Wandering Oderites

[Photos and story courtesy of Ron GLANDT] April 15, 2017 When I was a boy of 12, growing up on a farm/ranch in Lusk, Wyoming in the 1950’s we had a very exciting and important visitor, Peter KRUSE, a relative from Suderlugum, Germany. Now, let me get this straight, I think Peter was my great-grandfather …

  Up early Wednesday morning, we at Wandering Oderites headed east on the Chuo Highway toward the city of Hachioji on the outskirts of western Tokyo. It is a city of about 600,000 people with rivers and lower mountains. Surrounded by foothills on three sides, Mt. Jimba and Mt. Takao are famous day trip hiking …

      Preface: We received a letter from a former resident of the Oder River area; the focus of this blog. As written in the introduction, we are seeking ALL stories in their original about people who lived, live, or descend from the towns on the west and east sides of the Oder/Odra River. …

  Schwedt an der Oder in the Uckermark region of Brandenburg. It is on the Oder River north of Bad Freienwalde in Markisch-Oderland. It was a larger, industrial town of the former East Germany. It celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2015. Bad Freienwalde celebrated its 700th anniversary in 2016.   We went to Schwedt to …

 “This is something I never thought I’d do.” –Hazel Dell (VANATTA) KLEMKE （6.12.1897-7.1.1998） Spoken by her in a dream Amy had in 1999. In August 2016, I, Amy and daughter Mina Uehara left Japan to visit the town of Zäckerick/ Siekierki on the east bank of the Oder River that separates Poland and Germany. But, allow …