Dienstag, 17. März 2026

Die Honauer Galluskirche am Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts.

 

eArchiv: Dieter Bertsch

6 Kommentare:

  1. Lieber Herr Bertsch - Ist das Gebäude an der Felsenseite ein frühes Lichtenstein Schloss? Vielen Dank - Paul Keppler

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  2. Lieber Herr Bader,
    bei dem Objekt handelt es sich um den Vorgängerbau des Schloß Lichtenstein und zeigt das 1802 umgebaute, freistehende Forsthaus (Jägerhaus). Inspiriert durch den Roman "Lichtenstein" von Wilhelm Hauff hat Graf Wilhelm von Württemberg, Herzog von Urach, dieses erworben und erbaute dann ab 1837 das heutige Schloss Lichtenstein. Am 27. Mai 1842 erfolgte dessen Einweihung (Quelle: Württ. Landesbibliothek, Stgt.).

    Herzliche Grüße nach USA aus dem ehemaligen Oberhausen.

    Dieter Bertsch

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    1. Sorry! --> Herr Bader muss selbstverständlich Herr Keppler lauten!!

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    2. Herr Bertsch - Vielen Dank für Ihre ausführliche Antwort. Sehr interresant. Der Herzog von Urach hatte ein gutes Auge für erstklassige Immobilien und eine schöne Aussicht.

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  3. Herr Keppler, haben Sie verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen eventuell nach Pfullingen ??? Meine Vorfahren, Großmutter war auch aus Pfullingen und viele Geschwister sind auch in die USA ausgewandert.

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  4. Guten Tag und vielen Dank für Ihre Frage. As hard as I work on my German I know that it is not good enough to respond to you auf Deutsch. I will respond in English and hopefully the website will be able to translate it into German. Based on my research, my family does have one connection to Pfullingen. On January 23, 1654, Jacob Käppeler married Anna Marie Munderich in Pfullingen. It appears as if both the Käppeler and Munderich families resided in Pfullingen at the time. It also appears as if Jacob and Anna continued to live in Pfullingen for the remainder of their lives. Jacob died in Pfullingen on April 20, 1686. (I was not able to identify a date of death for Anna Marie.) Anna Marie's parents were Georg (Jorge) Munderich and her mother was also named Anna. (I was not able to identify a maiden name for the mother Anna.) During the course of their marriage, Jacob and Anna Marie Käppeler ) nee Munderich had a son, Wilhelm Ludwig Käppeler who was born on July 30, 1676, in Pfullingen. He married Elisabeth Staiger, whose family resided in Unterhausen, on November 19, 1704, in Unterhausen. Her father was Jacob Staiger and her mother was Elisabetha Sautter. Elisabetha's date of birth was December 17, 1678 and her date of death was March 13, 1729.It appears that after their marriage Wilhelm Ludwig and Elisabeth resided in Unterhausen for the remainder of their lives. Wilhelm Ludwig died in Unterhausen on February 21, 1758. The Keppler family thereafter became long term members of Unterhausen. It appears from church records that the family were members of Johanneskirche from the early 1700s until the mid-1800s. It also appears that the name Käppeler was changed to Keppeler upon moving to Unterhausen (why - I do not know). Three Keppeler brothers immigrated to the United States from Unterhausen, Ludwig Friedrich in 1863, Johann Martin in 1866 and Johann David in 1877. All three settled in the town of Hamilton, Ohio which is near to Cincinnati in southern Ohio. It is interesting to note that Hamilton's economy at the time was based on farming and textile manufacturing, similar to that in Unterhausen.

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