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Jacob Dietrich (III), born in the year 1718, married Christina in the year 1738, on the 12 day of May. No issue. She died, and in 1755 Jacob Dietrich married Rebecca Schol- lenberger. Children :
Catharine, born in the year 1755. Adamı, born in the year 1757, 29 day of May.
Adam Dietrich, above named, in the year of our Lord, 1782, married Sara Dietrich, born in 1763, on the 18th day of September. Children : Johann Adam, born 1784, 23 day of November Georg born 1790, 3 day of October
Johann Dietrich (IV), born in the year 1720, came to Amerika also, in the year 1739.3 Jo- hann Dietrich was married in the year of our Lord, 1740. Children :
Conrad, born in the year 1741, II day Feb.
Johann, born in the year
1746, 12 day July
Melchior, born in the year
1753, 3 day
May
Ludwig, born in the year 1756, 18 day Jan.
Georg, born in the year
1758, 29 day July
Sarah,
born in the year ' 1759, 30 day Nov.
Philip Dietrich (V), son of Wilhelm, was born in the year of our Lord, 1725, the 27 day of December. He married in 1748, Elizabeth -, born in 1726, died May 16, 1811. He did come to Amerika with his family in 1754.4 [He settled near Lancaster, Pa. There he owned a large and most fertile farm at the out- skirts of the city, which was known as the "Wheatland Farm," and in later years was owned by President James Buchanan. The farm is said to be the finest in Lancaster county, Pa. Chris- tina Dietrich, married to Major Jacob Schaeffer, received $12,000 as her share of her father's in- heritance through the sale of this farm. On this Dietrich homestead is a private graveyard upon which Philip Dietrich and wife, and a number of later generations are buried.]
Philip and Elizabeth Dietrich had the fol- lowing children :
Jacob,
Magdalena,
Maria,
May 30, 1753 April 26, 1755
Elizabeth,
Aug. 15, 1759
Philip,
Jan. 30, 1761
Michael,
Jan. 18, 1862
Barbara,
Jan. 19, 1763
Heinrich,
Feb. 10, 1765
Christina,
Feb. 20, 1767
Philip,
Oct. 31, 1769
8 Johann Dietrich is recorded as having emigrated to America on the ship Loyal Judith, which arrived at Philadel- phia Sept. 3, 1739. Penna. Archives, Vol. XVII.
' Philip Diertich is recorded as having emigrated to America on the ship Neptune, which arrived at Philadelphia Sept. 30, 1754. Penna. Archives, Vol. XVII.
Johann Elias Dietrich, son of Elias (II), born at Dresden, Germany, J- -, 1738, in the year of our Lord, 1759, married Magdalena Hart, born in 1741, 12 day of February: Children :
John, born 22 day November, 1760, died 1795. Magdalena
John Dietrich born in 1760, married Magda- lena Snyder, 29 day of March, 1782.
Georg Hans Dietrich, son of Elias (II), born at Dresden, Germany, on the 12 day of Novem- ber, 1742, married in 1761, the 12 day of March. Children :
John Jacob, born 12 day of Jan., 1762.
Sarah, born 18 day of Sept., 1763.
Elias, born 13 day of Aug., 1765.
Daniel, born 22 day of June, 1767.
John Jacob Dietrich, above named, in the year of our Lord, 1783, the 20 day of January, mar- ried Anna Margaret Klotz. Children:
John, born 6 day of June, 1784.
Anna, born 20 day of Aug., 1787.
Ludwig, born 7 day of Feb., 1790.
Adam Lorentz Dietrich, son of Elias (II), born at Dresden, Germany, in the year of our Lord, 1743, married in 1768, and had children:
Frederick, born 23 day of Dec., 1769.
Abraham, born I day of June, 1771. Jacob, born I772.
Frederick Dietrich, above named, in the year of our Lord, 1788, on the 2 day of March, mar- ried Catharine Children :
John, born 3 day of Oct., 1789.
Johann Jacob Dietrich, son of Elias, born in 1749, on the 4 day of September, married in 1770, Maria Elizabetha Minier. Children :
Elizabetha, born 8 day of April, 1772. Elias,
born 6 day of Dec.,
1773.
Dina,
born ,
1775.
