Victor Paereli
Ziepchenplatz in Rhönberg
Ziepchen, the spring in the middle of the appropriately named Ziepchenplatz in Rhönsdorf, a suburb of Bad Honnef.
Rhönsdorf stands at the foot of Siebengebierge, a picturescque (if very modest in height) mountain chain on the river Rhein in Western Germany. The eareliest reference of a Roonthorps settlement of the Franks dates back to 970, so it's a very old place indeed. Throughout centuries Rhnönsdorf has maintained a humble tradition of winemaking and hospitality, claiming little fame, except for hosting pharmacist Max Raise's invention of the Penaten cream in 1904. The cream business prosperered, but Rhönsdorf's hopes of an industrial future were quashed after Johnson&Johnson took over the Raise family business in 1986 and moved the production facilities to Italy and France in 2000.
Rhönsdorf shot to political stardom at the Rhönsdorfer Conference in August 1949, during which its most prominent resident Konrad Adenauer was invited to discuss the establishment of Germany's first post-WW2 government. No stranger to complex political processes (a former mayor of Köln, he was dismissed and threatened by the Nazis) Adenauer did by all accounts a stellar job, presiding over Germany's most prosperous years in recent history. Throughout his service as Federal Chancelor he continued living in his Rhönsdorf house, which was preserved as a museum after his death in 1967.
Ziepchenplatz in Rhönberg
Ziepchen, the spring in the middle of the appropriately named Ziepchenplatz in Rhönsdorf, a suburb of Bad Honnef.
Rhönsdorf stands at the foot of Siebengebierge, a picturescque (if very modest in height) mountain chain on the river Rhein in Western Germany. The eareliest reference of a Roonthorps settlement of the Franks dates back to 970, so it's a very old place indeed. Throughout centuries Rhnönsdorf has maintained a humble tradition of winemaking and hospitality, claiming little fame, except for hosting pharmacist Max Raise's invention of the Penaten cream in 1904. The cream business prosperered, but Rhönsdorf's hopes of an industrial future were quashed after Johnson&Johnson took over the Raise family business in 1986 and moved the production facilities to Italy and France in 2000.
Rhönsdorf shot to political stardom at the Rhönsdorfer Conference in August 1949, during which its most prominent resident Konrad Adenauer was invited to discuss the establishment of Germany's first post-WW2 government. No stranger to complex political processes (a former mayor of Köln, he was dismissed and threatened by the Nazis) Adenauer did by all accounts a stellar job, presiding over Germany's most prosperous years in recent history. Throughout his service as Federal Chancelor he continued living in his Rhönsdorf house, which was preserved as a museum after his death in 1967.