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Welcome
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June 2000 |
Dinklage, Steinfeld
and Country Scenes |
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(left) Backyard
Barbeque: Norbert and Luise Bunker and family welcome Rachel, Dale, and
Suzy. (right) A view of the front of the old Bunker house in Steinfeld.
You can contact Michael and Maria Buenker at this address:
Michael.Buenker@ewetel.net
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Pictured (left) is an
old 19th century plow used to dig up the hard peat (sod) so that the
earth could be tilled and crops planted. At right, a side view of the
old Bunker house in Steinfeld. |
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At left is a restored
windmill used to generate energy to run a mill for grinding wheat into
flour. At right we are visiting with the lady who now lives in the newer
part of the old Buenker house in Steinfeld. |
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This peasant dwelling
(at left) was a one-room structure with a thatched roof. Our ancestors,
along with their cows and pigs, lived in such a dwelling as "Heuerleute"
or "hired hands" on a large farm. Right: a restored house in the
village of Dinklage. |
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(At left) In Emsburen,
the village where our Bunker family originated, Dale made friends
with several gentlemen celebrating Schuetzenfest. At right: Dinklage
village center with church and shopping. |
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At left: parish church
in Emsburen. Outside the church is a memorial to villagers who died
during WWI and WWII. At right: a Dinklage gentleman takes an early
morning bicycle ride as I snap a photograph. |
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At left: The river Ems,
just outside Emsburen, was once used for commerce and is now used for
fishing and recreation. At right: a new house in Dinklage. |
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At left: the road out
of Emsburen and the bridge over the River Ems. At right: six of our
younger Bunker cousins in Dinklage. |
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