Sorry, there is no Regen in Austria. The postcode 8370 is the old one for Regen before Germany got reunited and the postcode had to be increased from 4 to 5 digits. Frohe Weihnachten und ein gesundes und erfolgreiches Neues Jahr Walter from Austria > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > Von: "aida kraus" <akibb1@verizon.net> > An: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com > Betreff: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Help with an address > Datum: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:24:16 -0800 > > Dori, this Regen is in Austria, because it has only 4 digits on their > Zipcode. The German town of Regen is in Bavaria and they have 5 digit > Zipcodes like 60432, therefore, you must add the Country on the bottom to > your address, like so: > > E. Schreiner > Postfach 13 25 (this is like PO Box) > A-8370 Regen > Austria > > Hope that this will help you to find out if this person is still living. > You may also go to several URLs and type into the search button "8370 > Regen > Austria." There you will see that it is close to the Bohemian Forest to > the > North. Bohemia and Austria were the same country for 500 and more years. > Your ancestors were split between two countries when they formed > Czechoslovakia in 1919 by the Allied's agreement of Trianon after WW1. > Many > families were torn apart then, I mean those that lived in the South > Bohemian - Austrian Border Region. > Aida > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dori Rhody" <drhody@spwl.net> > To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 12:47 PM > Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Help with an address > > > >I have a book on the Schreiner's in Hammern, written by E. Schreiner. > > There is a section on Gruen where my Schreiners and other family members > > IE Linsmeier, Aschenbrenner, Haider, Dums, Denkand many others > originate. > > The address given for the author is: > > E. Schreiner > > Postfach 13 25 > > 8370 Regen > > > > Is this a complete address? Does anyone on this list know if this woman > > is still living? I don't know the year of publication of the book. It > is > > all German but a couple of words at a time, I translate interesting > > paragraphs. > > Dori Rhody > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/206 - Release Date: > 12/16/2005 > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > > > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the > list? > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist.html and request an > archive. > -- 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++