Nostalgic Memories

In the afternoon of May 23 we continued our tour towards Wuertzburg a little ways north of the city we came to Bergtheim. This village was the place that Helmut's Mother and the children were evacuated to during the war years. It seems to be a bigger village now than it was a way back then.

Helmut's first Mother was buried in this village's cemetery. So that was a place that Helmut desired to check out. It isn't such a large cemetery so we walked around a while looking for a marker. The man doing the mowing suggested that we could visit the Rathaus (town hall) to try and check the records. The person in the Rathaus said that the cemetery had been moved to another location and at that time all the old records were destroyed. Helmut thinks perhaps there never was a grave stone on the grave ( such things were expensive and the family probably couldn't afford one). That was disappointing.

The mower man told Helmut that the Harolds that had been neighbours of the Zimmermanns were still operating their lumber business in the same place as a way back when. So our next investigation was the Harold's business place. None of the family were at the site that afternoon but H. had a visit with a worker in the business. Afterwards we drove around the area and looked at Harold's old home & found the house where Zimmermanns had lived on the second floor. Some things were changed about the house that were noticeable from the outside. We also went to the new home of one of the Harold families but no one answered the door.

We stopped at a Gasthaus to inquire about accommodations for the night. Helmut had a long visit with owner and a couple of other men. This place wouldn't take the MasterCard so we had to drive on to some other location.

We did not take any pictures in Bergtheim - we regret that now.

The top picture is as we travelled along through the countryside.

We stopped for a picnic supper in Stadt Marktheidenfeld along the Main river where we were able to observe the boat traffic while we ate. We were happy to have a nice stroll along the path beside the river after supper.

We drove until after dark about 10 pm before we found a hotel to stay in that would take the MC. Pfaffenmuehle Hotel was a very comfortable place.