The Labyrinth at the Riemenschneider Secondary School in Würzburg (Germany)

This labyrinth from the type Amiens was built in the year 2004 during the labyrinth project Würzburg.
It was made as an activity in the art lessons. The labyrinth is drawn on the schoolyard and is run very much, especially in the recess. The colour is still fading and a refreshment would be very fine.
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The Maze of Saffron Walden

The Saffron Walden Town Maze in England is the largest, historical
turf-cut labyrinth in Europe. It has a diameter of 35 m and the way is
about 1500 m long. It has 17 circuits with 4 swells and ranks among the medieval type. The exact age is unknown, but in 1699 there was paid 15 shillings for [...]

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The Labyrinth Type Gossembrot

A new labyrinth in an old design is the type Gossembrot.
It has 5 arms and 7 circuits with a completely different pattern than the related medieval types, like Chartres, Reims, Bayeux, Amiens etc.
Sigmund Gossembrot d.Ä. (1417 – 1493), humanist and councilman of Augsburg, compiled at 1480 nine labyrinth designs in a script. In Hermann Kerns [...]

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One-year Anniversary

This blog is now one year young.
Not really a long time. And maybe no reason to celebrate it.
But in the Internet Age one year is much and there happens also so much.
Thus the appearance of this blog changed both on the visitors side as on the background level.
A blog must grow and prosper like a [...]

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