I'm 70 years old and will be taking a trip through the various small villages that my father went through during WWII, but my map of Germany doesn't show some of the locations. Is there anyone out there who can give me the locations to the following villages?
Scheibenhardt, Juchen, Brunswick
Eisenach, and Grebbeberg
If you could not only tell me where these villages are located, but what is the name of the closest city of any decent size.
I do believe I have the correct spelling, but I have been unable to locate them on a rather complete map of Germany, nor on any map on the net either.
If anyone can help me, I would be most appreciative. Thanks in advance.
Chuck

Is this theEisenach you want?

http://www.webtourist.net/touristinf...h-germany.html

Have you tried mapquest? Enter the names under "map" or use the towns you have as the starting and finishing points.

A fair number of names of towns (and streets) in Germany changed after the war. Are these the modern/current names or the names at the time your father was there?

Brunswick is the English version of the German Braunschweig (where the liverwurst comes from).

Here's a Web site on Scheibenhardt:

http://www.travelpost.com/EU/Germany...nhardt/3247174

Juchen is Jüchen (with an Umlaut). According to its unilingual German Web site, it is located between Mönchengladbach und Grevenbroich. Nearby is the town Neuss, and the capital of the "Land" is Düsseldorf.

Brunswick is called Braunschweig in German and should appear on any map.

Grebbeberg is in the Netherlands. While I cannot say that I know Dutch, I can make out that there is a military cemetery there and that a tour of the battlefield of Grebbeberg is offered. It seems to be near Utrecht.

Have you tried contacting the German Tourist Office. I am sure there is one in New Yok City. You could also try either the German Consulate or the Embassy in Washington. I have found the various Tourist Offices quite helpful in the past although some of them now charge a small fee for assistance. Good luck. I'm sure it will be a meaningful trip

People like the above posters make all the trolls so meaningless. What a service. Thank you

Brunswick is a former German state, now part of Lower Saxony.
Brunswich (note spelling) is (or maybe was) a city on the Oker river, SSE of Hamburg.

Eisenach is a manufacturing city west of Erfurt.

Juchen is just a few miles SW of Düsseldorf (found that on both the web and an atlas of Europe)

Grebbeberg is in central Holland, not in Germany. It's the site of a big WWII battle and there is a cemetery there.

You can print out maps for all of these at www.mappy.com

Good grief, at my advanced age I think I've just found god, and he's inside my computer. What I couldn't find before, with some of the above advice, I've now found all of them.
There's a great line in the movie "Arthur", which goes like this, "Arn't waiters wonderful! You tell them what you want, and they go get it for you."
I'm still a bit new at this computer stuff, but good grief, what a joy, to be stuck at soemthing, then go on line and ask for such and such, and people go get it for you. Is this a great world or what!
I've now got all the villages I was looking for, and I am so very grateful to each of you. Who knows, in another 70 years or so, I may just get the hang of this new fangled thing. Again, I thank each of you for your assistance, and for reacting faster then I had time to get back to the computer. I'm most appreciative.
Chuck

Forgot- Scheibenhardt is just to the est of the Rhein near Karlsruhe.

Hi chucker, you got my interest up and so I went to Google.

Are you familar with this search engine?

The address is www.google.com

I then typed in each village name you gave us. There is a wealth of information. I think you would enjoy doing this.

Juchen, it seems to show as Juchen Kelzenburg Germany. Got less info on this village then the others but you can have fun going through all the websites.

Scheibendardt. Now this is interesting. The small village is located on the River Lauter. The river divides to town into two countries. The area is Alsace. The northern side of the town is in Germany and is spelled the way you spelledit.

The south side of the town is the side of the village that is part of France and is spelled Scheibendard (without the last t).

Scheibenhardt is north of BadenBaden. It is west by northwest of Stuttgart and south of Frankfurt.

Burnswick: It is the 2nd largest city in Lower Sacony. Population is 240,000 last count. In the Region of Braunschweig.

Branschweig is the German spelling, Brunswick is the English spelling.

It is southwest of Hanover. It is located north of the Harz Mountains the fartherst navigable point of the Ober River which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.

Eisenach: Large city, has lots of hotels including Marriot Hotel.

I is just southwest of the National Park Hainich. Nearby cities are Herleshausen and also Tarbarz.

Grebbeberg. This is NOT in Germany.
Grebberberg is in the Netherlands. It is now a national war cemetary. It is either in or right next to Rhenen, Netherlands. This is where Holland (the Netherlands) fell when the Germans invaded them. Grebberberg was part of the Grebb Line to protect the western part of Holland from Germany in the east. The Germans won the battle at Grebberberg. Many allied soldier fell there also. It sounds like a very special place to visit.

I hope this and all the other post are a help to you while you plan your trip chucker.

And do go onto to google and use the search box and read the various websites (including some written by Europeans that were in Europe during WWII and veterans of WWII.

My best wishes that you have a beautiful, safe and inspiring trip.

I am sure we all will look forward to your trip report when you arrive home.

Eisenach was the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach; and the Wartburg Castle near Eisenach was the place where Martin Luther translated the New Testament while in hiding in 1521.

Hi Musicteacher, interesting info. That is what is fun about Fodor's. One can learn something new every day!

You probably would do well to get a better map. All (except the Grebbeberg) are on our Michelin Atlas of Germany, Benelux, Austria, Switerland, and the Czech Republic.

LoveItaly described Grebbeberg well. The Grebbeberg is a hilly area just east of the town of Rhenen. The map at this website shows it: http://www.utrechtslandschap.nl/?pageid=341

Damn, people, you gotta admit, when we're good, we're very, very good!

Hi Mariyln, LOL. What I say is that when one goes on to Fodors one can get an education and a half!

Personally chucker's thread got me interested. I felt like I had at least an hours history/geography lesson. It was fun!

And Rufus, my info was not from personal information, it was from the websites I read on Google. Love Google!

Take care all!

Just looking in, and I'm reminded of what a wonderful resource this forum is. You folks are spectacular. J.

As I mentioned earlier, I'm still a bit new at this business of getting "stuff" not to mention wonderfully detailed answers from unknown, but oh so well informed people "out-there" through my computer.
But, how does one stop this(I think you call this a thread) when one has all the information one was searching for?
To all of you who have taken some time to respond, thank you ever so much, I am truly appreciative, but I am also amazed. I've only asked my computer three previous questions, each time almost not expecting any responses, as if who would be particularly concerned with the triviality of what I'm looking for. Yet, each time, people not only respond, (and fast too), but they seem to have a wealth of interesting and valuable knowledge at their fingertips. I suspect it sounds odd to you, or maybe just plain funny, but it's almost like talking to friends.
Thank you all again, not just for the answers submitted, but for taking your time to become involved. Being somewhat new with using my computer, it really is an amazing and wonderous thing when "strangers" tell you exactly what you've been looking for, and it almost leaves me speachless. I suspect all this is "old-hat" for most of you "techies", but it really is fantastic to think that someone "out-there" is listening.
My trip will be that much better for each one of your responses, and again, my deepest thanks and appreciation.
Chuck