Charlie Battery - Kleingartach
Scenes of Our Local Neighborhood - 1959 - 1969
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Entering Beautiful Downtown Niederhofen in 1960
This is the main road into the village coming down from the Battery.
The Gasthaus Rose is just up the hill and round the bend. Our home away from home...!
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Entering Downtown Niederhofen in 2012
This photo is from the same view as the image above, but is from a little bit farther back, so the changes really are apparent.
There are still landmarks that orient the eye, like the tall building on the far right, and the church spire in the distant center of the road, but there has been much change in Niederhofen.
If you stretch your browser out vertically and use the scroll bar to fit the first four images in the window, then it helps see all the differences.
Thank you Uwe for the images you have provided., we appreciate your contribution.
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Intersection At Gasthaus Rose Close up
You can see the sign of the Gasthaus Rose sticking out on the first building to the left at the top of the rise.
The turn to the right is the same street that funeral procession is on, and can be viewed on the two photos at the bottom of this page. They are walking towards the Gasthaus Rose.
So.... going past this intersection, and around to the left, the road continues on to Kleingartach. We do have a photo that illustrates this road that is entering Niederhofen from Kleingartach. You can see that photo by “Clicking Here”, then use the link in the photo text, or the browser “Back Arrow”, to return to this page.
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New Bus Stop At The Intersection
I can not see any sign of the Gasthaus Rose in this picture. Even when I use the powerful magnifying tool in Photoshop can I see any structure that resembles the original building.
It would be a shame if that historical building did not survive. I hope it was not sacrificed for the bus stop.
April 7, 2012...
It is with a sad heart that I must announce that the Gasthaus Rose has been demolished to make room for a Bus Stop. I can' believe it...!
Uwe Koch of Kleingartach, who provided the photo to the right, informed me of the news after I emailed him stating that I could not find the Rose in this image. As he remembers, it occurred the end of the 70's or early 80's when they rebuilt the road.
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Yours Truly, Neil Watson, and Howie Watson Passing The Time
Here we are in the Gasthaus Rose, where we hung out a lot...! It was a nice place to pass the time. People were friendly and I don't remember any bad times that could flare up in other places, and the tables had table cloths, which was a nice homey touch.
And no... Neil Watson and Howie Watson are not related, except as a “Band of Brothers”
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Leo Brach at Gasthaus Rose - Niederhofen
Hey Leo, come on back inside and have some schinkenwurst and a bier...!
This is the Gasthaus Rose sign mentioned two images above. If you look hard enough you will see some text just below the sign.
Written into a carved inset of the entrance frame lentil just below the sign, is some writing that is hard to make out, but it states the name Wilhelm Bleimaier, and below the name it states “Erbaut 1876”, or built in 1876
The more I study this image, I think what we have here is a builder who signed his work, much like an artist who signs a work of art, which is pretty cool...!
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Niederhofen Schulkinder
I think this is the Kindergarten through the 5th grade class at Niederhofen Elementary School.
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Residential Niederhofen - 1960
This was taken at the intersection of this straße and the Neiderhofen/Kleingartach road, the Gasthaus Rose is just behind us.
This photo and the one just below are taken from almost exactly the same spot, the only thing different is that they were taken 52 years apart
On the far right, and on the porch, it looks Großmutter is talking on her cell phone.
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Residential Niederhofen - 2012
The same view with the Gasthaus Rose behind the viewer.
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Funeral Procession In Niederhofen
I think this is the Kindergarten through the 5th grade class at Niederhofen Elementary School.