Charlie Battery - Kleingartach
Scenes of Our Local Neighborhood - 1959 - 1969
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Memorial In Kleingartach
The is a War Memorial, but it seems so formal and from a different period. Maybe it is from World War I. It struck me that for such a small village the formality and the classic nature of its presentation demonstrates that it means a great deal to them.
I would say there are least one hundred names listed that I could make out, and maybe more that I can't see.
What ever period it is it seems like a great loss for such a small village, and Kleingartach is a small village. It was thoughtfully cared for and all that I said above made an impression on a young impressionable lad such as myself.
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Memorial Park In Kleingartach
Side view of the Memorial.
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Memorial Park In Kleingartach
Front view of The Memorial Park, it sure looks different from when I took the above photo in 1960.
The Park has been changed several times over the years due to some vandalism. The Eagle sittlng on top of the stone tablet was stolen and had to be replaced by a stone mason from Kleingartach.
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Overview Of The Memorial
These Memorials are very common in most places (cemeteries preferred). Imagine how many names of such a small place - especially in world war II, each family was somehow touched ....
Further: when you watch the memorials of world war you will realize most fallen and missed people are dated in the period between summer 1944 -end of the war 5/8}1945.
There were more fallen and missed people than during the time from September 1939(beginning) till summer 1944. Also most destructions of towns etc. happened in this time - it shows very impressive how crazy they (Nazis) were by not finishing the war by capitulation when it was strategically lost already since a long time ...
by Uli Pfingstler Brackenheim/Lauffen
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Detail View Of The Memorial
The small village of Kleingartach remembers:
On the left side are the names of those killed (Gefallan) in World War II.
In the middle are the names of those killed in World War I.
And on the right side are those who are missing (Vermißt) in action.
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Overview Of Kleingartach 2012
An overview of Kleingartach taken from the hillside vineyards of The Heuchelburg. Charlie Battery is behind this view up the hillside and up to the top farmlands.
Uwe Koch who lives in Kleingartach has contributed many photographs of contemporary Niederhofen and Kleingartach, and this image gives a wonderful view of the village and surrounding valley. Uwe has identified the following two photos below as of GI's relaxing at the other “Gasthaus In The Woods”, which was on the opposite hillside across the valley on The Leinburg.
For a larger overview of the image above “Click Here”. And for best viewing, I suggest that you maximize your browser window once the PDF has opened. In this illustrated image the top label points to the Gasthaus Zur Leinburg. This is where the mediaeval Schloß Luneburg was, as well as where that “other” Gasthaus In The Woods was in the 60's. Later in the Seventies the Gasthaus Zur Leinburg was built and still is there today.
As Uwe stated: “It´s now a gasthaus which was build in the 70s. In the 60s where your photo is from, it was an older gasthaus like the gasthaus in the woods. The owner was Günther Heinz and his wife Elfriede Heinz who were friends of my parents. So I spent much time on this little mountain when my father drinks his beer on Sunday morning at that place”. Sounds great doesn't it guys?
Uwe goes on to explain the names to the towns Kleingartach and Niederhofen. “now I want to try to explain the word Kleingartach. The creek which flows through Kleingartach was called Gartach in former days. And on its way to the Neckar by Heilbronn there were the towns Niederhofen, Stetten am Heuchelberg, Schwaigern, Großgartach and Schluchtern ( now called in one town = Leingarten) Frankenbach, Neckargartach and at last Heilbronn. Perhaps Kleingartach was a little bit smaller than Großgartach, so they called it Little, or Kleingartach.
Now on the same place the where the Gasthaus Zur Leinburg is was an old castle. There are barely any ruins left now, but Neiderhofen's name is related to the Schloß Luneburg, and basically means down courtyard of the Luneburg. Hof or Hofen essentially means courtyard, and the word “Nieder”, meaning “Low”, as in Neiderland, or low land, and thus resulting in Neiderhofen.
And finally, for those who are not sure what the character “ß” means. It's basically a character used in a word that has a double S in it like strasse, schloss, etc. Now there are probably some rules and restrictions that pertain to it, but I don't know them yet. I bring this up because I was not sure myself, so I did some research on it. Please note: This bit of information will probably be on a pop quiz, so I advise you to take notes...!
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Road To The Gasthaus In The Woods
By Uli Pfingstler Brackenheim/Lauffen
Guesthouse “In the woods” = Name is “Neuer Berg” (=“New Mountain” in this case better “New Hill”). - It is still very much liked and steadily frequented because of its view down to
the valley - and also well known for reasonable prices by good qualities ....
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Gasthaus In The Woods
This is a wonderful place to go on a warm Sunday afternoon. I think that it was not only local folks who came here, but also folks who wanted a nice day away from the city, like Heilbronn.
What was great was that all we had to do was take a leisurely stroll from the barracks. It was a beautiful day in our neighborhood.
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Gasthaus In The Woods Overview
This is Gasthaus In The Woods from another point of view, but still just as charming and enjoyable. I would love to have one of those bottles of bier right now mit ein schinkenwurst und brot, ummmmm... Wouldn't you...?
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A Relaxing Sunday Afternoon In The Woods?
Hey Fitzpatrick...! Get back over here and stop stirring up trouble.
Jeez that guy, you can't take him anywhere...!