Another #Eckweiler post will go live this time tomorrow ... It's kind of my Macondo :)

I find it depressing that the whole village was bulldozed to the ground because of the unbearable noise from a military airfield that closed less than 20 years later. On the other hand, it's kind of useful for #familyHistory research that the search term #Eckweiler isn't swamped with results concerning its current residents and their football club and such like. And it's kind of romantic too. The little chestnut tree in the old photo is now huge and unencumbered by any houses ...