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The village of Uengsterode - where Erich Honecker's grandmother came from

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The village of Uengsterode - where Erich Honecker's grandmother came from

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The village of Uengsterode - where Erich Honecker's grandmother came from

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  • Location: Großalmerode, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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    August 21, 2024

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    Erich Honecker's paternal grandmother was Elisabeth Schönewolf, born in Uengsterode in 1847. His father was the miner Johannes Schönewolf and his mother Anna, née Burhenn. The family moved with their three children to Dudweiler in Saarland around 1857. Elisabeth married the miner Andreas Honecker there. Their son Wilhelm is the father of Erich Honecker (1912-1994), the former Chairman of the State Council of the GDR. wiki.genealogy.net/Uengsterode
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    Uengsterode is located in the Meißner-Kaufunger Wald nature park and is crossed by the Laudenbach (also called the Weiße Gelster), a tributary of the Gelster.
    In terms of its layout, Uengsterode is a clustered village, a closed village with irregular plot layouts and farms of different sizes.
    An impressive building in the north of Uengsterode is the large railway bridge of the
    former Gelstertalbahn, which spans the valley of the Laudenbach with four bold arches.
    The church and the atonement stone on the village square, formerly the court square, in the middle of the village are also worth seeing.
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    Location: Großalmerode, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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