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- | =====Helba===== | + | =====Visiting Helba===== |
- | Our Ungerechts lived in Helba from the late 1600's until emigrating to the U.S. in 1864. | + | Our Ungerechts lived in the little village of Helba from the late 1600's until emigrating to the U.S. in 1864. |
- | {{:un :2016_de_un35_helbahistorian.jpg?200|Helba Historian}} | + | {{ :un:2016_de_un35_helbahistorian.jpg?direct&200|Helba Historian}} |
- | {{:un:2016_de_un40_helbacemetary.jpg?200|Helba Cemetary}} | + | Matthias found a local historian who described some of the history of Helba, although from what I gathered in the translation is that most of it was after our Ungerechts left. |
- | {{: un:2016_de_un38_helbaungerechtgrave.jpg?200|Ungerecht Grave}} | + | |
- | {{:un:2016_de_un44_helbaoldchurch.jpg?200|Old church of Helba}} | + | {{ :un:2016_de_un44_helbaoldchurch.jpg?direct&200|Old church of Helba}} |
+ | The church in Helba that our Ungerechts would have attended before they emigrated to the U.S. has been since converted into a school, then into a private residence. The local historians remembered going to school here, sometimes using boards to cross the street which would flood from a nearby creek. | ||
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+ | {{ :un:2016_de_un40_helbacemetary.jpg?direct&240|Helba Cemetary}} | ||
+ | The Helba cemetary dates to 1689, and is located on a wooded hillside overlooking the town. There is a chapel with an enclosed room to store the casket, and a larger room with one side completely open for holding funerals. | ||
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+ | {{ :un:2016_de_un38_helbaungerechtgrave.jpg?direct&140|Ungerecht Grave}} | ||
+ | The tradition in Germany is to rent a grave for a period of time (such as 20 years), and then re-use the grave. So there are no old tombstones to look at. There was, however, a recent tombstone for the family of Fritz Ungerecht. Matthias was pretty certain all Ungerechts in Helba are descended from [[1697_johcasu|Johann Caspar Ungerecht]], so Fritz has to be some degree of cousin. | ||
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+ | See also my pictures of [[110_meiningen|Meiningen]], Helba, [[112_werrawalldorf|Walldorf]], and [[113_eisenach|Eisenach]]. | ||