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JUNE/JULY 2005
- The Hex Highway
by Juliann Wetz
There are few places in the world where one can drive around and see a community practicing magic. Deep in the
heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, magic is still commonly used in the form of hex signs, thought to ward off bad spirits, bring good luck, invite fertility, and harmonize marriage and family. The vivid colors
and symbolic designs dot the Pennsylvania countryside where hundred-year-old traditions are still firmly in place today.
- Here Comes The Bride...and the “Brauch”
by Kathleen Saal
From 4:00 a.m. gun salutes to brides dressed in black, regional traditions add
charm and individuality to weddings across Germany.
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Alpine Paradise
by Leah Larkin
Two towns joined as one in 1935, but individuality reigns in this Alpine paradise
where even “their cows don’t socialize in public.”
- German American Destinations:
Columbus, Ohio: German Village: A Piece of Columbus That Remembers Its Past
by Brenda Ruggiero
Saxonburg, Pennsylvania: Roebling’s Saxonburg
by Karen Ferrick-Roman
Alamogordo, New Mexico: Training Germany’s “Top Guns”
by Joe Kolb
Vancouver, British Columbia:
Vancouver’s Rich German History
By Jean Sorensen
Fredericksburg, Texas: Always On a Sunday
by Regina Cole
“German” Philadelphia: Places to Visit, Sites to See, Things to Do
by Robert A. Selig
- A German Treasure Trove: The National Gallery of Art
by Dorothea S. Michelman
When Andrew Robison joined the National Gallery of Art back in 1973, his
assignment was nothing less than “to build a great national collection of prints and drawings like the great national collections of Europe.”
- Rediscovering the Baltic Beauty of Mecklenburg
by Maria Lisella
The aroma of smoked fish, a crisp beer, and a refreshing sea breeze welcome visitors
to Germany’s undiscovered seaport destination.
- Heidelberg: Where Mark Twain Overcame Writer’s Block
by Lucy Gordan
This famed city along the Neckar River cast a spell over Mark Twain and
forever held a special place in his heart.
- AT HOME:
Alsatian Tarte Flambée (Flammekueche)
by Sharon Hudgins
- LANGUAGE:
Jokes from Germany
Collected by Gert Niers
- PROFILE:
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Becomes Pope Benedict XVI
by Lucy Gordan
- FAMILY RESEARCH:
From the Columnist’s Mailbag
by James M. Beidler
- CALENDAR
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