Gotha - Weimar 2016

[Squad 51]

As promised, my second attempt to post the link for my trip to Gotha and Weimar in 2016. Known here as the "Ernestines", the Saxonia-Coburg and Gotha dynasty comes from Thuringia and Bavaria. Both exhibitions in both cities were cool. Unfortunately, it wasn't allowed to take photos. But you can see me again.

Here's the link: Gotha-Weimar 2016

Hopefully it works now. Oh, and these thrones were standing around only in the city of Weimar.

[Tim]

I was able to see all the pictures.

I believe Gotha was part of the name of the British Royal House, before it was changed to "Windsor" in 1917.

[Squad 51]

Yep, because there were planes with the name of Gotha in WWI. But Gotha still lives from this old connections, even now. Belgium still has the same name in its Royal family.

[Melinda Halliwell]

Nice photos Jana. I like the look of the town and the architecture around that.

[Dark Avenger]

Wonderful photos. I enjoyed looking at them.

[Squad 51]

Yep, most of the pics were taken in Gotha, because Weimar, back then, was already very familiar for me.

[Tim]

Apr 17, 2022 17:29:19 GMT -5 Squad 51 said:

Yep, because there were planes with the name of Gotha in WWI. But Gotha still lives from this old connections, even now. Belgium still has the same name in its Royal family.

Well, the British changed it, because they didn't want a name connected to the country they were currently at war with.

[Melinda Halliwell]

I mostly know Gotha for Prince Albert and his brother Ernest as well as King Leopold of Belgium.

I can understand though not wanting a country to be associated with something which was causing deaths at the time.

[Tim]

And, of course, Weimar is the namesake for the infamous republic that preceded the rise of Hitler.