From Jan 1971 until Dec 1973, I was stationed with the US Army at Wharton Barracks Heilbronn. Bad Whimphen was only a short drive away, so we often enjoyed many of the town's restaurants. One was called the Blue Tower where you could sit outside on a veranda overlooking the Neckar River. Valley. My youngest daughter was baptized at the Benedictine Kloster. One of the monks from the Abbey often offered Catholic Mass at the US Army chapel. Your video brought back many fond memories.
Thank you so much for watching and sharing your memories. It sounds like an amazing time to have been stationed there, what amazing experiences you have. Our time in Germany also started with the U.S. Army- Grafenwöhr, Kaiserslautern, Baumholder and even a few years in Leipzig after German reunification. All were wonderful places to be stationed.
I spent ten years total in Germany. In addition to three years in Heilbronn, I spent four years in Heidelberg and three in Bad Aibling, a small town near Rosenheim between Munich and Salzburg
@@OMEddie. Just want to send you a big HELLO from Heilbronn and thanks for your service. Nice to hear from a former GI stationed in HN. As you probably know, Wharton Barracks, AK Neckarsulm and Red Leg don’t exist anymore. Wharton Barracks and Schwabenhof are housing areas now, AK Neckarsulm is used commercially and Red Leg was restored to nature (I think you’ll like the last one).
Another tip would be Nördlingen in Bavaria, where a cat has been nesting in the tower for 15 years. The town also has a town wall, is geologically interesting and is not so touristy. Happy Easter!
Here in Westphalia, in the old and historic city of Münster, we still have a person who climbs the steeple of St. Lamberti's Church every evening and spends the night there in a small room. It's a woman. She has to give a signal every hour with a horn that everything is ok, that there is no fire anywhere and that no enemies are approaching the city. I find this profession quite scary, to sit up there, even if it storms and thunders. In addition, since 1535, three cages have been attached to this tower, in which the corpses of the three "wiederteufer" were imprisoned as punishment and completely decomposed there. There, too, she always has to check whether the cages are still hanging securely, etc. This woman must be a fan of horror movies, I think 😄 By the way, this medieval profession is called "Türmer" and of course the city of Münster also has a night watchman who walks through the streets at night with a lantern and a helebard, after all, security is important to the city council of Münster 😄
Wow! We must visit Münster soon. That sounds very fascinating. Thank you so much for watching and sharing your comment. I hope we can make a video about Münster soon.
Thank you for introducing Bad Wimpfen. I’m happy you had a nice time here. I live close to Bad Wimpfen and enjoy the town every time I go there even though I’ve been there countless times. Bad Wimpfen is a so called “Kaiserpfalz”, a city where the emperor would stay when travelling. Medieval emperors did not reside in one or two places, but were constantly travelling throughout their empire. For this purpose, Barbarossa (Staufian dynasty) established routes for quick travelling and fortresses to stay. That’s why I call him the real inventor of the autobahn. Bad Wimpfen is also called a Staufian town. If you come back to the Lower Neckar Valley, make sure to visit Eppingen. You’ll love it, too.
@@cathrinL Thank You for watching our video and sharing your knowledge of this beautiful town. We enjoyed our visit and will hopefully return soon. We have just added Eppingen to our list of travel destinations.
@@travelingexpats I live in the city you started from, so it is actually close and I never thought about visiting. If you like less crowdy and really old and original fairy tale stuff take a look at Gengenbach. In Alsace and La Lorraine there are often small villages with great local food in ancient places. Wrinkly 500 year old wood beams, sitting in a court of some 600 year old farm house. Worth a trip. If you haven't been yet. Tübingen, Ulm, Marburg, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Freiburg-->to France for Munster. ^^ Go to Gilg Patisserie and eat somewhere. Beware of 1 or 2 - 5 or 6 is closed for "Siesta" there. Plan well. For a culinary trip within German I highly suggest you go to the Spessart region. Not only in my opinion the best beer, wine and food from all of Germany...by far. ^^ The other beers, wines and kitchens don't even come close for a competition. ^^ In the circle of 50 Km there are 170 breweries. As many wineries as well.
