Kees' photos with the keyword: oberbayern

Two roads take you from Icking to Irschenhausen. This picture is taken from the higher one, the Ulrichstraße. Below is the Irschenhauser Straße.

I hope this picture will, at least partially, satisfy Oldwoodchuck’s wish for a more recent picture of our house. I don’t know who those people standing in our garden are... Are they stealing apples? If I had shot this picture myself I would have called the police first! Scan of a picture taken by my brother.

Though it makes an archaic impression the “Ickinger Wehr” is only about 80 years old. It’s also the only way to cross the Isar in our area (and stay dry). Scan of a picture taken by my brother.

This is where the Isar and Loisach rivers meet, a few miles south of Icking. Scan of a picture taken by my brother.

Scan of a picture taken by my brother.

View on Icking from the ruins of the Icking ski-jump. Yes, Icking used to be a winter sports center... All that is left today is some cross-country skiing. Scan of a picture taken by my brother.

Isar valley near Icking Scan of a picture taken by my brother.

The Isar river is just a 15 minutes walk away from where we live. Scan of a picture taken by my brother.

Die spätmittelalterliche Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche ist das älteste Gebäude Ickings und sein natürlicher Mittelpunkt. The medieval Holy-Cross-Church is the oldest building and the natural center of the community, lying opposite of our house. Scan of a picture taken by my brother.

Interior of the Holy-Cross-Church at Icking. Scan of a picture taken by my brother.

The old cemetery surrounding the Holy-Cross-Church. Scan of a picture taken by my brother.

The house where the poet Rainer Maria Rilke spent several years of his life (see also here). Irschenhausen is a part of Icking. It must have been founded centuries after Icking itself, but time has dealt more generously with it. It was, and to some extent still is, a center of artists and writers. Scan of a picture taken by my brother.