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IMG_1109 * Later Köbi gives us a tour of his bar before heading...

IMG_8638 * up the hill to the old church.

IMG_1116 * At the monument at the church...

IMG_1120 * if you sit in the carved stone chair...

IMG_1119 * you can see the gardens of the castle of Schwanenburg home of Anne of Cleves (Kleve) who was 'encouraged' to marry King Henry VIII of England. More info at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves
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IMG_1122 * so we head into St Vitus which was heavly damaged in WWII. The wood carved altar is very old...

IMG_1125 * and the interior mixes romanesque with gothic architcture.

IMG_1129 * Carol hears about the history of this church built in the 1100's from Köbi's daughter-in-law Michaela.

IMG_1134 * The church cemetary was most unusual in that no two headstones were the same.

IMG_1138 * Köbi and Dine stand behind the stone of thier parents and grandparents.