Category: History

Stories about our History

Uncovering Fred Schnabel’s Saloon, by Michael Fricker

by Michael N. Fricker, posted in History

What ever happened to Fred Schnabel's Saloon?

About the Kirchweihfest, by Michael N. Fricker

by Michael N. Fricker, posted in History, Kirchweihfest

March music trumpets down the Hauptgasse or Main Street. The streets are filled with the townspeople and many others that have also come from neighboring villages to see this spectacle! Sun shines down on youthful faces of the Kirchweihgruppe as they parade to the Gasthaus!

“BUWE WAS HA’MER HEIT?” by Emily Fricker in 2015

by Publicity & Editorial, posted in History, Kirchweihfest

Read Emily Fricker's 2015 writing on the Sport Club Kirchweih of the 1950s!

About “Mei Rosmarein,” by Emily Fricker in 2014

by Publicity & Editorial, posted in History, Kirchweihfest

Read Emily Fricker's 2014 writing on the Rosmarein & the Kirchweih!

Kirchweih Group in the 1950s

The Philadelphia “Kerweihs,” by Emily Fricker in 2012

by Publicity & Editorial, posted in History, Kirchweihfest

Read Emily Fricker's 2012 history of the Philadelphia "Kerweihs."

1926 Bogaroscher Kirchweih Group.

The “German-Hungarians” & the Kirchweih, by Emily Fricker in 2011

by Publicity & Editorial, posted in History, Kirchweihfest

Read Emily Fricker's 2011 writing on the Kirchweih!

And Joining Us on Accordion Is…

by Publicity & Editorial, posted in Among Our Members, Dancing Around, Die Heimatklänge, History

Many great people have made the German Hungarians richer by playing the musical part.