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Steve Knappenberger writes, "I was in Germany last week on a business trip and was not far from Widdern, so I took a few hours to visit that area. I went to the church in Widdern and met a fellow in his mid 30s who is a fifth generation resident of Widdern and who also spoke English fairly well. He introduced me to a older gentleman (I would guess in his 70s) who was also a fifth generation resident of Widdern. This chap also knew the priest of the church and ended up taking me to the priest's home where, in a vault, I saw the baptism records for the church going back to the year 1500 (the church was built in 995). Among the following pictures is a photo of one of the books, and at the bottom of the right hand page, you can see the name of Johann Michael Knappenberger."
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 Steve By A World War I Monument Located Just Outside The Church |
 Steve By A Stone Monument Located Inside The Church |
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Al Burns writes, "The highlight of our trip was getting to meet our German cousins [Günther & Vera Knappenberger] in Notzingen. We spent three days with them and had a great time. At first we were all a little nervous, but after the introductions were over we did fine. They are delightful people! He teaches history, political science & English and she is a physical therapist. Both are mountain climbers specializing in 4000 meter mountains. There are 64 registered 4000 meter mountains and they have climbed 52 of them, so it is a real passion with them. He is tall and slender and she is short and petit, not the kind of people you would expect to be mountain climbers. Günther looks a lot like Prince Charles, in fact everyone kids him about it, so I mean a lot like the Prince. We hope to visit them again next year. They invited any of the cousins to stay in touch by email so feel free to correspond."
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All Burns, Vera & Günther
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