@@Kivas_Fajo Thank You very much for the recommendations. I’m excited to get back to Germany and visit these places. We were recently in Alsace and had a very nice time. Thanks again!
Bad Wimpfen has a beautiful Christmas market and an annual fair called “Talmarkt”. There is also a carnival parade on the Sundays before Mardi Gras. On these occasions, it is no longer so quiet and tranquil there.😃
We have so many beautiful villages and cities here in Germany and Bad Wimpfen is surely a gem 🥰 BTW: if you have a car, just drive around and I'm sure you'll find other beautiful places and surely some hidden gems. Your chances increase if you stick to big rivers or seas, not only because of the natural vista but also because villages and towns near waterways were wealthier. I find the Black Forest contains especially many quaint, very pretty villages. But I'm sure there are many other areas with a high "beauty density".
@@TheSandkastenverbot Thank You for watching our video and leaving your comment. You are right, Germany has many beautiful towns and villages. We hope to explore more of them, thanks for the information. We will definitely drive along the rivers and visit the Black Forest.
Another great video! I always imagine what it would have been like when those buildings were new. I’m sure people did drink out of that. I really love that it didn’t look overcrowded. The watchman looked out for attackers of the city and probably other dangers. I wonder how many fell asleep on the job. 😂
😂I suppose it depends on how much beer they had that night. I suppose if you were planning a crime or to attack the city, it would have been smart to send the tower guard or night watchman a “gift” to distract him. Great answer. Thanks for watching and sharing your comment.
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Have you ever visited Bad Wimpfen? Be sure to watch until the end to participate in this week’s trivia question.
From Jan 1971 until Dec 1973, I was stationed with the US Army at Wharton Barracks Heilbronn. Bad Whimphen was only a short drive away, so we often enjoyed many of the town's restaurants. One was called the Blue Tower where you could sit outside on a veranda overlooking the Neckar River. Valley. My youngest daughter was baptized at the Benedictine Kloster. One of the monks from the Abbey often offered Catholic Mass at the US Army chapel. Your video brought back many fond memories.
Thank you so much for watching and sharing your memories. It sounds like an amazing time to have been stationed there, what amazing experiences you have. Our time in Germany also started with the U.S. Army- Grafenwöhr, Kaiserslautern, Baumholder and even a few years in Leipzig after German reunification. All were wonderful places to be stationed.
I spent ten years total in Germany. In addition to three years in Heilbronn, I spent four years in Heidelberg and three in Bad Aibling, a small town near Rosenheim between Munich and Salzburg
@@OMEddie. Just want to send you a big HELLO from Heilbronn and thanks for your service. Nice to hear from a former GI stationed in HN. As you probably know, Wharton Barracks, AK Neckarsulm and Red Leg don’t exist anymore. Wharton Barracks and Schwabenhof are housing areas now, AK Neckarsulm is used commercially and Red Leg was restored to nature (I think you’ll like the last one).
Another tip would be Nördlingen in Bavaria, where a cat has been nesting in the tower for 15 years. The town also has a town wall, is geologically interesting and is not so touristy. Happy Easter!
Happy Easter! Thanks for the information on Nördlingen, it seems exactly like the type of place we enjoy visiting.
Here in Westphalia, in the old and historic city of Münster, we still have a person who climbs the steeple of St. Lamberti's Church every evening and spends the night there in a small room. It's a woman. She has to give a signal every hour with a horn that everything is ok, that there is no fire anywhere and that no enemies are approaching the city. I find this profession quite scary, to sit up there, even if it storms and thunders.
In addition, since 1535, three cages have been attached to this tower, in which the corpses of the three "wiederteufer" were imprisoned as punishment and completely decomposed there. There, too, she always has to check whether the cages are still hanging securely, etc. This woman must be a fan of horror movies, I think 😄
By the way, this medieval profession is called "Türmer" and of course the city of Münster also has a night watchman who walks through the streets at night with a lantern and a helebard, after all, security is important to the city council of Münster 😄
Wow! We must visit Münster soon. That sounds very fascinating. Thank you so much for watching and sharing your comment. I hope we can make a video about Münster soon.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful village with us. We’ve never heard of it but it’s somewhere we’d definitely look out for now.
