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04/09/2026

GERMAN NEWS ~ Germany buys 35 American F-35 warplanes

Boris Pistorius will visit the Pentagon chief for a rollout of F-35 warplanes.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will meet with the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Washington this month, a surprising shift after the Pentagon chief rebuffed a visit earlier this year.

The meeting will take place as part of Pistorius’ trip to the U.S. for a rollout of F-35 warplanes purchased by Germany, according to two NATO defense officials and a U.S. defense official familiar with the planning, who were granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive topic.

Pistorius will travel to the U.S. for a rollout ceremony in Texas for the first F-35 fighter jets scheduled for delivery to the German armed forces.

Germany still remains a major contributor to NATO and is one of Europe’s biggest buyers of U.S. weapons, including the order of 35 F-35 fighter planes and a significant purchase of eight P-8 surveillance aircraft, the first of which have already been delivered.

Germany is one of just a handful of American allies to buy the advanced submarine hunting plane, which will allow the Germany navy to assume a larger role in tracking Russian submarines and monitoring undersea cables and infrastructure in the Baltic and North Atlantic.

There is increasing worry in Europe that Russia will attack that undersea infrastructure given Moscow’s desire to lash out at Europe for supporting Ukraine. An explosives-laden drone was recently discovered at an airport in Leipzig, and the German government said the device was made by Russia.

Written by STEFANIE BOLZEN and PAUL MCLEARY and published Sept 3, 2026 by www . politico . com

Pictured is a German Bundeswehr Luftwaffe F-35 figther jet.

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04/09/2026

Preußen Infanterie-Regiment 13. Köln 1.WK.

Prussian Infantry Regiment 13 Cologne World War One

The two soldiers standing on the far left and far right are holding bolt-action rifles. They are wearing Ersatz Pickelhauben (substitute Spiked Helmets) with a Preußen (Prussian) eagle front plate.

In 1915 there was a shortage of leather to make Pickelhauben. So they produced helmets out of a substitute material, pressed grey felt, known as the Model 1915 Ersatz-Helme (substitute helmet) or Filzhelme (felt helmet).

The other eighteen Mannschaften Soldaten (enlisted soldiers) are wearing Wolle Krätzchen Feldmutze (round visorless wool field caps) with two Kokarden (cockades). The top cockade was the "National Reich" cockade that has a color of black, white with a red center. Below it is the Preußen (Prussian) cockade with black, white, and a black center. The lower cockade denotes their German state or region.

All the soldiers are wearing Dunkelblau Preußen Waffenrocks (dark blue Prussian tunics) with a standing colar with an 8 button front, and Brandenburg cuffs that have a vertical panel and 3 buttons.

Their Schulterklappen (shoulder straps) have a red chain-stitched number 13 for Inf.Rgt.13 (13th Infantry Regiment).

In the early days of photography, photos were printed as postcards, so troops could easily mail them home to their family and friends. This was clever marketing by photographers that increased their sales when soldiers could reorder more postcard prints for mailing.

This Fotopostkarte (photo postcard) was sent as a "Feldpost" (posted in a military field post office) with a cancellation ink stamp of "Coln 25.6.15" which is Köln or Cologne 25 Juni (June) 1915.

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04/09/2026

Gruss vom X. Bayerischen Turnfest Ansbach 1897 (Greetings from the 10th Bavarian Gymnastics Festival Ansbach 1897)

Gut Heil ! (Good luck !)

Turnhalle (Gymnasium)

Kgl. Orangerie im Hofgarten (Royal Orangery in the courtyard garden)

This is a 129 year old postkarte (postcard) from 1897.

What was a Turnfest ?

It is a Gymnastics Festival where athletes came to compete as individuals and as teams. Some of the events used apparatus such as pole vaulting, rope climbing, pommel horse, vaulting, rings, parallel bars, balance beam, and horizontal bar.

Turnerism, the method of gymnastics was established by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, a German gymnastics educator in Berlin Germany in 1811. He is known as "Turnvater" (father of turner = gymnastics). The man pictured with the long white beard in the lower corner of this postcard is Jahn.

Jahn's German students who immigrated to America brought his ideas and training with them in 1824 and formed "Turnverein", this name comes from "to practice gymnastics," and Verein, "association or club".

Between 1848 and 1851 four American cities started Turnverein, Cincinnati Ohio, Cleveland Ohio, Boston Massachusetts, and Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

In 1933 the Turnfest in Stuttgart Germany was 10 days long and attended by Paul von Hindenburg the President of Germany. The event had grown to 120,000 athletes competing with an audience of 600,000 people.

Today the Turnfest is more than gymnastics, it's expanded to include many more sports and events.

August 7-8, 2026 the American Turners National Festival was held in Clinton, Massachusetts. Their physical competition includes men and women’s gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, tumbling, track and field events, swimming, diving, volleyball, golf, tennis, fencing, mass drill and model drill exhibitions.