Sara,
born 29 day of Dec.,
1777.
Johannes,
born 9 day of Jan.,
1782.
Jacob, born 6 day of Feb., 1784.
George, born 17 day of June, 1786.
Abraham, born 4 day of Sept., 1788.
Adam, born 22 day of Sept., 1790.
Helen, born II day of June, 1794.
Johannes Dietrich, son of Casper (I) came to America on the ship "Phoenix," which landed at Philadelphia, Sept. 25, 1751. It appears that soon after his arrival in this country he settled in Berks county, Pennsylvania. He married Barbara Braucher, of Albany township, Berks county. He died in 1785, and his widow, Bar- bara, was appointed administratrix of his estate. They had three children, all sons, as follows:
Name. Born. Aug. 17, 1750
Died.
Aug. 30, 1780 In infancy.
Sept. 7, 1846
Maria. born in the year
1749, 26 day April
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Johannes; Jacob, who is said to have settled in Schuylkill county, Pa .; and John Adam.
One Johannes Dietrich, probably son of Jo- hannes, born Nov. 7, 1760, in Maiden creek township, Berks county, located in East Buffalo township, Union county, Pa. From there he en- listed in Col. Servant's regiment, Wayne's brigade, Pennsylvania Line, when eighteen years old, and returned at the expiration of his service, in 1781. One of the sons of Reuben Dietrich, now living in Greenwich township, recalls that his father visited his uncle (Johannes) in Union county, making the journey on horseback, and that the visits were returned.
John Adam Dietrich, son of Johannes, the emi- grant, was born Nov. 23, 1784, in Greenwich township, and died on his farm July 23, 1864. He was baptized Dec. 12, 1784, by Rev. Hein- rich Hartzel, in Greenwich township, and the certificate .states that his sponsors were his uncle Adam and his wife, Maria Barbara Dietrich.
In 1803, John Adam Dietrich married Susanna Arnold, born Feb. 5, 1783, died Oct. 6, 1869, and both are buried immediately back of the Lenharts- ville Church, of which they were prominent mem- bers. They were pious people, good, though strict parents, and "Mother" Dietrich was an ex- cellent housekeeper, noted especially for baking the good old-fashioned bread. She had few equals as a breadmaker, and her rye bread was the best that could be made. Visitors were always treated to butter-bread and honey. Most farmers in those days had from five to twenty-five beehives, and there was always plenty of honey. "Father" Dietrich was equally noted in his way. He began farming near Dreibelbis Station, and owned the tract now owned by a Stettler, from there moving to the farm which his youngest son, Reuben A., came to own after his death. It is now the prop- erty of Reuben's son, Thomas K., who is the fourth generation to own and live upon this land.
John Adam Dietrich was a carpenter by trade, and did such excellent work that he was known as one of the best wood-workers of his day. He built the present barn on the place in 1836, and the house in 1844. The house is of stone, and as only the best stones were used, and the masons of that day knew their work well, the walls are very substantially made, as well as workmanlike. The woodwork in the house shows the same care and skill, and was done for the most part by "Father" Dietrich himself. The last will and testament of this man is a model of its kind and shows that the spirit of a pure heart actuated his deeds. It was made a few years before his death, and is on record in Will Book II, page 333, in the court house at Reading, Pa. The old family
Bible is well preserved, and is now owned by his grandson, Henry K. Dietrich's estate.
John Adam Dietrich and his wife had fourteen children, of whom we have the following record :
Name.
Born.
Died.
Maria,
Dec. 29, 1803
Rebecca,
Oct. 11, 1805
Jacob,
June 27, 1807
Isaac,
Mar. 30, 1809
July 22, 1822
Elizabeth,
Oct. 25, 1810
Annie,
Oct. 25, 1812
Gideon,
Mar. 30, 1814
Adam,
Oct. 17, 1815
April 16, 1826
Moses,
Oct. 22, 1817
Rufena,
Nov. 20, 1819
Nov. 28, 1848
Catharine,
Dec. 15, 1821
Reuben,
Oct. 20, 1823
It will be noticed that six members of this fam- ily were born in the month of October. Isaac, Adam and Rufena are buried at Dunkel's church.
