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-=====Helba===== 
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-Helba was a village but since 1923 is a neighborhood on the north side of Meiningen, Germany. ​ Located near the center of the country, it is in the Thueringen forest. ​ The main church is in Meiningen. ​ Our Ungerechts lived here in the 1700's and 1800'​s,​ but before that they came from Walldorf. ​ (Maternal lines come from other villages in the area, still sorting through all that). 
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-Helba/​Meiningen is not far from Eisenach. ​ BMW had a factory there which was taken over by the Soviets, during communist times they made the Wartburg. ​ That was named after a nearby castle, which is now a UNESCO world heritage site.  This is where Martin Luther stayed in 1521 after being excommunicated by the Catholic church. ​ Eisenach is also the the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach. 
-=====Walldorf===== 
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-Walldorf is about 5 miles west of Helba, not a big deal today, but probably fairly major back in the time of serfs and guilds. ​ (Do not confuse this with Waldorf, with a single '​l',​ such as the Waldorf Astoria, a well-known hotel. ​ There is also a Walldorf in Bavaria, that is a larger town of 20,000 people. ​ This is Walldorf / Werra of the Saxe-Meiningen region, with about 2,200 people.){{ :​un:​kirchenburg-walldorf-01-234x300.jpg?​200|Walldorf Kirchenburg}} 
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-Walldorf is a very old village, the earliest records of it start in the year 982.  That's about as early as such records were kept, so who knows when it was first established. ​ It is known for its fortified church, or kirchenburg. ​ It is a church on a hill, surrounded by walls. ​ Again, we don't really know how old it is, but it was __rebuilt__ in 1648.  Unfortunately,​ the church itself was almost totally destroyed in a fire in 2012.  Fortunately for us, the records it contained had been copied and stored at the church headquarters in Eisenach. 
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-This is the official [[http://​walldorf-werra.de/​|Walldorf-Werra]] web site, but it is only in German. 
  
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