The Turners’ motto is, "A Sound Mind in a Sound Body," today the Turnfest is divided into two areas of participation. The physical competition includes men and women’s gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, tumbling, track and field events, swimming, diving, volleyball, golf, tennis, mass drill and model drill exhibitions. Cultural exhibitions and events include more than 100 categories from scrap books to fine art to solo and group music, speech, and dance performances. The Turners have always been a family organization and participants range from 9 years of age to 90.

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04/09/2026

Most of the castles on the Rhein (Rhine River) are ruins, but there are some that are worth touring, such as this one: Burg Sooneck (Sooneck Castle also known as Saneck or Sonneck). It is a castle in the upper middle valley, on the west bank of the Rhein (Rhine River). It is located in the village of Niederheimbach between Bingen and Bacharach, Germany.

The castle was first mentioned 755 years ago (1271 - 2026).

In 1282 it was destroyed by troops of King Rudolph I. In 1346 John, Knight Marshall of Waldeck, who built a new castle on the site. In 1689 it was destroyed by troops of King Louis XIV of France. Between 1834 and 1861 it was owned and rebuilt by the Crown Prince of Prussia, Frederick William IV, and his three brothers Princes William, Charles, and Albert as a hunting castle.

After World War I (1918) it became a possession of the state Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate).

In 1948 it was passed on to the State Ministry of Castles (today Generaldirektion Kukturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz Direktion Burgen, Schlösser, Altertümer Rheinland-Pfalz).

Burg Sooneck became a part of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002.

Today this castle has a restaurant and a museum with a collection of medieval Knight armor and weapons. It is also has Neo-Gothic and Biedermeier style furnishings and paintings owned by the Hohenzollern Royal Family. Since 1991, the Köth-Wanscheid family foundation, added displays of drawings and sketches by Johann-Caspar Schneider among others.

STREET ADDRESS
Burg Sooneck
Wirtschaftsweg, 55413
Niederheimbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Niederheimbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/dLW3pLuEG6vPXASs5
Website: https://www.burg-sooneck.com

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03/09/2026

The "Wurmeck" or Drachenecke (Dragon Corner), with a green metal dragon statue mounted on the left corner of the München Neues Rathaus (Munich New Town Hall), Bavaria, Germany.

The Drachen (dragon) and the scenes above it represent a Bavarian legend of the Black Plague that dates back to the year 1517. It was a quiet day on the Marienplatz. Men, women and children were walking about the town square, when suddenly a winged dragon appeared in the sky and was spreading the Black Plague to the innocent people below.

The people panicked and ran in all directions to escape the fate of the people already dead on the ground. A brave cannoniere knew the fierce dragon could only be slain by a direct shot in the heart. He took careful aim with his cannon and fired... BOOM... When the smoke cleared, the dragon was seen lying dead in the cobblestone square. The town's people were saved and the horrible plague was defeated.

Looking at the statues directly above the dragon, you can see the panicking people scattering. To the left is the cannoniere with his cannon and on the right are the Schäffler dancers celebrating the end of the Black Plague.

This is found on the street corner of Weinstraße and Marienplatz, you can see the two street signs in the photo.

STREET ADDRESS
Neues Rathaus
Marienplatz 8, 80331
München, Bayern, Deutschland
Munich, Bavaria, Germany

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03/09/2026

WWI German Fighter Ace Oberleutnant Hans Berr flew a Fokker Eindecker III and was a Staffelführer (Squadron Leader). To become an Ace in World War One you had to score five victories, he had a total of 10 aerial victories, so he was a double ace.

Hans Berr was born 20 May 1890 in Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Deutschland (Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany) and died in aerial combat when he and his wingman collided with each other during a dogfight with a British squadron on 6 April 1917. He was 26 years, 10 months and 17 days old when he died.

His military career started in 1908 as a Infanterie Leutnant (Infantry Lieutenant) with the Magdeburgisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 4 (Magdeburg Hunter Battalion No. 4). In 1914 he was severly wounded and awarded the Verwundeten Abzeichen (Black Wound Badge).

In 1915 Berr was promoted to Oberleutnant (Upper Lieutenant) and he transferred to the Luftstreitkräfte (German Air Force) where he became a Luftbeobachter (Aerial Observer). He completed pilot training in 1915 and was assigned to a squadron of Fokker Eindeckers in Avillers, France. He shot down several planes and an observation balloon in 1916 and was promoted to Squadron Leader of Jagdstaffel 5 (Fighter Squadron 5) that flew Fokker Eindeckers. After 8 aerial victories he was awarded the Pour le Merite (Blue Max).

