Old German Fire Truck

Really, it's just a hand cart. You need many men to fill buckets and empty them in the basin, four men to work the pump, and one to hold the hose. Our tour guide joked around and told us that maybe this is why Baumholder was destroyed by fire so often.

Baumholder Museum

April 19th 2005
Today we visited the Baumholder Museum. (Baumholder is a small town/village in Rheinland Pfalz.) The exhibits were all in German, but the lady who showed us around was very nice and spoke pretty good English. I’m not sure that I understood everything correctly and there are gaps in my knowledge, but still, the history is interesting. This area was first inhabited 2,000 years ago. The Roma ... read more

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As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20t... ... read more

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