Entry 24: Birkenhang
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@Ke|is Thank you for your continued interest and your nice words. It's actually the sea, not a lake, but I'm nevertheless glad you liked it.
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In today's entry, we are continuing to explore the market community of Birkenhang. Or, to be more exact, the community parts of Eschenfall, Mariahilf, and Außerdorf, as shown on this sketch from the last entry:
This coincidentally allows me to finish more or less the coastal parts of this city tile, something that is usually very MMP-heavy.
First, let's recall this picture from the last entry, from the area Klarenbach. We are going to continue the road leading to the left of the picture.
And we arrive in the center of Birkenhang, the community part of Mariahilf. This part was formed when the first harbour was erected; a lot of merchants moved into this area and thus, this part, nowadays the old community parts, have been built.
Nowadays, people have also thought of the recreational aspect: On this small peninsula, a sports center, a hotel, and a marina have been built, and we have already seen the popular beach with a series of small restaurants.
Next, a few close-ups: First, the old military building, the so-called Alte Kommandantur, former seat of the head of the local military, nowadays a museum with a small park in close proximity.
Second, a close-up of the sports area, I like the way the promenade along the coast has turned out. The bridge there leads to an island with a monastery, we'll see about it in a future entry.
Third, a close-up of the old village parts. A small part of the old protection walls, including the gate, has survived and is now part of another park.
Fourth, the newest addition to Birkenhang, the small temple the local Buddhist community built there.
And fifth, I'd like to include this picture of the rocky coast, I already showed it off before, but I wanted to include it here, for the sake of completeness:
A bit more to the north, there's the community part of Eschenfall, more or less a modern expansion, with a nice view to the sea. Even some rich people are living there, enjoying the view.
We now head into the opposite direction, to the southwest. This is the new harbour, a good amount of cars and passengers can board and leave ships there. There's also a fishing harbor.
The federal route B2 ends at the harbour, but a small street continues all the way to the next community part, Außerdorf (lit. outer village), a small hamlet on a precipice. Two pictures from different angles.
Between Außerdorf and the harbour, rainwater has formed a small wetlands area. The people decided to keep it, it is just looking so interesting.
And here, an overview over the entire area, including Klarenbach, Unterdorf, and a small part of the Spitz. I've blackened out parts of this picture, since this ara is still a WIP and looks horrible right now.
And that's it for today. There's still a good amount of work to do in Birkenhang, such as the mire and the fortress in Oberdorf, the lighthouse area and four islands. Hope you liked this entry. As a bonus picture, I'm showing my first attempt at making a screenshot from a different camera angle with the new Camera DLL mod. The buildings and the marina are looking quite odd, but this picture is capturing the feeling of the hilly terrain around this coastal area much better than the default SC4 angle.
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