All the children of John Adam Dietrich re- mained in the locality where they were born, namely Greenwich and Albany townships.
Reuben A. Dietrich, youngest son of John Adam and Susanna (Arnold) Dietrich, was born in Greenwich township, Oct. 20, 1823, on his father's homestead near Klinesville, and died July 31, 1889. He was a life-long farmer, succeeding his father on the home place, which now consists of 155 acres of valuable land. He was prosper- ous, and added seventy acres to this tract, but this extra land was sold off again after his death. Mr. Dietrich was originally a member of the Dunkel Church, but in 1854, when the Lenharts- ville Church was organized, he became one of its members, and he was an official of that church until his death. He married Catharine Kunkel, born in 1834. Children: Alfred K., is men- tioned below; Lewis K. is mentioned below; El- len, deceased, was the wife of Alfred Greenawalt, of Bernville; Henry K., deceased, born in 1860, was a farmer near Lenhartsville, and was the vice- president of the Dietrich Family Association. He married in 1883, Mary Seidel, and they had children: Robert, Lizzie, Edgar, Flora, Nora, Harvey, and Annie, of whom Lizzie, a graduate of the Keystone State Normal School, is engaged in teaching; Florenda, married George Kutz; Thomas K. owns and farms the homestead; he married Ida Komp, who died June 17, 1907, and has a son, Ira; Charles and James both died in childhood. The burial ground of this family is at Lenhartsville. Mrs. Catharine (Kunkel) Dietrich now makes her home with her son, Thomas, on the old homestead.
Alfred K. Dietrich was reared to farming, and when twenty-one years old, he learned mill- ing from Solomon P. Dietrich, who then operated what has been known for many years as "Die- trich mill." The spring after his marriage Mr. Dietrich engaged in the business for himself at
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HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
"Dietrich's Mill," which he bought about 1889, and which he conducted in all for almost thirty years-from 1877 until two years before his death. This mill is located in the Stony Run dale in Albany township. The first mill at this site was built by a Grim, in 1750, and the present stone mill is at least the second, probably the third, mill at this place. On a stone in the wall of the south gable are the dates 1750 and 1795, the latter being probably the date of the building of the second mill or the repairing of the first one. To the mill property belongs a fine farm of ninety-five acres, lying in the potato belt of this section. Mr. Dietrich raised many potatoes, planting twenty acres every year. This property is a valuable one, the buildings being very sub- stantial. The large Swiss barn was erected by Alfred K. Dietrich in 1891. He owned also the old Wiesner homestead in Stony Run dale, a farm of 122 acres, which he bought in 1898, and which is now tenanted by his son, Irwin C., who is an enterprising young farmer, and extensively en- gaged in potato planting. On this farm stands a stone house which was built in 1796, and which originally belonged to Samuel Miller. On a stone in the west gable of this house is the follow- ing:
S B & H M PE &HM 1796
On Jan. 21, 1877, Mr. Dietrich married Lou- isa Merkel, daughter of William D. Merkel, of Windsor, and to them were born five children, as follows: Irwin C., Anson W., Mary V., mar- ried Elton J. Trexler, of Albany Pa., and has a son, Clinton M .; Howard W .; and Agnes C. Mr. Dietrich and family belonged to the Wess- nersville (Friedens) Church, all being members of the Lutheran congregation there, of which Mr. Dietrich served as deacon. He was the third per- son buried in the new cemetery of that church. In politics he was a Democrat.
Levi K. Dietrich was a farmer of Lynn town- ship for upwards of thirty years. He was born in Greenwich township, Berks county, Sept. 13, 1855, where he was educated and brought up on a farm, and he was there engaged at farming until 1879, when he purchased a farm of 76 acres in Lynn township, near Lynnville, in Lehigh county, which he carried on in a successful man- ner until he died on Sunday, Dec. 14, 1913, aged 58 years. He has served his district as a school director, supervisor, and judge of elections; and he was a member of Jerusalem's Lutheran church, in Albany township, which he had served as dea- con and trustee. In politics he had been a Demo- crat.
