Landmark
A landmark is a typical feature or identification symbol that characterizes geographical objects, especially inhabited places and cities . This primarily includes striking buildings , but also natural features such as landmarks . Another distinguishing mark for cities are city originals . “Landmark” is not an official title.
The town's landmarks played a major role in the history of handicrafts , as the wandering journeymen had to prove their stay in other cities by knowing the landmarks (back then often: curiosities of a town).
Until the 17th century, the emblem (from ahd. Wortzeihhan , word mark in the sense of “slogan”, “identification mark”) was a sign that was supposed to attract attention. With the addition of word / true it was reinterpreted in today's understanding.
Landmarks of cities, landscapes and countries
Fictional characters
Certain characters, for example from fairy tales or legends , such as the Bremen Town Musicians for Bremen and the Little Mermaid for Copenhagen , or the Lindwurm in Klagenfurt , the Pied Piper from Hameln and the weever from Schwerin have become characteristic landmarks.
Natural space
Special elements of the natural space of a city or region (mountains, hills, beaches, lakes and others) can also become a landmark for them. These are sometimes combined with cultural landmarks, such as statues, pavilions, castles, towers or other structures.
A well-known example is Rio de Janeiro , which has several landmarks from the natural area with the Sugar Loaf , Corcovado and the beach in the Copacabana district .
Other landmarks:
- the Allgäuer Braunvieh for the Allgäu
- Alster lake and river Elbe in Hamburg , Germany
- Table Mountain in Cape Town , South Africa
- Karlsberg with Hercules in Kassel , Germany
- Mount Fuji , volcano in Japan
- Chalk cliffs on Ruegen , Germany
- Port Jackson , Sydney's natural harbor , Australia
- Schlossberg in Freiburg im Breisgau , Germany
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plants
Plants such as the rose bush of Hildesheim can be landmark.
Other landmarks:
- Germany : oak leaves on the back of coins ( pfennig and euro cent)
- England : Tudor Rose
- France : Irises
- Hong Kong : Bauhinia blakeana (Hong Kong orchid)
- Ireland : shamrock
- Japan : cherry blossom
- Canada : maple leaf
- Canary Islands : dragon tree
- Lapland (northern Scandinavia): cloudberry
- Lebanon : Lebanon Cedar
- New Zealand : silver fern
- Netherlands : tulip
- Austria : gentian
- Peru : Cantuta
- Rhön : silver thistle
- Russia : chamomile
- Switzerland : edelweiss
- South Korea : hibiscus
- Thailand : tube cassia
- Czech Republic : Linde
- Ukraine : snowball berries
Buildings
In general, outstanding buildings of all kinds quickly become landmarks of places, especially if they are of characteristic construction, for example the Eiffel Tower , the Berlin TV tower , the Golden Gate Bridge , St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna , the Stari most in Mostar , the opera of Sydney or St. Basil's Cathedral .
Many buildings are not only local, but also national symbols, see the article National symbol .
In Germany
In Austria
In Switzerland
| place | Landmark |
|---|---|
| Basel | Munster , Roothuus |
| Bern | Bundeshaus , Zytglogge |
| Geneva | Jet d'eau , St. Peter's Cathedral |
| Lucerne | Chapel Bridge |
| Schaffhausen | Munot |
| Zurich | Great Minster |
International
Works of art and other landmarks
In terms of size, works of art such as sculptures, fountains or paintings, which are mostly inconspicuous, sometimes have the character of landmarks.
Examples are:
- Bremen Town Musicians and Roland in front of the town hall in Bremen
- Buddy Bear in Berlin
- The floating , sculpture in the cathedral of Güstrow
- East Side Gallery in Berlin
- Hans Hummel in Hamburg
- Captain von Koepenick in Berlin
- Little Mermaid in Copenhagen
- Magic Mountain in Duisburg
- Manneken Pis in Brussels
- Mona Lisa in Paris
- Wallace Fountain in Paris
- Ulm Sparrow in Ulm
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Furthermore, objects of daily use, certain types of vehicles, ships, large neon signs or even local street furniture such as telephone boxes or lanterns can become landmarks, e.g. B .:
- Bayer Cross in Leverkusen
- Berlin street signs
- Black Cabs , black cabs in London
- Cable cars in San Francisco
- Café Achteck (lavatories) in Berlin
- Ebbelwei-Express , tram train in Frankfurt am Main
- Gorch Fock I , sailing ship in Stralsund
- Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles
- Métro station entrances in Paris
- Poeler Kogge (Wissemara) , a replica of a ship in Wismar
- Red telephone boxes in London and Great Britain in general
- Routemaster , double decker buses in London
- Schupmann candelabra in Berlin
- Suspension railway in Wuppertal
- SKF neon sign in Schweinfurt
- U-Bahn and S-Bahn entrances and yellow railcars in Berlin
- Yellow Cabs , the yellow cabs of New York City
- Rack railway in Stuttgart
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Brandenburg pfennig from 1811