Kaiserpfalz in Düsseldorf, Germany
 

Hi,

I vistetd the ruins of a Kaiserpfalz (Imperial Palace, literally "king's palace") in Düsseldorf. Sadly it was more in Ruins than I thought, there was only few walls left.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6809/pfalz1.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9101/pfalz2.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8361/pfalz3.jpg

But from the Palace I had a good view over the river Rhine.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7692/rhein.jpg

There was also some strange modern Art

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1081/dingr.jpg

And one of the old Lintel, It says
"In the Year 1184, of the incarnation of out Lord Jesus Christus, Emperor Frederic added this ornament to his empire, with the intention to reinforce juistice and preserve freedom everywhere"

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8684/stein.jpg

Close to the Palace was a small Memorial for the victims of the World Wars
(my translation, the original is more like a poem which is hard to translate)

Like Heroes you devoted your lives to the fatherland.
Always thinking about you the fatherland thanks you.

The City of Kaiserswerth to her fallen Sons who have died in World War 1914-1918

And the victims of World War 1939- 1945

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8963/denkmal.jpg

...and this is the way the palace used to look?

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2..._modell440.jpg

Nice shots of an interesting site. Thanks for sharing them with us.

Yes, that is a small model of the original palace.