this is a wonderful site..very informative. Didnt the grand dukes of Weimar have a castle in Altenburg? I remember from our family history that they hosted a childrens fold festival there in the 19th century for F. Froebel and kindergarten groups from the neighboring villages. J.(Johannes) Froebel-Parker ---------- > From: Dieter Taube <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GERMANKING] Saxon Weimar > Date: Friday, October 15, 1999 2:17 PM > > Lisa at Grey Horse schrieb: > > > > My g-g-grandfather Frederick OTTO's records are all very consistent that > > he came from Saxon Weimar in 1854. Where exactly is Saxon Weimar? > > > Today in Thuringia. The old principalities there were splitted to many > parts, that makes it difficult to describe the exact geographic > position. Look at my web site: > http://home.t-online.de/home/Dieter.Taube/ahnen.htm > There you find some Thuringia maps to download. > > Dieter > > > ==== GERMAN-KINGDOMS Mailing List ==== > Sister, > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > Ask me why..... mailto:[email protected] >