The plane he flew was a Fokker Eindecker III. It was the first monoplane (single-wing) fighter aircraft that had a synchronization gear that allowed the pilot to shoot a Spandau machine gun straight ahead, through the propeller, without hitting the two propeller blades. The Eindecker was revolutionary and gave the Germans air superiority from 1915 to 1916.

In the photo Hans Berr is wearing the Pour le Merite (The Blue Max) around his neck and on his left chest is the 1914 Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (German abbreviation: EK1 or EKI or English: Iron Cross 1st Class) and the Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen (Pilot's Badge). In the second button hole of his tunic are two medal ribbons, the Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (German abbreviation: EKII or EK2 or English: Iron Cross 2nd Class) and the Bayern Militär-Verdienstorden (Bavarian Military Merit Order). The Iron Cross was an award for bravery.

Oberleutnant Hans Berr was a highly decorated fighter pilot.

HIS AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

⚫ Pour le Merite (The Blue Max) was Germany's highest medal and awarded as a recognition of extraordinary personal achievement.
⚫ Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (Iron Cross First Class)
⚫ Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (Iron Cross Second Class)
⚫ Hanseatenkreuz (Hanseatic Cross)
⚫ Verwundetenabzeichen (Black Wound Badge)
⚫ Reuß Kriegsverdienstkreuz (Reuss War Merit Cross)
⚫ Bayern Militär-Verdienstorden (Bavarian Military Merit Order)
⚫ Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz (Brunswick War Merit Cross)
⚫ Königlich Preußisches Militär-Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen (Royal Prussian Military Pilot's Badge)
⚫ Hausorden von Hohenzollern (Knights Cross with Swords of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern)
⚫ Preußisches Beobachterabzeichen (Prussian Observers Badge)

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03/09/2026

The story of a German boy raised as a Native American Indian

Herman Lehmann (1859–1932), child captive of the Apaches, son of Moritz (Maurice) and Augusta Johanna (Adams) Lehmann, German immigrants, was born on June 5, 1859, near Loyal Valley in southeastern Mason County (Texas). His parents were married in Texas in 1849; after his father died in 1864 his mother married Philipp Buchmeier (Buchmeyer) in 1866. In May 1870, when he had never been to school and spoke only German, Herman, almost eleven, and a younger brother, Willie, were captured by raiding Apaches; two younger sisters who were with them were not taken.

Willie escaped and returned home in about nine days. Herman was adopted by his Apache captor, Carnoviste, and initiated into the rigors of primitive Indian life. He underwent harsh tribal training and initiation, became a warrior, and took part in expeditions against the Texas Rangers, Comanches, Mexicans, and White settlers, ranging with the tribe from the Guadalupe Mountains in New Mexico down into the Mason County-San Saba region and into Mexico.

After Carnoviste was killed and Lehmann himself had killed an Apache medicine man, he spent a year alone on the plains of West Texas before joining the Comanches, to whom he was known as Montechena (Montechina); he had also been called at various times En Da and Alamán. With the Comanches he fought the Tonkawas and United States Cavalry, and he again took part in Indian raids.

He was with the last Quahadi remnant that joined the reservation at Fort Sill. He was adopted by Quanah Parker but was ultimately recognized as a White captive and forced to return in May 1878 to his Texas family, who had thought him dead for the eight years he lived with the Indians.

At home he refused to eat pork or sleep in a bed, and he embarrassed his family by sometimes appearing before his mother's hotel guests with his body painted, dressed only in leggings, breech clout, and feathers. He startled a revival meeting with an Indian dance, thinking the congregation was praying for rain.

His brother Willie kept him from killing the neighbors' calves and hogs and from stealing horses from adjoining farms. He relearned German, learned English, engaged in numerous odd jobs, tried for a single day to attend school, and worked as a trail driver. Although he never adjusted to White society fully, Herman did accept his role in the Loyal Valley community, and his easygoing nature and good humor seem to have made him many friends.

After an unhappy earlier marriage ended in divorce, he married Miss Fannie Light in 1890, and the couple had two sons and three daughters. Later, as a Comanche, he was given Oklahoma lands by the United States government, and he spent much of his time with his red brothers.

He was a local celebrity throughout the Texas Hill Country, where he gave many public exhibitions of skill at riding, roping, and archery. In later years he met many of the Texas Rangers and soldiers he had fought against as an Indian. He died on February 2, 1932, and was buried in Loyal Valley (Texas).

Written by A. C. Greene and posted on Texas State Historical Association

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03/09/2026

Appenweier was first mentioned in a document 1,142 years ago (884 - 2026).

For 55 years (1575 - 1630) they had Hexenjagden (Witch Hunts) in Appenweier. They executed a total of 35 women and men for being witches.

During the Thirty Years' War (1618 to 1648) Appenweier was burned to the ground, and then it happened again when the French Army burned the town in 1689.

