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

IMG_1118 * It's a bit cold outside...

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.
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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.

IMG_1142 * Next stop, the home of the parents, now the home of the son of Köbi, Christoph.

IMG_1144 * We see an old windmill across the road...

IMG_1145 * as well as the border of the Netherlands. In 1949 Elten was a part of the Netherlands until 1963 when it was returned to Germany.