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#761048 - 05/05/12 07:42 AM
Re: Saint George and the Dragonet
[Re: Lestie - ContainerGardens]
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Great idea Lestie, that makes it much easier to find - am really looking forward to hearing these later.
Saint George and the Dragonet and
St. George and the Dragon with Little Blue Riding Hood!
St. George is not only the patron saint of England,  replacing poor old St. Edmund the Martyr in the 15th century, although he wasn't English of course but Turkish, he is also the patron saint of Freiburg in southern Germany, and some of his relics are kept in St. Georges Church on one of the islands on Lake Constance, Reichenau.
Which is also in southern Germany, the Black Forest Area.
The lake is beautiful as is Reichenau, a monastic island on the World Heritiage List, and it's one of those places that must be fitted somewhere into your 'Bucket List' when you make your European Grand Tour.
And here is a Luftmalerei, wall painting of St. George slaying that pesky dragon, on Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, the GC 'Avatar' castle.
So yes we do have dragons, maidens, damsels and knaves in Germany.......well sort of anyway.
Thanks for the 'heads up'! 
Edited by Francine - German Culture (05/05/12 02:40 PM)
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