Arnold Schwarzenegger - how it all began
The greatest son of Thal near Graz and one of the greatest Austrians, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was born on July 30, 1947 in Graz. Today, his childhood home houses the Arnold Schwarzenegger Museum. This eBook provides many photographs and stories covering Arnolds beginnings in Graz, Munich, Stuttgart and London. It’s the time before he became the world famous movie star and politician. Also included the great paintings of the well-known "Arnie-Painter" Helmut Gombocz.
The greatest son of Thal near Graz and one of the greatest Austrians, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was born on July 30, 1947 in Graz. Today, his childhood home houses the Arnold Schwarzenegger Museum. This eBook provides many photographs and stories covering Arnolds beginnings in Graz, Munich, Stuttgart and London. It’s the time before he became the world famous movie star and politician. Also included the great paintings of the well-known "Arnie-Painter" Helmut Gombocz.
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The new management of the museum<br />
has threatened me w<strong>it</strong>h legal<br />
action if I published pictures<br />
of the museum. To comply w<strong>it</strong>h<br />
their demands, the museum is<br />
only s<strong>how</strong>n from the outside and<br />
there will not be any pictures<br />
from the inside.<br />
The museum comprises two stories and about<br />
200 m². In the year 1806, the Count Herbertstein<br />
had this house built in the district Linak for his forest<br />
ranger.<br />
Oppos<strong>it</strong>e of the museum is the tower of Castle Unterthal,<br />
which dates back to the 13th century. The<br />
tower w<strong>it</strong>h his impressive w<strong>all</strong>s that are 1.5 m<br />
thick is the only remains of the former castle.<br />
Gustav <strong>Schwarzenegger</strong>, <strong>Arnold</strong>'s father, was the<br />
local police commander. This is why the family<br />
was able to live in company housing above the police<br />
station.<br />
<strong>Arnold</strong> lived w<strong>it</strong>h his parents until August 8, 1966<br />
and then left Thal to go to Munich, later to London,<br />
and fin<strong>all</strong>y in 1968 to the Un<strong>it</strong>ed States.<br />
His parents decided to move to the town of Weiz<br />
in Eastern Styria in the year 1967.<br />
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