Hotel Hanauer Hof was built 122 years ago in 1904. It has a restaurant that serves German food, with outdoor garden dining, has a full Bar in the vaulted cellar, and a rare Lift (Elevator) to second floor bedrooms, which is something you don't often find in older historic hotels, usually you have to climb stairs carrying your bags.

In 2026 a double-room cost $118 per night, with FREE WiFi, Flat-screen Cable TV, private bath, and a breakfast buffet for $17 per person. They are review rated "Very Good" with 8.5 out of 10 stars on booking . com

The Appenweier wappen (coat-of-arms) is Sankt Michael (Saint Michael) in a blue robe with wings on his back, standing on a grüner Drache (green dragon), holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left.

STREET ADDRESS
Hotel Hanauer Hof
Ortenauerstrasse 50, 77767
Appenweier, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Appenweier, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Appenweier is 20.7km (12.8 miles) east of Strasbourg, France.

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03/09/2026

Grüße aus Lindau im Bodensee

Greetings from Lindau in Bodensee (Lake Constance)

Lindau is a medieval altstadt (old town) with an Island on the Bodensee (Lake Constance) in Bavaria Germany. Lindau dates back 1141 years to 882 when a monk started a nunnery on the Island. In 1180 the Saint Stephan's church was founded, followed by the founding of a Franciscan monastery in 1224.

Lindau is known for Bavaria'a only stone light house and the Bavarian lion statue that stand by the entrance to their harbor. There is a car road bridge and a railway causeway that connects the Island to the main land. The railway connects Lindau to Munich.

You can take boat trips on the Bodensee (Lake Constance) with the "Bodensee-Schiffsbetriebe", they have a fleet of 16 ships.

You can take a boat ride from Lindau to two museums in Friedrichshafen on the lake:

• Dornier Museum ~ Has 100 years of aerospace history, houses around 400 exhibits on 5,000 square meters. Has exhibits of aircraft designs of the Claude Dornier company and aerospace products of Airbus.

• Zeppelin Museum ~ The world's most comprehensive and important collection on the history and technology of Zeppelin airship travel.

STREET ADDRESS

Bodensee-Schiffsbetriebe GmbH
Hafenstraße 6, 78462
Konstanz, Germany
https://www.bsb.de/de/bodensee-erlebnisse/rundfahrten/lindau

Dornier Museum
Claude-Dornier-Platz 1, 88046
Friedrichshafen, Germany
https://www.dorniermuseum.de/en

Zeppelin Museum
Seestraße 22, 88045
Friedrichshafen, Germany
https://www.zeppelin-museum.de/en

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02/09/2026

Fränkischer Schweinebraten mit dunkler Brotsoße

Franconian roast pork with dark bread sauce

Recipe Serves 8

INGREDIENTS

2 kg (4.5 pound) Roast Pork
2 Onions
2 Carrots
750 ml (25 oz) vegetable broth
500 ml (16 oz) dark German Beer
4 pieces Bread(s) e.g. country bread or rye bread, stale, the end pieces

possibly
Salt and Pepper
Paprika powder
spice mix Roast seasoning salt
Caraway seeds, whole or ground

INSTRUCTIONS

1) First, I season the roast generously all over with roast seasoning salt (if you don't have any, just salt, pepper, and paprika). If I have a piece of roast with crackling (e.g., a piece of shoulder), then the rind needs to be scored. This works perfectly with a sharp utility knife.

2) Chop the onions. With a sharp knife and a bit of speed, you can avoid tears! I peel the carrots and cut them into larger pieces. I preheat the oven to a good 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit).

3) Sear the roast on the stovetop in a large roasting pan until nicely browned all over (be careful – the spices burn easily! Turn them over in time!). When it's about halfway done, I add the onions and carrot pieces around the outside and sauté them as well. Important: The degree of browning of the onions and the roast ultimately determines the flavor and appearance of the gravy! Finally, sprinkle plenty of caraway seeds over the top and arrange the bread pieces around it.

4) Once everything is nicely browned and crispy, I put the roasting pan in the oven and leave it there for about half an hour, until the onions are really brown. Then I reduce the oven temperature to 180 degrees Celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheit).

5) Meanwhile, I prepare the broth. I sometimes mix (instant) vegetable broth with meat broth – it's especially flavorful that way. Then I gradually start adding the sauce: the beer and the broth. Make sure the bread is well covered with broth – it needs to soften and cook down completely!

6) I then monitor the roast with a meat thermometer for the next few hours. In my experience, a decent 2-kilo roast takes about 3 to 3.5 hours. Patience and timely preparation are key!

7) Once the meat is cooked, I remove it from the roasting pan and let it rest on a cutting board. Meanwhile, I also remove the carrots from the sauce and purée the entire sauce with an immersion blender. The bread thickens it beautifully and ideally gives it a dark color, similar to hazelnut spread.

8) I'll serve it with potato dumplings and salad.

This came from The Kitchen Slave www . chefkoch . de

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