In 1877, Mr. Dietrich married Emma E. Christ, a daughter of Jacob, of Greenwich town- ship, by whom he had a son, Valorous K., who is engaged in the jewelry business at Kempton, in Berks county. After the death of the first Mrs. Dietrich, he married (second) in 1892, M. Alice Howerter, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Kistler) Howerter. Mrs. Dietrich's maternal grandparents were Nathan and Catharine (Die- trich) Kistler. They had eight children, namely : Robert F., who died young; William H .; Lizzie K .; Edgar H .; and Norman H; and three who died in infancy.
(I) Adam Dietrich, the second son of Casper (I) son of Wilhelm Ernst, son of Johan Peter, was born in Germany, Oct. 28, 1740, was reared to agrucultural pursuits in his native country, where he also learned the trade of weaver. In 1751 his elder brother, Johannes Dietrich, emi- grated to America, and settled in Greenwich township, Berks county, Pa. He was followed to this country by Adam and another brother, Casper, in 1767. The two brothers crossed the Atlantic in the ship "Britannia," which landed at Philadelphia Oct. 26, 1767.
Adam Dietrich had first located in Lowhill township, Northampton (now Lehigh) county. A warrant for 80 acres of land located in North- ampton county was deeded to him Feb. 15, 1767, possibly through his brother, Johannes, who had doubtless been located in the same locality. In 1769, less than two years after his emigration to this country, their daughter, Maria Barbara, born June 17, 1769, was baptized at the Heidelberg church, on June 18th, the day following her birth. Her sponsors were Johannes Dietrich and Maria Barbara Kindt. Anna Christina, another daugh- ter, was born April 25, 1771, and was baptized on May 5th of the same year, also at the Heidelberg church. In 1772, Adam Dietrich paid a proprie- tary tax of $26.96, in Northampton county. In 1779 he was a resident of Greenwich town- ship, Berks county, Pa., and was assessed with 4 horses and 3 cows, and owned 130 acres of land. In 1780-81-82-83 he was assessed with 130 acres in Greenwich township; and in 1779-80-81-82- 83-84-85, he was also assessed in Maxatawny township. He is said to have conducted an inn, located a quarter of a mile northeast of Topton, Pa., for some years, in connection with farming in Greenwich township. On Feb. 15, 1787, he obtained a warrant for 60 acres located in Green- wich township. In 1785 he bought several lots of ground on White Oak street, Kutztown, from George Kutz. In 1793, he purchased more land in Kutztown from Samuel Schoedler. On Nov. 30, 1809, he was granted a warrant for 200 acres
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located in Greenwich township, and this tract he sold to his youngest son, Christian, on June 3, 1812, for $2,796.
Adam Dietrich was a patriot in the Revolu- tionary army, and espoused the cause of freedom in active service. The secretary of the Dietrich Family Association has certified records that Adam Dietrich was a sergeant in 1781, in Capt. Jacob Baldy's company, under Lieut. Col. Joseph Hiester, of Berks county.
This ancestor was married in 1764 to Maria Barbara Steinbruch, daughter of Jacob Stein- bruch, born March 13, 1741, died on the home-
stead in Greenwich township, June 6, 1821, aged 80 years, 2 months and 24 days. He died in Greenwich township, March 21, 1817, aged 76 years, 4 months and 3 days. Adam Dietrich and his good wife were devoted Lutherans, and mem- bers of the Moselem Church (which was estab- lished in 1742) of which he was an official, and they are buried in the graveyard adjoining the church. Unto them were born thirteen children, the two oldest, Adam and Georg, were born in Germany, and as small children were brought by their parents to this country. The names of the children follow.
Born.
Died.
Yrs.
AGE. Mos. D.
1. Johann Adam,
Dec. 11, 1765
Aug. 19, 1823
57 78
5
27
3. Maria Barbara,
June 17, 1769
4. Anna Christina,
Apr. 25, 1771
5. Johann Jacob,
June 25, 1773
Sept. 1, 1857
84
2
6
6. Johann Michael,
Apr. 6, 1775
June 19, 1861
86
2
13
7. Johann Heinrich,
8. Johann,
9. Maria Catharine,
IO. Johann Christian,
II. Maria Magdalena,
-, 1785
m.
Becker.
Jan.
