Old proverb: "To speak the names of the departed is to make them live again."

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Pforzheim Mystery Correction

Steven and Diana both have German connections, and it appears that "Pforzheim" has another meaning.  This is what I found on Opentopia:

A settlement was established by Roman citizens at the Enz river near nowadays Altstaedter Bruecke (old town bridge). Archeological surveys have unearthed several items from that period which are kept and displayed in the Kappelhof Museum. The settlement was located where the Roman military road connecting the military camp Argentorate (nowadays Strasbourg in France) and the military camp at Cannstatt (now a suburb of Stuttgart) at the Upper Germanic Limes border line of the Roman Empire crossed the Enz river. This place was known as Portus (river crossing, harbor), which is believed to be the origin of the first part of the city's name "Pforzheim". A Roman milestone (the so-called 'Leugenstein') from the year 245 and later excavated at nowadays Friolzheim shows the exact distance to 'Portus'; it is the first document about the settlement.

I feel so much better now!

St. Michael's Church, Pforzheim

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