Baumholder-Germany / Alemania (Juan Carlos Gachet)

Alles Kla! This time Claudia Margarita Gachet, Monique Gachet, Lisette Gachet, Jean Carlo Gachet and I are strolling through Baumholder all the way to the Mosel, Trier and Luxembourg during the winter. Its fun to walk and play with the kids on a snowy day.
Baumholder itself has medieval origins, with the first recorded mention of the town found in a document dating back to 1156. World War II brought the military to Baumholder. The Third Reich needed a training area and Baumholder was picked. The German government appropriated 29,158 acres and resettled about 842 families from 14 villages to clear the land for use by the Third Reich. Thus was born Baumholder's Major Training area, used today for military training by Americans and a host of NATO countries. The French occupied the area in 1945, and in 1951 the Americans moved in.
Baumholder is quite centrally located, with France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland, Austria, Switzerland and the Bavarian Alps all within a few hours' drive. Also Baumholder is located in the midst of several of Germany's grape-growing regions around the Rhein, Mosel, Nahe and Saar rivers. The Deutsche Weinstrasse, or German Wine Road, begins in Bad Duerkheim, only about an hour from Baumholder, and winds to the French border. Each region offers countless opportunities for wine tasting, and river cruises along many routes.
Tschus!

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[CentralPerkHangout]

I was born there and lived there for 6 years after. I still remember my address and aparment number: 850 Pear Street, apartment number 2C.

[krunkessence]

:-(

[cullensonnenfeld]

i miss that place too:(

[krunkessence]

i just seen my house up the hill from a long time ago! miss that place!