Plenty of Nothing

The Diet of Worms

The Diet of Worms opened on this day in 1521. Source.

Hexenbrunnen

Some public fountains in Germany are accompanied by the statue of a witch. If the concept was to discourage children from playing around wells it's not working in this case. Source.

Veste Coburg

The west face. Source.

Joust

This is only one of 146 jousts recorded in the Tournament Book of Duke Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous of Saxony, c. 1535. It's housed at the Veste Coburg. Source.

Shell Haus, Berlin

Shell-Haus Berlin. Designed by Emil Fahrenkamp and completed in 1931. Photo by Kurt Triest. Source.

Praying Hands, Saar

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1. FC Saarbrücken in the DFB-Pokal

1962. Source.

1952/8/17      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 2  FC St. Pauli

1958/9/21      SF        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 4  VfB Stuttgart

1961/7/29      R16      1.FC Saarbrücken  0 - 1  SV Werder Bremen

1962/7/28      R16      1.FC Saarbrücken  4 - 1  Eintracht Braunschweig

1962/8/8        QF        1.FC Saarbrücken  2 - 2  Fortuna Düsseldorf

1962/8/15      QF        Fortuna Düsseldorf  1 - 1  1.FC Saarbrücken

1963/6/1        R16      1.FC Saarbrücken  3 - 0  VfL Wolfsburg

1963/7/31      QF        Hamburger SV  1 - 0  1.FC Saarbrücken

1964/4/7        R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  6 - 1  Tennis Borussia Berlin

1964/4/22      R16      1.FC Saarbrücken  2 - 1  Eintracht Braunschweig

1964/5/20      QF        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 3  TSV 1860 München

1966/1/22      R1        FC St. Pauli  4 - 2  1.FC Saarbrücken

1967/1/14      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  2 - 4  VfB Stuttgart

1974/9/8        R1        FC Augsburg  2 - 1  1.FC Saarbrücken

1975/8/1        R1        FC Bayern Munich  3 - 1  1.FC Saarbrücken

1976/8/6        R1        SpVgg Preußen 07 Hameln  0 - 5  1.FC Saarbrücken

1976/10/16    R2        1.FC Saarbrücken  0 - 3  Rot-Weiß Essen

1977/8/10      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 2  FC Bayern Munich

1978/8/5        R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 0  SpVgg Fürth

1978/9/22      R2        1.FC Saarbrücken  2 - 3  Bayer Uerdingen

1979/8/25      R1        Freiburger FC  2 - 1  1.FC Saarbrücken

1980/8/30      R1        TSV Plön  0 - 3  1.FC Saarbrücken

1980/10/4      R2        1.FC Saarbrücken  2 - 2  Freiburger FC

1980/10/28    R2        Freiburger FC  3 - 1  1.FC Saarbrücken

1981/8/28      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  0 - 0  Alemannia Aachen

1981/9/8        R1        Alemannia Aachen  2 - 1  1.FC Saarbrücken

1984/9/1        R1        Rot-Weiß Essen  1 - 2  1.FC Saarbrücken

1984/11/21    R2        1.FC Saarbrücken  4 - 1  1.FC Nürnberg

1984/12/22    R16      VfB Stuttgart  0 - 0  1.FC Saarbrücken

1985/2/6        R16      1.FC Saarbrücken  2 - 2  VfB Stuttgart (Saarbrücken who on PK)

1985/2/16      QF        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 0  Hannover 96

1985/4/6        SF        1.FC Saarbrücken  0 - 1  Bayer 05 Uerdingen

1985/8/24      R1        Göttingen 05  1 - 6  1.FC Saarbrücken

1985/10/17    R2        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 3  FC Bayern Munich

1986/8/27      R1        Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid  2 - 4  1.FC Saarbrücken

1986/10/24    R2        Alemannia Aachen  4 - 0  1.FC Saarbrücken

1987/8/28      R1        1.FC Pforzheim  3 - 2  1.FC Saarbrücken

1988/8/6        R1        VfR Wormatia Worms  1 - 3  1.FC Saarbrücken

1988/9/24      R2        FSV Salmrohr  0 - 1  1.FC Saarbrücken

1988/12/10    R16      VfB Stuttgart  2 - 0  1.FC Saarbrücken

1989/8/20      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  3 - 1  SV Meppen

