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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen

Schleiden

Old School of Wollseifen

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen

Schleiden

Old School of Wollseifen

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Old School of Wollseifen

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Location: Schleiden, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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DirtyDropbars

October 11, 2022

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This village was close to the NSDAP training center in Vogelsang (which can also be visited not far away). After the war, the British army took over the area as …

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Gerd

March 1, 2017

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The former school building also survived the use as a military training area and the associated, almost complete destruction of wool soaps.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

November 19, 2017

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The ruin of the school (ground floor) was secured. Since March 2011, new street signs in the Eifel dialect have been naming the former village streets. Historical photographs that were posted in the church, at the school and on the information board in the center of the village document village life in the pre-war period.
In November 2014, the restoration of the wool soaps primary school started, which currently houses a small exhibition on wool soaps.

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Location: Schleiden, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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