-, 1787
July 14, 1838 51
6
12. Anna Margaret,
13. Maria Elizabeth,
(II) Johann Adam Dietrich, oldest son of Adam, the emigrant, was born Dec. 11, 1765, in Germany, and when a mere child came with his parents to Pennsylvania. He grew up on the farm, and when twenty-one years old, in 1788, married Catharine Christ, born 1767, who died in Greenwich in 1837, aged sixty-nine years. He lived in Greenwich township for some years, and then owned a farm on which he lived in the Stony Run, in Albany township. Here he died suddenly of apoplexy, Aug. 19, 1823, aged fifty- seven years, eight months, eight days. He and his wife are buried at Grimville. His three chil- dren were: Johannes, born Feb. 26, 1795, died April 1, 1872; George, died in infancy; Mary, (1803-1883) m. Jacob Wessner.
(III) Johannes Dietrich (1795-1872), son of Johann Adam, lived in the Stony Run, on the homestead which latterly was owned by his son, John, who was over six feet tall and very strong. Johannes Dietrich kept many bees, and was very successful in raising them. Visitors to his family were treated to an abundance of honey, which he had the year around. His sons and grandsons inherited from him the knowledge of bees.
In 1823 he married Catharine Kunkel, born in Albany June 8, 1800, died Sept. 22, 1880, aged eighty years, three months, fourteen days. They had the following eight children : Polly, married Daniel Fenstermacher; Rebecca (1824-1891), married Johannes Schlenker; Daniel, married Catharyn Dietrich ; Anna, married Samuel Mil- ler; Maria C., married William S. Mosser ; John H., married Polly Leiby, no issue; one died young ; David ( 1840-1852).
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(IV) Daniel Dietrich, son of Johannes, was born in Albany on the homestead in Stony Run, where all his brothers and sisters were also born. He died on his farm at the top of Stony Run hill, Oct. 5, 1901, aged seventy years, seven months, eighteen days. He was a life-long farm- er, and also raised bees. He was an honest and kind-hearted man, tall, strong, and a little stoop- shouldered, and wore a heavy beard. He and his family were Lutherans and are buried at Grim- ville. His wife, Catharyn Dietrich, a daughter of Michael Dietrich, died Oct. 10, 1895, in her sixty-sixth year. They had these seven children : Levi D., married Mary Dietrich; Catharyn, mar- ried Augustus Dietrich (they have Newton E. and Walter L.) ; Daniel, married Emma Rein- hart; Ellen, married Jacob George; Sarah, mar- ried Mr. Baer ; Charles A., married Louisa Kutz ; Mary A., married Nathan Zimmerman.
(II) Johann Georg Dietrich, the second son of Adam, came with his parents to America. He was born May 7, 1767, and lived for many years in Greenwich township, near Dunkel's church, of which he was a Lutheran member. In 1809, his name appears on the church record as an official. He died Nov. 4, 1845, aged sev- enty-eight years, five months, twenty-seven days. He and his wife, Elizabeth Brunner (1773- 1850), are buried there. Their eight children were : (1) Johannes, born 1793, died 1872, married Maria Moyer (1793-1861), and had children : Polly, Hannah, Jeremiah, Hettie and Lucinda. Polly and Hettie lived on the farm, the former past ninety years old, and the latter
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nearly ninety. (2) Katie (1796-1870), married Jacob Stoyer, and had eight children. (3) Beckie (1798) married Benjamin Hummel, of Green- wich, and had three children. (4) Maria Mag- dalena (1801-1880), married John Komp, and had four children. (5) George B., born 1805, died 1878, was of Greenwich. He married Polly Riegelman, and had children: Fennias, Jonas, Katie, Lewis, and Helena. (6) Daniel, born Nov. 12, 1809, died Jan. 18, 1842. (7) Anın, married Benjamin Riegelman, of Greenwich township, and had two children. (8) Lucinda, married Jacob Lesher, of near Topton, Pa., and had six children.
