> Grossropperhausen This is an area or city part in Germany. There is also a Ropperhausen. My German is downhill from earlier in life. > Gemeinde - Means Municipality or Community or something like that > Freelendorf A city in Germany. This web site (auf Deutsch!) http://www.hessennet.de/Frielendorf/ has the tag line in it "Gemeinde Frielendorf". I assume Freelendorf was a misspelling on your part. If not, nevermind this comment! > Schwalm - Eder - Kreis This is an area in Germany. Frielendorf is inside it. It is the Schwalm - Eder Circle (kreis means circle). This area is in the northern part of Hessen. Frielendorf is about 30 miles due south of Kassel and north northwest of Frankfort am Main. That puts it in the center left of Germany. What this sounds like to me is a sign with location designations of greater and greater area. In the US, that might be like neighborhood, city, county, state. I hope somebody else can confirm or deny my speculations here. I'd say this is not a street sign but a city marker. Craig Reges gggg grandson of Johann Phillip Reges

On 11 May 2005 at 5:07, you sent the following: <snip> > > Schwalm - Eder - Kreis > This is an area in Germany. Frielendorf is inside it. It is the Schwalm - Eder > Circle (kreis means circle). "Kreis" also means "district"--probably similar in derivation from 'circle' to our word for a legal district: 'circuit' George McCallum ARM Computer Techniques Inc., 134 Manor Road East, Toronto, Canada M4S 2A3 (tel) 416-488-1757 (fax) 416-488-1758 (email) gmc@armct.com