2011.08: Soest, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Location: Soest, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date: 2011.08
Photographer: Jesen
Camera: Nikon
Retouch: Photoshop
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Soest lies on the fertile Soester Plain (Soester Börde) in the Hellweg region, which extends south from the Lippe River, east of Dortmund. Although excavations have shown there to have been a settlement on the site since Roman times, it was first mentioned in 836 (as Sosat). Its 12th-century charter and municipal code (Soester Recht, Soester Schrae) served as models for many old German communities. It was associated with the archbishopric of Cologne until 1449, and it became an important Hanseatic League town.
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