(III) Daniel Dietrich, son of Johann Georg, was born Nov. 12, 1809, and died Jan. 18, 1842, aged thirty-two years, two months, six days; he was buried at Dunkel's church. He was a farmer in Greenwich township. On Oct. 17, 1830, he married Catharine Lesher (1812-1844), and they had five sons and one daughter, namely: (1) Ben- jamin, married and had children: John, Mary, Ella, Rachel, and James D. The last named was the father of Prof. A. M. Dietrich, of Reading. (2) Samuel lived at Lewisburg, Union county, where he died. He had two children: Frank and Laura. (3) Daniel, died at Mifflinburg, Pa., at the age of fifty-four. He had three children : Charles, George and Irwin. (4) Joel L., born June 6, 1837. (5) Isaac, is buried at Hamburg. His son, Irwin, lives at Schuylkill Haven, Pa. (6) A daughter.
(IV) Joel L. Dietrich, son of Daniel, born June 6, 1837, in Greenwich township, was reared to farming. In his young manhood he went to live with his uncle, Solomon Lesher, who was a farmer in Upper Tulpehocken township. There he lived some years, and was married to Catharine Unger, daughter of David Unger, of that town- ship. Mr. Dietrich worked at carpentering for some years, and then engaged again in farming. He owned a farm of over one hundred acres in Jefferson township, near Bernville, and this he cultivated some years. He also owned a smaller tract adjacent. In 1905 he sold his land and re- tired, moving into Strausstown, where he makes his home at the present time. He is highly re- spected, and for many years was active in the Zion's Blue Mountain church. To him and his good wife were born twelve children, as follows: (1) Franklin P., born April 2, 1860. (2) George B., of Reading, married Valeria Groff, and has one daughter, Mary. (3) Milton C., of Reading, married, in 1890, Ida Fox, and their children are: Robert F., Ida S., John J., and Annie C. (4) William A., born Feb. 24, 1866, died Sept. 6, 1903. (5) Mary, married, in 1888, Charles Christman, and has four sons and four
daughters. (6) Katie, married, in 1892, Wil- liam Kenney, and has one son and four daugh- ters. (7) Amelia, married, in 1889, Calvin Himmelberger, and has three sons and one daughter. (8) Lizzie, married, in 1892, Levi Christman, brother of Charles, and has a daugh- ter, Ella. (9) Fietta, married, in 1892, Moses Ebling, and they have four sons and one daugh- ter. (10) Charles (1863-1884). (II) Isaac, of Rehrersburg, married Lizzie Gehart. (12) John, a music teacher and organist and chorister of the Rehrersburg Lutheran church, married Lillian Bright, and has a son, Charles.
(II) Johann Jacob Dietrich, third son of Adam, the emigrant, was born in Berks county, June 25, 1773, and he died on his farm in Albany town- ship, whither he had moved in 1817, Jan. 1, 1857. He was an official member of the Lutheran con- gregation of the Union church at Lenhartsville, and is buried in the cemetery there. He was an extensive landowner. In about 1817 he settled at "Spitzenburg," in Albany township, where he successfully conducted a tannery and hotel for many years. On Jan. 30, 1829, he purchased seventeen acres and three rods from Jacob Traut- man, a neighbor in Albany township. On Dec. 22, 1829, he obtained a grant from the Common- wealth, for sixteen acres, twenty-six perches, for $33.78. This tract was lying adjacent to his other land. He also purchased a tract from John Stoudt, a neighbor, for £3,100. From the Chris- tian Henry estate (to whom it had been ceded by the Commonwealth) he obtained 194 acres, 84 perches, in Albany, and adjoining his other land. He owned about 500 acres of land in the southern end of Albany township, around the south and west base of Spitzenburg, part of this land lying across the Albany line into Greenwich township, and he was known as "Spitzenburger Jake Diet- rich." This land is now divided into three large farms: The 148-acre farm owned by Jacob H. Dietrich (son of Samuel P. and grandson of Jo- hann Jacob) ; the Nathan Stump farm (on which Johann Jacob Dietrich built the present barn in 1837); and the Simon Bautsch farm. The last named tract was the homestead farm of Mr. Diet- rich, and on it is a one and one-half story stone house, which was erected in about 1760 by the Henry family, the original owners. This had no cellar, and was used as a church many years ago, and also as a schoolhouse, one Karl Cook being the teacher. In a corner in the wall was an arch, in which the Holy Bible was kept. In the above house, Mr. Dietrich kept a very popular hotel, known as "Dietrich's Hotel," for many years. Battalion days were held annually in an open field at the Spitzenburg, and on this day the
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