It’s very nice and shouldn’t be missed if you’re in the area around Stuttgart. Thanks for watching and sharing your comment.
Thank you for introducing Bad Wimpfen. I’m happy you had a nice time here. I live close to Bad Wimpfen and enjoy the town every time I go there even though I’ve been there countless times.
Bad Wimpfen is a so called “Kaiserpfalz”, a city where the emperor would stay when travelling. Medieval emperors did not reside in one or two places, but were constantly travelling throughout their empire. For this purpose, Barbarossa (Staufian dynasty) established routes for quick travelling and fortresses to stay. That’s why I call him the real inventor of the autobahn. Bad Wimpfen is also called a Staufian town.
If you come back to the Lower Neckar Valley, make sure to visit Eppingen. You’ll love it, too.
@@cathrinL Thank You for watching our video and sharing your knowledge of this beautiful town. We enjoyed our visit and will hopefully return soon. We have just added Eppingen to our list of travel destinations.
Absolutely no tourists there. Lovely! 🙂
@@Kivas_Fajo Yes, it’s fantastic! Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@travelingexpats I live in the city you started from, so it is actually close and I never thought about visiting.
If you like less crowdy and really old and original fairy tale stuff take a look at Gengenbach.
In Alsace and La Lorraine there are often small villages with great local food in ancient places. Wrinkly 500 year old wood beams, sitting in a court of some 600 year old farm house.
Worth a trip.
If you haven't been yet. Tübingen, Ulm, Marburg, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Freiburg-->to France for Munster. ^^
Go to Gilg Patisserie and eat somewhere.
Beware of 1 or 2 - 5 or 6 is closed for "Siesta" there.
Plan well.
For a culinary trip within German I highly suggest you go to the Spessart region.
Not only in my opinion the best beer, wine and food from all of Germany...by far. ^^
The other beers, wines and kitchens don't even come close for a competition. ^^
In the circle of 50 Km there are 170 breweries. As many wineries as well.
@@Kivas_Fajo Thank You very much for the recommendations. I’m excited to get back to Germany and visit these places. We were recently in Alsace and had a very nice time. Thanks again!
@@travelingexpats Also...Monschau. ^^
Bad Wimpfen has a beautiful Christmas market and an annual fair called “Talmarkt”. There is also a carnival parade on the Sundays before Mardi Gras. On these occasions, it is no longer so quiet and tranquil there.😃
@@ChrisTian-rm7zm Sounds fantastic! I would love to visit the Christmas market and the Talmarkt. Thanks for watching and leaving your comment.
We have so many beautiful villages and cities here in Germany and Bad Wimpfen is surely a gem 🥰
BTW: if you have a car, just drive around and I'm sure you'll find other beautiful places and surely some hidden gems. Your chances increase if you stick to big rivers or seas, not only because of the natural vista but also because villages and towns near waterways were wealthier. I find the Black Forest contains especially many quaint, very pretty villages. But I'm sure there are many other areas with a high "beauty density".
@@TheSandkastenverbot Thank You for watching our video and leaving your comment. You are right, Germany has many beautiful towns and villages. We hope to explore more of them, thanks for the information. We will definitely drive along the rivers and visit the Black Forest.
Another great video! I always imagine what it would have been like when those buildings were new. I’m sure people did drink out of that. I really love that it didn’t look overcrowded. The watchman looked out for attackers of the city and probably other dangers. I wonder how many fell asleep on the job. 😂
😂I suppose it depends on how much beer they had that night. I suppose if you were planning a crime or to attack the city, it would have been smart to send the tower guard or night watchman a “gift” to distract him. Great answer. Thanks for watching and sharing your comment.
Warning of dangers such as fires or attackers etc.
Great answer! Thanks for watching and giving an answer to the trivia question.