We spent two nights in Neuenburg or Neuchâtel. They came under Prussian control in 1707 because the locals were looking for a government that was far away and wouldn't meddle in their affairs. It became a republic and a canton of Switzerland in 1848.
On the death in 1707 of Marie d'Orleans-Longueville, duchess de Nemours and Princess of Neuchâtel, the people had to choose her successor from among fifteen claimants. They wanted their new prince first and foremost to be a Protestant, and also to be strong enough to protect their territory but based far enough away to leave them to their own devices. Louis XIV actively promoted the many French pretenders to the title, but the Neuchâtelois people passed them over in favour of King Frederick I of Prussia, who claimed his entitlement in a rather complicated fashion through the Houses of Orange and Nassau. With the requisite stability assured, Neuchâtel entered its golden age, with commerce and industry (including watchmaking and lace) and banking undergoing steady expansion. – Wikipedia
We met a friend and went for a walk in the late afternoon: from La Neuveville up the Combe du Pulouvi. I took some flower pictures.
At the new Jeunes Rives. It looked very nice but we did see a big dead fish, belly up. That dampened our enthusiasm somewhat.
We began our walk around four.
Ästige Graslilie
Anthericum ramosum
Gewöhnliches Sonnenröschen
Helianthemum nummularium
There were some nice waterfalls to see on the way up.
And a view of the Lac de Bienne.
Bunte Kronwicke
Securigera varia
Habichtskraut
Hieracium
Wildes Alpenveilchen
Cyclamen purpurascens
More pools…
And waterfalls…
But was cool and full of moss.
Nesselblättrige Glockenblume
Campanula trachelium
Alpen-Ziest
Stachys alpina
Sometimes you see plants that you feel you have never seen in your whole life.
Wiesen-Wachtelweizen
Melampyrum pratense
An even better view of the lake. That very long and narrow line of land connects the town of Erlach or Cerlier to St. Peter's Island.
Breitblättrige Lichtnelke
Silene latifolia
Efeu-Sommerwurz
Orobanche hederae
Breitblättrige Platterbse
Lathyrus latifolius
And back to Neuchâtel (“Newcastle”).
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