St. George’s Church

In the city of Tübingen, there is a medieval church of St. George. I found this side door very interesting. The design doesn’t look that medieval to me.

A side door

But more interesting was this window with this grotesquely bent man on it.

Naturally, that piqued my curiosity for I couldn’t understand what was being shown. Once again, internet came in handy. As it so happens, people used to be tortured and executed on a spiked wheel between Roman times and middle ages. It was called Catherine Wheel as St. Catherine was martyred thus. But why would there be a window like this there? It was installed on the orders of the Duke of the region after he mistakenly executed an innocent man. I don’t know how that would’ve helped the dead man but …

The Church

For Dan’s Thursday Doors.

In this blog, I focus on sharing some of the photographs that I capture, often during my travels but also in the everyday life. If you’d like to read about my travels, you can find the stories on this blog – Reflections on the River.