the vicars of Eckweiler

After revisiting the Weiß Chronicles including the biography of Johannes Weiß, the vicar of Eckweiler from 1740 to 1772, I had another look...

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 ...

have some #familyHistory from the village of #Eckweiler (which no longer exists). Not my family this time, but a connection could pop up any time. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-family-tree-from-eckweiler.html

#genealogy #germany #Familienforschung #Sponheim

another family tree from Eckweiler

... rescued from my ancient website which is now offline. Looking at this again after around 15 years, I've discovered a few things to add,...

The little church is the only surviving building of the village where the chronicles of the Weiss family were written in 1891. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/01/chronicles-of-wei-family.html #familyhistory #Eckweiler #RheinlandPfalz #Simmern #Hunsrück
chronicles of the Weiß family

This fundamental rock on which much of our family history is built has been on my website since time immemorial, but as I am now giving up o...

Heute mal ein kleiner Ausflug zum Windpark in #Pferdsfeld. Beeindruckende Anlagen bei bestem Wetter. 🌤️ #SteinMdL #Energiewende #Energy #Energie #Soonwald #Nahe #Eckweiler #Windenergie #Windkraft