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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}}
 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. 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.
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 +{{ :​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}}
 +{{ :​un:​2016_de_un40a_helbacemetary.jpg?​direct&​160|Helba Cemetary}}
 +The Helba cemetary dates to 1696, 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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-{{ :un:​2016_de_un40_helbacemetary.jpg?​200|Helba ​Cemetary}} +See also my pictures of[[110_meiningen|Meiningen]], ​Helba (this page), [[112_werrawalldorf|Walldorf]], and [[113_eisenach|Eisenach]].
-The Helba cemetary dates to 1689, and is located on a hillside overlooking the town.  However, 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. +
-{{ :​un:​2016_de_un38_helbaungerechtgrave.jpg?​200|Ungerecht Grave}} +
-There was, however, a recent tombstone for the family of Fritz Ungerecht. ​ Matthais was pretty certain all Ungerechts in Helba are descended from Adam Ungerecht, so Fritz has to be some degree of cousin.+
  
-{{:​un:​2016_de_un44_helbaoldchurch.jpg?​200|Old church of Helba}} 
-The church of 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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