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 =====Visiting Meiningen===== =====Visiting Meiningen=====
-Meiningen is home to the '​stadtkirche'​ or city churchwhich holds the records for our ancestors ​that lived in Helba. ​ I didn't get into the records during my brief visit, but we did see the church and some other sights in town. Click on the picture to see it full size.+My visit to the Ungerecht homeland in Germany started with Meiningen, the regional center and just a couple miles from where our ancestors lived for many generations.
  
-{{ :​un:​2016_de_un07_meinchurch.jpg?​direct&​200|Church of Meiningen}} +Meiningen is home to the '​stadtkirche'​ or city church, which holds the records for our ancestors that lived in Helba.  I didn't get into the records during my brief visitbut we did see the church ​and some other sights ​in townClick on picture ​to see it full size.
-This is the city church.  It was built in stages, partly burnt and rebuilt.  ​Plus was using Google Translate on the German website detailing the history of the churchso I'm not entirely sure what was built when.  But the steeple closest to us is one of the older parts of the church, built in 1594 The other steeple used to be smaller, the idea was that they would build 3rd, matching tower on the other side, but in the late 1800's they finally gave up on that idea and rebuilt the smaller tower to match the big one.+
  
-{{ :un:2016_de_un09_mein150yroldfountain.jpg?​direct&​180|"​New"​ fountain}} +{{ :un:2016_de_un07_meinchurch.jpg?​direct&​260|Church of Meiningen}} 
-When asked about this statue & fountainour guide, the genealogist Matthiastold us to ignore it as it was "only 150 years old"+{{ :​un:​2016_de_un11_meinchurch.jpg?​direct&​180|Church of Meiningen}} 
 +This is the city church. ​ It was established in about the year 1000built in stagespartly burnt and rebuilt. ​ Plus I was using Google Translate on the German website detailing the history of the churchso I'm not entirely sure I got it all straight. ​ But the steeple closest to us in this picture is one of the older parts of the church, built in 1594.  The other steeple used to be smaller, the idea was that they would build a 3rd, matching tower on the other side, but in the late 1800's they finally gave up on that idea and rebuilt the smaller tower to match the big one.  The towers hold six bells, the two oldest date from 1295.
  
-{{: un:2016_de_un11_meinchurch.jpg?​direct&​200|Church of Meiningen}} +{{ :un:2016_de_un15_meinmatthias.jpg?​direct&​220|Genealogist Matthias}} 
-<​=Inside ​of the church. ​ +Matthias, the genealogist who did much of the research on our Ungerechts in Germany, reads the script around memorials to the founders ​of the church. ​He can read Latin and old German (even the cursive!), there'​s no way I can match that. 
  
 {{ :​un:​2016_de_un14_meinpipeorgan.jpg?​direct&​220|Church of Meiningen}} {{ :​un:​2016_de_un14_meinpipeorgan.jpg?​direct&​220|Church of Meiningen}}
-I didn't get a good picture of it, but inside was a stone statue of Madonna and Child, which was a gift to the church in 1344.  And if I read it right, the choir loft was built in 1443.  Johann Brahms performed on this pipe organ.+If I read it right, the choir loft was built in 1443.  Johann Brahms performed on this pipe organ, which is fairly new (1889). The organ was damaged in WWII, and refurbished in the 1990's.
  
-{{ :un:2016_de_un15_meinmatthias.jpg?​direct&​220|Genealogist Matthias}} +{{ :un:2016_de_un11a_meinchurchmadonna.jpg?​direct&​150|Stone Madonna}} 
-Matthias, the genealogist who did much of the research on our Ungerechts in Germanyreads the script around memorials ​to the founders of the church. ​He can read old German (even the cursive!) and Latinthere'​s no way I can match that+I didn't get a great picture of itbut also inside ​the church was a stone statue ​of Madonna and Childwhich was a gift to the church ​in 1344  
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 +{{ :​un:​2016_de_un09_mein150yroldfountain.jpg?​direct&​140|"​New"​ fountain}} 
 +When asked about this statue & fountain, our guide, ​the genealogist Matthiastold us to ignore it as it was "only 150 years old"
  
 {{ :​un:​2016_de_un19_mein1596courtyard.jpg?​direct&​260|Old courtyard}} {{ :​un:​2016_de_un19_mein1596courtyard.jpg?​direct&​260|Old courtyard}}
 Nearby, behind a nondescript doorway, was this courtyard with buildings that date to 1596.  There was a display with some items they had found that dated to the 13th century. Nearby, behind a nondescript doorway, was this courtyard with buildings that date to 1596.  There was a display with some items they had found that dated to the 13th century.
  
-{{ :​un:​2016_de_un_norbertu.jpg?​direct&​160|Norbert Ungerecht}} +---- 
-Before leaving Meiningen, we met with Norbert Ungerecht, who owns the restaurant in the Schloss Elisabethenburg palace. ​ We don't know how he's related, we assume if we can go back far enough there would be a connection. I gave him my "​Ungerecht Trucking"​ hat that I had gotten from my 2nd cousin Jim.  I hope he has extras!+{{ :​un:​2016_de_un_norbertu.jpg?​direct&​150|Norbert Ungerecht}} 
 +Before leaving Meiningen ​at the end of the day, we met with Norbert Ungerecht, who owns the restaurant in the Schloss Elisabethenburg palace. ​ We don't know how he's related, we assume if we can go back far enough there would be a connection. I gave him my "​Ungerecht Trucking"​ hat that I had gotten from my 2nd cousin Jim.  I hope Jim has extras! 
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-See also my pictures of [[111_werrahelba|Helba]],​ [[112_werrawalldorf|Walldorf]] and [[113_eisenach|Eisenach]].+See also my pictures of: Meiningen (this page), ​[[111_werrahelba|Helba]],​ [[112_werrawalldorf|Walldorf]]and [[113_eisenach|Eisenach]]. See also the overview of Ungerecht [[100_locations|locations]].
  
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