1989/9/23      R2        Fortuna Düsseldorf  4 - 0  1.FC Saarbrücken

1990/8/4        R1        Türkiyemspor Berlin  2 - 6  1.FC Saarbrücken

1990/11/3      R2        SpVgg Fürth  0 - 1  1.FC Saarbrücken

1990/12/1      R16      1.FC Saarbrücken  0 - 0  Eintracht Frankfurt

1991/3/6        R16      Eintracht Frankfurt  3 - 2  1.FC Saarbrücken

1991/8/1        R1        Borussia Dortmund II  2 - 5  1.FC Saarbrücken

1991/8/17      R2        SC Bamberg  4 - 1  1.FC Saarbrücken

1992/8/18      R1        Kickers Emden  1 - 5  1.FC Saarbrücken

1992/9/12      R2        Carl Zeiss Jena  2 - 1  1.FC Saarbrücken

1993/8/4        R1        FSV Salmrohr  1 - 3  1.FC Saarbrücken

1993/8/24      R2        Alemannia Aachen  0 - 3  1.FC Saarbrücken

1993/9/11      R3        1.FC Saarbrücken  2 - 4  Hamburger SV

1994/8/13      R1        Holstein Kiel  0 - 2  1.FC Saarbrücken

1994/9/11      R2        Hannover 96  0 - 2  1.FC Saarbrücken

1994/10/25    R16      1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 4  FC St. Pauli

1995/8/27      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 2  Eintracht Frankfurt

1997/8/15      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 0  SC Freiburg

1997/9/24      R2        1.FC Saarbrücken  0 - 4  1.FC Kaiserslautern

1998/8/28      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 1  Borussia Dortmund (Dortmund won on PK)

1999/8/9        R2        1.FC Saarbrücken  0 - 1  Schalke 04

2000/8/26      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  0 - 1  SpVgg Greuther Fürth

2001/8/26      R1        Werder Bremen  5 - 0  1.FC Saarbrücken

2002/8/30      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 1  SV Waldhof Mannheim (Mannheim won on PK)

2004/8/21      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 4  1.FC Köln

2005/8/20      R1        FC Ingolstadt  1 - 1  1.FC Saarbrücken (Saarbrücken won on PK)

2005/10/25    R2        SpVgg Unterhaching  2 - 1  1.FC Saarbrücken

2006/9/10      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 0  FSV Mainz 05

2006/10/24    R2        1.FC Saarbrücken  0 - 2  SpVgg Greuther Fürth

2011/7/29      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 3  Erzgebirge Aue

2012/8/19      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  0 - 5  Schalke 04

2013/8/4        R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  3 - 1  Werder Bremen

2013/9/25      R2        1.FC Saarbrücken  2 - 1  SC Paderborn

2013/12/3      R16      1.FC Saarbrücken  0 - 2  Borussia Dortmund

2017/8/13      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 2  Union Berlin

2019/8/11      R1        1.FC Saarbrücken  3 - 2  Jahn Regensburg

2019/10/29    R2        1.FC Saarbrücken  3 - 2  1.FC Köln

2020/2/5        R16      1.FC Saarbrücken  0 - 0  Karlsruher SC (Saarbrücken won on PK)

2020/3/3        QF        1.FC Saarbrücken  1 - 1  Fortuna Düsseldorf (Saarbrücken won on PK)

2020/6/9        SF        1.FC Saarbrücken  0 - 3  Bayer Leverkusen

Freight Handler

A statue of a Transportarbeiter in the Moabit neighbourhood of Berlin, made by Felix Kupsch in 1935. DRG stands for Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft. Source.

The Vampire Note

On this date in 1922 Germany issued it's largest denomination banknote till then, though as the year progressed they came out with greater and greater denominations, ultimately reaching billions of marks in face value as inflation ran rampant. This one included an engraving of a portrait by Albrecht Dürer, which some people took to be a picture of a vampire and symbolic of France, whose war reparation demands were blamed for the financial crisis. Read about it.

 

Kohlrabizirkus

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Icefighters Leipzig host Tilburg Trappers at their rink in the renovated market building known as Kolrabizikus.

Canadian Ian Farrell plays for the Icefighters.

Which teams in the top three tiers of German hockey are located in the former GDR?

DEL: Eisbären Berlin

DEL2: Eispiraten Crimmitschau, Dresdner Eislöwen, Lausitzer Füchse

Oberliga: Black Dragons Erfurt, Saale Bulls Halle, Icefighters Leipzig, Rostock Piranhas

The East German Oberliga famously operated with only two clubs from 1970 to 1990. Both clubs still exist. SC Dynamo Berlin turned into Eisbären Berlin of the DEL. SG Dynamo Weißwasser became Lausiter Füchse of DEL2.

[Tilburg win 5 - 1.]