> My ancestors came from the village of HOSENWINKEL, in the district of > OSNABRUK, in the state of HANOVER, Germany! When Anton Fochtmann came to the US, he dropped the last "n", in 1822!
Hmmm. I suspect it was Hasenwinkel, which is indeed near Osnabrück. "Trouser corner" doesn't make a great deal of sense. It's not in Hannover either - it's in Niedersachsen or Lower Saxony, as we translate it. Hannover is a "Hansestadt" - a free trading town - and capital not only of its immediate area (Landkreis Hannover) but also of Niedersachsen. Another load of useless Friday information - Hannover is a corruption of a middle German expression "am hohen Üfer" - on the high bank (of the river Leine). It's a great place to drink Berliner Weißbier (wheat beer in a bowl-type glass with a shot of fruit syrup) on a warm sunny day, or wander around the fleamarket on a Sunday morning. I can also recommend the Altstadtfest - beats the Münchner Oktoberfest into a cocked hat, but then lots of things do. Lots of cultural stuff They've got a red line painted on the floor, too. And go up the lift on the old Rathaus - it's a hell of an experience because it goes up the outside of the dome, and domes aren't straight. The Maschsee just behind the old Rathaus is only a couple of feet deep and stocked with huge carp that are regarded as national treasures. They feed very gently from your hand. In 1979 it froze over and I went on it wearing hockey skates in a very stiff wind. Opening the jacket created a sail, and I "sailed" the full length - over 1km. Why do Americans only want to see Munich and Heidelberg? We now return you to your normal programming, while noting that the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover was quite possibly the last data centre (certainly in Europe) to operate a /67 - still going strong as late as 1982. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
