My ancestors were from the Duchy of Oldenburg and the city of Lehe (a suburb of Bremerhaven), Kingdom of Hanover. The terrain is flat in this part of Germany. The Weser river is the main thoroughfare connecting the city of Bremen to the North Sea.

See Berend Petermann and Ganderkesee

The postcard is not labeled but the image is typical of the flat farmland, dotted with windmills and canals, around Oldenburg and along the Weser River.

The postcard is not labeled but the image is typical of the earthwork dikes, lined by a path and trees, that is common in the low-lying areas near the Weser River.

Windmill from Essern District of Nienburg with a set of millstones for course grinding. Build by J. A. Schroeder of Esserner Heide in 1638. Rebuilt at Cloppenburg Open Air Museum in 1970. Period show 18th to 19th century.

Ferry across the Rhine

Im Vorbeigehen (In Passing) from a painting by Heinrich Rasch. Heinrich Rasch painted in Ekensund in South Jutland.

Village in the wine-growing district of Alsace, Germany from a painting by Michael Hertrich. Michael Hertrich (1811-1880) was a French Artist.

The Rhenish Paltinate is a region in southwestern Germany.

1924 Gathering Grapes in the Paltinate near Weisenheim, Rhine, Germany Rhine

Weisenheim is south of Herrnsheim and Worms. See Hernsheim and Worms. It is in the area of Germany that the Goehles and related families came from. See Goehle

1924 Gathering Grapes in the Paltinate near Rudesheim, Rhine, Germany Rhine

Rudesheim is across the Rhine from Bingen, west of Mainz. It is near Kiedrich. See Wallreuther

Maggie