 meters high. The interior is characterized by late Romanesque architecture with early Gothic elements. Round-arched windows and buttresses modeled after those of Chartres Cathedral define the exterior. During World War II, the church's sacristy was destroyed by bombing raids. It was later rebuilt in a modern style. A particularly noteworthy feature of St. Mary's Church is the 3.5-meter-high wooden statue of Mary with the Christ Child. The church can be entered via the north side entrance on Marienring. `` The church is, after Speyer Cathedral and the Otterberg Monastery Church, the third largest church in the Palatinate, after Speyer Cathedral, the Memorial Church in Speyer Memorial Church, and the Memorial Church in Speyer Memorial Church, the third largest church in the Palatinate ... The organ of St. Mary's Church was built in 1924 by the organ building firm G. F. Steinmeyer & Co. (Oettingen) with 70 speaking stops across three manuals and pedal (plus two transmissions to the pedal), featuring electro-pneumatic slider chests and electric stop action. In the 1950s, the instrument was rebuilt and adapted to the prevailing tonal ideals of the time ("Baroque-ized"). The original organ case was also replaced with a free-standing pipework case. From 2010 to 2012, the organ underwent a comprehensive restoration by Romanus Seifert & Son (Kevelaer), with the aim of restoring its original late-Romantic state from 1924. Of the approximately 4,500 original pipes, about 3,500 remain, as does a large part of the mechanical components. ] † ... ...... Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtpfarrkirche_St._Maria_(Landau_in_der_Pfalz)

From this spot you can see the ruins of Lindelbrunn.

A real gem with the beautiful street along the Queich.

Very nice here in Annweiler.