Wiesbaden - The Wiesbaden Welcome Guide
Wiesbaden - The Wiesbaden Welcome Guide
Wiesbaden - The Wiesbaden Welcome Guide
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<strong>Welcome</strong><br />
Let<br />
us<br />
help to make<br />
<strong>Guide</strong><br />
W i e s b ad e n<br />
Useful<br />
around the<br />
<strong>Wiesbaden</strong> your<br />
Information and Places<br />
City and Vicinity<br />
Home<br />
of Interest<br />
!<br />
including<br />
Culture College<br />
information
W ie sb ad e n W elco m e Gu id e<br />
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C o nte nts
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P h o to s : H o rst G o eb el
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P h o to : H o rst G o eb el
S in ce rely you rs,<br />
Dr.<br />
Helmut<br />
L o rd M ayo r<br />
Müller<br />
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P h o to s : H o rst G o eb el W ie sb ad e n W elco m e Gu id e<br />
Hünstetten− Görsroth<br />
In d ex o f Adve rtise rs<br />
P age C ars an d M ob ility<br />
P age P lace s to Visit
With special thanks to all advertisers<br />
who made it possible for this book to<br />
come to you free<br />
P age M isce llan e ou s<br />
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W ie sb ad e n at a Glan ce<br />
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<strong>Wiesbaden</strong>'s Landmark: <strong>The</strong> Kurhaus<br />
P h o to : H o rst G o eb el
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Dr.<br />
Brigitte Streich<br />
Clearing debris by german civilans at the<br />
Schwalbacher Strasse<br />
Photo: Willi Rudolph, ca. 1 945 (Stadtarchiv)
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<strong>The</strong> Berlin Blockade ends: 1 2 May 1 949 at<br />
Rhein− Main Air Force Base, Frankfurt −<br />
USAF Collection (Stadtarchiv)
<strong>The</strong> “<strong>Wiesbaden</strong> Post" Friday, January 28, 1 949<br />
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Portrait of General<br />
Lucius D. Clay<br />
circa 1 947
Dwight D. Eisenhower talks with Lt. General<br />
Lucius D. Clay at RAF Gatow in Berlin<br />
Gen. Clay with David Bell und John F. Kennedy<br />
(22 March 1 963)<br />
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Gen. Clay during an AFN interview concerning<br />
the Berlin Airlift (Care parcel)<br />
P h o to : H o rst G o eb el<br />
Monument at the<br />
casern's main entrance<br />
by Carl Wilhelm<br />
Bierbrauer<br />
60th Berlin Airlift Anniversary in <strong>Wiesbaden</strong><br />
June 2008 (Photos: Horst Goebel)
Eyeglasses and Contact Lenses<br />
75 Years in Business<br />
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W ie sb ad e n 's H isto ry<br />
Wilhelmstraße, circa 1 900<br />
<strong>The</strong> former Kurhaus, built in<br />
1 81 0, wich has been replaced in<br />
1 907 with a larger building
Kurpark, circa 1 895<br />
Wilhelm II<br />
(1 859− 1 941 ),<br />
Germany's last<br />
emperor, as well as<br />
his grandfather,<br />
Kaiser Wilhelm I,<br />
was a frequent guest<br />
in <strong>Wiesbaden</strong>.<br />
Reproduction:<br />
Horst Goebel<br />
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Hot spring fountain at the Kranzplatz<br />
Monument in the Kurpark:<br />
Columns<br />
of the first Kurhaus from 1 81 0<br />
P h o to s : H o rst G o eb el
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