The Online Geography Game
We’re still in our 900’s+ series — this location was suggested by one of our players or current or past admins. Scoring is the same (2 points before the hint, 1 after), plus an extra point if you can guess who submitted it. We’ll keep going as long as we have suggestions (one per player, but already something like 20 contests!), and it’s not too late to sumbit on the Upcoming contest #900 – an update post.
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This week’s location was submitted by Lighthouse.
The Historic Sausage Kitchen of Regensburg is a restaurant in Regensburg, Germany. This is notable as perhaps the oldest continuously open public restaurant in the world.
In 1135 AD a building was erected as the construction office for the Regensburg stone bridge. When the bridge was finished in 1146 AD, the building became a restaurant named “Garkueche auf dem Kranchen” (‘cookshop near the crane’) as it was situated near the then river port. Dockers, sailors and the staff of the nearby St. Peter cathedral workshop were the regulars for the centuries to come. The present building at this location dates from the 17th century, but archaeological evidence has confirmed the existence of a previous building from the 12th century with about the same dimensions.
Until around AD 1800, the specialty was ‘gesottenes Fleisch’ (boiled meat), but when the family who currently own the restaurant took over in 1806, charcoal grilled sausages were introduced as the main dish offered.
The kitchen still operates today (daily 8AM–7PM, except holidays) and serves 6,000 sausages to guests daily. Sausages are the main dish[2] on the menu and come in portions of six, eight or ten, along with sauerkraut and mustard. Renowned Bavarian dishes such as Franconian “Saure Zipfel”, “Krautwickerl” and “Sauerbraten”, as well as a variety of salads etc., are available.
During the summer tourism season, most of the guests are served outside on wooden benches/tables, as the tiny building barely seats 35 inside.
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One of the earliest fast food stands still in existence
We’re still in our 900’s+ series — this location was suggested by one of our players or current or past admins. Scoring is the same (2 points before the hint, 1 after), plus an extra point if you can guess who submitted it. We’ll keep going as long as we have suggestions (one per player, but already something like 20 contests!), and it’s not too late to sumbit on the Upcoming contest #900 – an update post.
This week’s contest submission was from Bernd and was the Marienfeld Abbey. A former Cistercian abbey in the Marienfeld district of Harsewinkel, in the district of Gütersloh, Germany. It was founded in 1185 by monks from Hardehausen Abbey and dissolved in 1803 after German Mediatisation, becoming state property and then in 1804 a parish church. The monastic buildings were demolished, but since Pentecost 2004 two Benedictine monks have lived at the church, restoring its monastic status.
This location is used by German football teams and has a FIFA-approved football pitch next door!
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A hotel for sports teams.
We’re still in our 900’s+ series — this location was suggested by one of our players or current or past admins. Scoring is the same (2 points before the hint, 1 after), plus an extra point if you can guess who submitted it. We’ll keep going as long as we have suggestions (one per player, but already something like 20 contests!), and it’s not too late to sumbit on the Upcoming contest #900 – an update post.
Contest 911 was the submission from, no not Lighthouse, but Glenmorren and is the Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse on the south coast of Nova Scotia in Canada. The lighthouse itself was constructed in 1914-15 and is famous due to its iconic location perched on a granite rock outcrop in the Atlantic Ocean, its dramatic and picturesque setting, and its status as one of the most photographed lighthouses in Canada. The lighthouse sits at the entrance to St. Margaret’s Bay, adding to its visibility and reinforcing the dramatic maritime character of the area. It is a major tourist attraction, and the rocks it sits on are famous for the breaking waves.
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The lighthouse hosted a post office – that closed a few years ago.
