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    An American Looks at Wuerzburg, Germany
    An American Looks at Wuerzburg, Germany
    An American Looks at Wuerzburg, Germany
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    An American Looks at Wuerzburg, Germany

    By Catherine McGrew Jaime

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    This informative book can serve to introduce you to the fascinating city of Wuerzburg, Germany, or to help you understand the history behind the sites you are seeing.

    The book includes an annotated guide to the city's history, an alphabetical guide to the sites and people, and an in-depth look at the Residenz.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCatherine McGrew Jaime
    Release dateOct 22, 2010
    ISBN9781452334110
    An American Looks at Wuerzburg, Germany
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    Catherine McGrew Jaime

    Historian, and Author, Homeschool Mom of 12

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      An American Looks at Wuerzburg, Germany - Catherine McGrew Jaime

      An American Looks At Wuerzburg, Germany

      Catherine McGrew Jaime

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      Copyright 1990, 2009 by Catherine Jaime

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction to the Second Edition

      Preface

      Chapter 1: A Brief Guide to Wuerzburg’s History

      Chapter 2: An Alphabetical Guide to Wuerzburg’s Sites and People

      Chapter 3: A Special Look at Wuerzburg’s Residenz

      Conclusion to the Second Edition

      References

      Introduction to the Second Edition

      Wuerzburg is a relatively small German city, on both sides of the Main River. It covers about 34 square miles, and has a population of about 134,000 people. It is located about 75 miles from Frankfurt, Germany and Nuremberg, Germany.

      For many years after World War II, the Americans have had a presence in that city, with several small military bases. We were among the many Americans stationed there almost 20 years ago. We were stationed in Germany for 6 ½ years, first at the military base near Hanau, and then on the edge of Wuerzburg.

      Before that time I had never really thought much about history! It was a subject I took in school. Something to memorize, take a test on, and then promptly forget. Wuerzburg changed all that. Suddenly history was exciting. It was interesting. And it was something I wanted to know more about.

      And from that interest, came the beginnings of my first major writing project. I finished the first edition of this book a year or so before we left Germany. I self-published it, sold the first 100 copies, and then put it on a shelf, and almost forgot about it. Ten years later, in 2000, I started writing my second book, and then my third… Eventually I thought about bringing this book back into circulation.

      My hope is that you enjoy this second edition, which contains only minor editorial changes, and many new illustrations, and that you will learn more about Wuerzburg and Germany in the process.

      ***

      1990 Preface

      This book comes to you as a work of love – the love an American has come to know over the past four years for a very special German city. It is not meant to be the last word on Wuerzburg. It is meant only to be an introduction to this amazing city.

      To know and understand the history of Wuerzburg is to know and understand much of the history of Germany as a whole. This history is often difficult to grasp for Americans with a limited knowledge of German. This book originated from my frustrated attempts to find a book in English that covered the history of the Wuerzburg area in depth. As I added to my knowledge of Wuerzburg’s history, and tried to relate what I did know to larger picture of German history, I dug deeper into whatever sources I could find: I pieced together information from books on sites of Wuerzburg; supplemented that with information found in several books on the history of Germany; and checked countless references in my encyclopedias and dictionaries. And after all that research, I came up with this book – sprinkled throughout with the marvelous tidbits I gleaned from numerous tours with Frau Helga Hoepffner, a wonderful German woman who gave me a great insight into Wuerzburg.

      To Helga, I am indebted for an exciting introduction through her special English tours of the city, the castle, and the palace. She helped to instill in me a desire to learn as much as I could about this marvelous city. Other thanks go to my husband

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